Zechariah 1:15
13 So the LORD spoke kind and comforting words to the angel who was speaking with me.
14 Then the angel who was speaking with me said, “Proclaim this word: This is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘I am very jealous for Jerusalem and Zion,
but I am fiercely angry with the nations that are at ease. For I was a little angry, but they have added to the calamity.’
16 Therefore this is what the LORD says: ‘I will return to Jerusalem with mercy, and there My house will be rebuilt, declares the LORD of Hosts, and a measuring line will be stretched out over Jerusalem.’
17 Proclaim further that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘My cities will again overflow with prosperity; the LORD will again comfort Zion and choose Jerusalem.’”
This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- but I am fiercely angry with the nations that are at ease. For I was a little angry, but they have added to the calamity.’
- KJV
- And I am very sore displeased with the heathen that are at ease: for I was but a little displeased, and they helped forward the affliction.
- WEB
- I am very angry with the nations that are at ease; for I was but a little displeased, but they added to the calamity.”
- ASV
- And I am very sore displeased with the nations that are at ease; for I was but a little displeased, and they helped forward the affliction.
- DARBY
- and I am wroth exceedingly with the nations that are at ease; for I was but a little wroth, and they helped forward the affliction.
- BLB
- And with great wrath I am angry with the nations at ease; for I was a little angry, and they have helped the calamity!”
- ÅB
- og såre vred er jeg på de trygge hedningefolk; for jeg var bare litt vred, men de hjalp med til ulykken.
- OTB
- og jeg er meget vred på de nasjonene som lever i ro; for mens jeg bare var litt vred, forverret de ulykken.'
- B1930
- og såre vred er jeg på de trygge hedningefolk; for jeg var bare litt vred, men de hjalp med til ulykken.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Jeremiah 51:24
Before your very eyes I will repay Babylon and all the dwellers of Chaldea for all the evil they have done in Zion,” declares the LORD.
Read in contextEzekiel 25:12–17
This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Because Edom acted vengefully against the house of Judah, and in so doing incurred grievous guilt,
Read in contextIsaiah 54:8
In a surge of anger I hid My face from you for a moment, but with everlasting kindness I will have compassion on you,” says the LORD your Redeemer.
Read in contextIsaiah 47:6–9
I was angry with My people; I profaned My heritage, and I placed them under your control. You showed them no mercy; even on the elderly you laid a most heavy yoke.
Read in contextIsaiah 10:5–7
Woe to Assyria, the rod of My anger; the staff in their hands is My wrath.
Read in contextPsalms 123:4
We have endured much scorn from the arrogant, much contempt from the proud.
Read in contextObadiah 1:10–16
Because of the violence against your brother Jacob, you will be covered with shame and cut off forever.
Read in contextPsalms 69:26
For they persecute the one You struck and recount the pain of those You wounded.
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