Deuteronomy 32:9, 10 New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (Study Edition) 9 For Jehovah’s people are his portion;+Jacob is his inheritance.+ 10 He found him in a wilderness land+And in an empty, howling desert.+ He protectively encircled him, took care of him,+And safeguarded him as the pupil of his eye.+ Zechariah 2:8 New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (Study Edition) 8 For this is what Jehovah of armies says, who after being glorified* has sent me to the nations that were plundering you:+ ‘Whoever touches you touches the pupil of my eye.*+
9 For Jehovah’s people are his portion;+Jacob is his inheritance.+ 10 He found him in a wilderness land+And in an empty, howling desert.+ He protectively encircled him, took care of him,+And safeguarded him as the pupil of his eye.+
8 For this is what Jehovah of armies says, who after being glorified* has sent me to the nations that were plundering you:+ ‘Whoever touches you touches the pupil of my eye.*+