Zechariah 8:2

Bible in Basic English (1941)

These are the words of the Lord of armies: I am angry about the fate of Zion, I am angry about her with great wrath.

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  • Ps 78:58-59 : 58 They made him angry with their high places; moving him to wrath with their images. 59 When this came to God's ears he was very angry, and gave up Israel completely;
  • Isa 42:13-14 : 13 The Lord will go out as a man of war, he will be moved to wrath like a fighting-man: his voice will be strong, he will give a loud cry; he will go against his attackers like a man of war. 14 I have long been quiet, I have kept myself in and done nothing: now I will make sounds of pain like a woman in childbirth, breathing hard and quickly.
  • Isa 59:17 : 17 Yes, he put on righteousness as a breastplate, and salvation as a head-dress; and he put on punishment as clothing, and wrath as a robe.
  • Isa 63:4-6 : 4 For the day of punishment is in my heart, and the year for the payment of the price for my people has come. 5 And I saw that there was no helper, and I was wondering that no one gave them support: so my arm did the work of salvation, and my wrath was my support. 6 And in my passion the peoples were crushed under my feet, and broken in my wrath, and I put down their strength to the earth.
  • Isa 63:15 : 15 Let your eyes be looking down from heaven, from your holy and beautiful house: where is your deep feeling, the working of your power? do not keep back the moving of your pity and your mercies:
  • Ezek 36:5-6 : 5 For this cause the Lord has said: Truly, in the heat of my bitter feeling I have said things against the rest of the nations and against all Edom, who have taken my land as a heritage for themselves with the joy of all their heart, and with bitter envy of soul have made attacks on it: 6 For this cause be a prophet about the land of Israel, and say to the mountains and to the hills, to the streams and to the valleys, This is what the Lord has said: Truly, in my bitter feeling and in my wrath I have said these things, because you have undergone the shame of the nations:
  • Joel 2:18 : 18 Then the Lord had a care for the honour of his land and had pity on his people.
  • Nah 1:2 : 2 The Lord is a God who takes care of his honour and gives punishment for wrong; the Lord gives punishment and is angry; the Lord sends punishment on those who are against him, being angry with his haters.
  • Nah 1:6 : 6 Who may keep his place before his wrath? and who may undergo the heat of his passion? his wrath is let loose like fire and the rocks are broken open by him.
  • Zech 1:14-16 : 14 And the angel who was talking to me said to me, Let your voice be loud and say, These are the words of the Lord of armies: I am greatly moved about the fate of Jerusalem and of Zion. 15 And I am very angry with the nations who are living untroubled: for when I was only a little angry, they made the evil worse. 16 So this is what the Lord has said: I have come back to Jerusalem with mercies; my house is to be put up in her, says the Lord of armies, and a line is to be stretched out over Jerusalem.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Zech 1:14-17
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    14 And the angel who was talking to me said to me, Let your voice be loud and say, These are the words of the Lord of armies: I am greatly moved about the fate of Jerusalem and of Zion.

    15 And I am very angry with the nations who are living untroubled: for when I was only a little angry, they made the evil worse.

    16 So this is what the Lord has said: I have come back to Jerusalem with mercies; my house is to be put up in her, says the Lord of armies, and a line is to be stretched out over Jerusalem.

    17 And again let your voice be loud and say, This is what the Lord of armies has said: My towns will again be overflowing with good things, and again the Lord will give comfort to Zion and take Jerusalem for himself.

  • Zech 8:1
    87%

    1 And the word of the Lord of armies came to me, saying,

  • Joel 2:18
    80%

    18 Then the Lord had a care for the honour of his land and had pity on his people.

  • Zech 8:3
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    3 This is what the Lord has said: I have come back to Zion, and will make my living-place in Jerusalem: and Jerusalem will be named The town of good faith; and the mountain of the Lord of armies The holy mountain.

  • Nah 1:2
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    2 The Lord is a God who takes care of his honour and gives punishment for wrong; the Lord gives punishment and is angry; the Lord sends punishment on those who are against him, being angry with his haters.

  • Zeph 3:8
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    8 For this reason, go on waiting for me, says the Lord, till the day when I come up as a witness: for my purpose is to send for the nations and to get the kingdoms together, so that I may let loose on them my passion, even all my burning wrath: for all the earth will be burned up in the fire of my bitter passion.

  • Ezek 39:25
    74%

    25 For this cause the Lord has said, Now I will let the fate of Jacob be changed, and I will have mercy on all the children of Israel, and will take care of the honour of my holy name.

  • Ezek 38:19
    73%

    19 For in the fire of my wrath I have said, Truly, in that day there will be a great shaking in the land of Israel;

  • Jer 13:9
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    9 The Lord has said, In this way I will do damage to the pride of Judah and to the great pride of Jerusalem.

  • Ezek 36:5-6
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    5 For this cause the Lord has said: Truly, in the heat of my bitter feeling I have said things against the rest of the nations and against all Edom, who have taken my land as a heritage for themselves with the joy of all their heart, and with bitter envy of soul have made attacks on it:

    6 For this cause be a prophet about the land of Israel, and say to the mountains and to the hills, to the streams and to the valleys, This is what the Lord has said: Truly, in my bitter feeling and in my wrath I have said these things, because you have undergone the shame of the nations:

  • Deut 32:21
    72%

    21 They have given my honour to that which is not God, moving me to wrath with their false worship: I will give their honour to those who are not a people, moving them to wrath by a foolish nation,

  • Deut 4:24
    72%

    24 For the Lord your God is an all-burning fire, and he will not let the honour which is his be given to any other.

  • Deut 6:15
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    15 For the Lord your God who is with you is a God who will not let his honour be given to another; or the wrath of the Lord will be burning against you, causing your destruction from the face of the earth.

  • Jer 44:6
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    6 Because of this, my passion and my wrath were let loose, burning in the towns of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem; and they are waste and unpeopled as at this day.

  • Zech 2:5
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    5 And lifting up my eyes, I saw a man with a measuring-line in his hand.

  • Zech 2:10
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    10 Ho, ho! go in flight from the land of the north, says the Lord: for I have sent you far and wide to the four winds of heaven, says the Lord.

  • Amos 6:8
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    8 The Lord God has taken an oath by himself, says the Lord, the God of armies: the pride of Jacob is disgusting to me, and I have hate for his great houses: so I will give up the town with everything in it.

  • Isa 1:24
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    24 For this reason the Lord, the Lord of armies, the Strong One of Israel, has said, I will put an end to my haters, and send punishment on those who are against me;

  • 2 Kgs 19:31
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    31 For from Jerusalem those who have been kept safe will go out, and those who are still living will go out of Mount Zion: by the fixed purpose of the Lord of armies this will be done.

  • Zech 8:18
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    18 And the word of the Lord of armies came to me, saying,

  • Isa 37:32
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    32 For from Jerusalem those who have been kept safe will go out, and those who are still living will go out of Mount Zion: by the fixed purpose of the Lord of armies this will be done.

  • Exod 34:14
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    14 For you are to be worshippers of no other god: for the Lord is a God who will not give his honour to another.

  • Isa 62:1
    71%

    1 Because of Zion I will not keep quiet, and because of Jerusalem I will take no rest, till her righteousness goes out like the shining of the sun, and her salvation like a burning light.

  • Ps 79:5
    71%

    5 How long, O Lord? will you be angry for ever? will your wrath go on burning like fire?

  • Amos 2:5
    71%

    5 And I will send a fire on Judah, burning up the great houses of Jerusalem.

  • Zech 1:2
    71%

    2 The Lord has been very angry with your fathers:

  • Zech 8:14-15
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    71%

    14 For this is what the Lord of armies has said: As it was my purpose to do evil to you when your fathers made me angry, says the Lord of armies, and my purpose was not changed:

    15 So in these days it is again my purpose to do good to Jerusalem and to the children of Judah: have no fear.

  • Isa 31:4
    71%

    4 For the Lord has said to me, As a lion, or a young lion, makes an angry noise over his food, and if a band of herdsmen come out against him, he will not be in fear of their voices, or give up his food for their noise: so the Lord of armies will come down to make war against Mount Zion and its hill.

  • Ps 87:2
    71%

    2 The Lord has more love for the doors of Zion than for all the tents of Jacob.

  • Jer 32:31
    71%

    31 For this town has been to me a cause of wrath and of burning passion from the day of its building till this day, so that I put it away from before my face:

  • Zech 2:8
    71%

    8 Said to him, Go quickly and say to this young man, Jerusalem will be an unwalled town, because of the great number of men and cattle in her.

  • Hag 1:8
    71%

    8 Go up to the hills and get wood and put up the house; and I will take pleasure in it and be honoured, says the Lord.

  • Isa 42:13
    71%

    13 The Lord will go out as a man of war, he will be moved to wrath like a fighting-man: his voice will be strong, he will give a loud cry; he will go against his attackers like a man of war.

  • Jer 21:5
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    5 And I myself will be fighting against you with an outstretched hand and with a strong arm, even with angry feeling and passion and in great wrath.

  • Jer 9:9
    70%

    9 Am I not to send punishment for these things? says the Lord: will not my soul take payment from such a nation as this?

  • Lam 4:11
    70%

    11 The Lord has given full effect to his passion, he has let loose his burning wrath; he has made a fire in Zion, causing the destruction of its bases.

  • Isa 31:9
    70%

    9 And his rock will come to nothing because of fear, and his chiefs will go in flight from the flag, says the Lord, whose fire is in Zion, and his altar in Jerusalem.

  • Jer 9:7
    70%

    7 So the Lord of armies has said, See, I will make them soft in the fire and put them to the test; this I will do because of their evil-doing.

  • 2 Chr 29:8
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    8 And so the wrath of the Lord has come on Judah and Jerusalem, and he has given them up to be a cause of fear and wonder and shame, as your eyes have seen.

  • Hag 2:8
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    8 The silver is mine and the gold is mine, says the Lord of armies.

  • Isa 34:8
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    8 For it is the day of the Lord's punishment, when he gives payment for the wrongs done to Zion.

  • Ezek 16:42
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    42 And the heat of my wrath against you will have an end, and my bitter feeling will be turned away from you, and I will be quiet and will be angry no longer.

  • Isa 48:2
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    2 For they say that they are of the holy town, and put their faith in the God of Israel: the Lord of armies is his name.

  • Ps 78:58
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    58 They made him angry with their high places; moving him to wrath with their images.

  • Lam 1:17
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    17 Zion's hands are outstretched; she has no comforter; the Lord has given orders to the attackers of Jacob round about him: Jerusalem has become like an unclean thing among them.