Zechariah 8:2

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This is what the LORD of Hosts says: I am very jealous for Zion, and I am burning with great zeal and anger for her.

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  • Ps 78:58-59 : 58 They angered Him with their high places and provoked His jealousy with their carved images. 59 When God heard this, He became furious and greatly rejected Israel.
  • Isa 42:13-14 : 13 The LORD will march out like a warrior; like a man of battle, He will stir up His zeal. He will raise a shout, yes, He will cry out aloud; against His enemies, He will show Himself mighty. 14 For a long time, I have kept silent; I have held my peace and restrained myself. But now, like a woman in labor, I will cry out; I will gasp and pant together.
  • Isa 59:17 : 17 He put on righteousness as a breastplate and a helmet of salvation on His head. He clothed Himself in garments of vengeance and wrapped Himself in zeal as a cloak.
  • Isa 63:4-6 : 4 For the day of vengeance was in my heart, and the year of my redemption had come. 5 I looked, but there was no one to help; I was appalled that no one gave support. So my own arm brought me salvation, and my wrath sustained me. 6 I trampled the nations in my anger; in my wrath, I made them drunk and poured their lifeblood onto the ground.
  • Isa 63:15 : 15 Look down from heaven and see, from your holy and glorious dwelling. Where are your zeal and your might? Your tenderness and compassion are withheld from us.
  • Ezek 36:5-6 : 5 Therefore, this is what the Lord GOD says: Surely in my burning zeal I have spoken against the remnants of the nations and against Edom, who with glee and utter contempt claimed my land as their own possession, plundering its pasturelands. 6 Therefore, prophesy concerning the land of Israel and say to the mountains and hills, to the streams and valleys: ‘This is what the Lord GOD says: I am speaking in my jealous anger because you have endured the scorn of the nations.’
  • Joel 2:18 : 18 Then the LORD became jealous for his land and had pity on his people.
  • Nah 1:2 : 2 The Lord is a jealous and avenging God; the Lord takes vengeance and is filled with wrath. The Lord takes vengeance on his adversaries and reserves wrath for his enemies.
  • Nah 1:6 : 6 Who can stand before his indignation? Who can endure the heat of his anger? His wrath is poured out like fire, and the rocks are shattered before him.
  • Zech 1:14-16 : 14 Then the angel who was speaking with me said, 'Proclaim this: This is what the Lord of Hosts says: I am very zealous for Jerusalem and Zion with a great jealousy.' 15 But I am very angry with the nations that are at ease; for while I was only a little angry, they added to the harm. 16 'Therefore, this is what the Lord says: I have returned to Jerusalem with compassion; my house will be rebuilt, declares the Lord of Hosts, and a measuring line will be stretched out over Jerusalem.'

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  • Zech 1:14-17
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    14Then the angel who was speaking with me said, 'Proclaim this: This is what the Lord of Hosts says: I am very zealous for Jerusalem and Zion with a great jealousy.'

    15But I am very angry with the nations that are at ease; for while I was only a little angry, they added to the harm.

    16'Therefore, this is what the Lord says: I have returned to Jerusalem with compassion; my house will be rebuilt, declares the Lord of Hosts, and a measuring line will be stretched out over Jerusalem.'

    17Proclaim again: This is what the Lord of Hosts says: 'My cities will again overflow with prosperity, and the Lord will again comfort Zion and choose Jerusalem.'

  • Zech 8:1
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    1The word of the LORD of Hosts came, saying:

  • Joel 2:18
    80%

    18Then the LORD became jealous for his land and had pity on his people.

  • Zech 8:3
    79%

    3This is what the LORD says: I have returned to Zion and will dwell in the midst of Jerusalem. Jerusalem will be called the City of Truth, and the mountain of the LORD of Hosts will be called the Holy Mountain.

  • Nah 1:2
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    2The Lord is a jealous and avenging God; the Lord takes vengeance and is filled with wrath. The Lord takes vengeance on his adversaries and reserves wrath for his enemies.

  • Zeph 3:8
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    8Therefore, wait for me, declares the LORD, until the day I rise to testify. For my decision is to gather nations, to assemble kingdoms, to pour out upon them my indignation—all the burning heat of my anger. For in the fire of my jealousy, all the earth shall be consumed.

  • Ezek 39:25
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    25Therefore, this is what the Lord GOD says: Now I will restore the fortunes of Jacob and have compassion on the whole house of Israel, and I will be zealous for my holy name.

  • Ezek 38:19
    73%

    19In my zeal and fiery wrath I declare: On that day, there will be a great earthquake in the land of Israel.

  • Jer 13:9
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    9"This is what the LORD says: 'In this way I will ruin the pride of Judah and the great pride of Jerusalem.

  • Ezek 36:5-6
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    5Therefore, this is what the Lord GOD says: Surely in my burning zeal I have spoken against the remnants of the nations and against Edom, who with glee and utter contempt claimed my land as their own possession, plundering its pasturelands.

    6Therefore, prophesy concerning the land of Israel and say to the mountains and hills, to the streams and valleys: ‘This is what the Lord GOD says: I am speaking in my jealous anger because you have endured the scorn of the nations.’

  • Deut 32:21
    72%

    21They made Me jealous with something that is not God; they provoked Me with their worthless idols. So I will make them jealous with those who are not a nation; I will provoke them with a foolish nation.

  • Deut 4:24
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    24For the LORD your God is a consuming fire, a jealous God.

  • Deut 6:15
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    15For the LORD your God, who is among you, is a jealous God. His anger will burn against you, and He will destroy you from the face of the earth.

  • Jer 44:6
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    6So my fury and my anger poured out and burned in the cities of Judah and the streets of Jerusalem, making them a desolate ruin, as they are today.

  • Zech 2:5
    72%

    5I lifted up my eyes and saw, and behold, a man with a measuring line in his hand.

  • Zech 2:10
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    10“Come! Come! Flee from the land of the north,” declares the LORD, “for I have scattered you to the four winds of heaven,” declares the LORD.

  • Amos 6:8
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    8The Lord GOD has sworn by Himself—this is the declaration of the LORD, the God of Hosts: 'I detest the pride of Jacob and hate his fortresses, so I will deliver up the city and all that is in it.'

  • Isa 1:24
    72%

    24Therefore, this is the declaration of the Lord, the LORD of Hosts, the Mighty One of Israel: "I will gain relief from My adversaries and avenge Myself on My enemies.

  • 2 Kgs 19:31
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    31For out of Jerusalem will come a remnant, and survivors from Mount Zion. The zeal of the Lord of Hosts will accomplish this.

  • Zech 8:18
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    18The word of the LORD of Hosts came to me, saying:

  • Isa 37:32
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    32For a remnant will go out from Jerusalem, and survivors from Mount Zion. The zeal of the LORD of Hosts will accomplish this.

  • Exod 34:14
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    14For you must not worship any other god, because the LORD, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God.

  • Isa 62:1
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    1For Zion’s sake I will not be silent, and for Jerusalem’s sake I will not keep still, until her righteousness shines like the dawn, and her salvation like a blazing torch.

  • Ps 79:5
    71%

    5How long, Lord? Will You be angry forever? Will Your jealousy burn like fire?

  • Amos 2:5
    71%

    5'So I will send fire upon Judah, and it will consume the fortresses of Jerusalem.'

  • Zech 1:2
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    2The Lord was very angry with your ancestors.

  • Zech 8:14-15
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    71%

    14For this is what the LORD of Hosts says: Just as I planned to bring disaster upon you when your ancestors angered me, says the LORD of Hosts, and I did not relent,

    15so now I have purposed in these days to do good to Jerusalem and the house of Judah. Do not be afraid.

  • Isa 31:4
    71%

    4For this is what the LORD said to me: As a lion or a young lion growls over its prey, and though a band of shepherds is called out against it, it is not frightened by their voice or disturbed by their noise, so the LORD of Hosts will come down to fight for Mount Zion and its hill.

  • Ps 87:2
    71%

    2The LORD loves the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob.

  • Jer 32:31
    71%

    31From the day it was built until now, this city has caused My anger and My wrath so great that I must remove it from My presence.

  • Zech 2:8
    71%

    8He said to him, 'Run and tell that young man: Jerusalem will be inhabited as a city without walls because of the multitude of people and livestock in it.'

  • Hag 1:8
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    8Go up into the mountains, bring down timber, and build the house, so that I may be pleased with it and be glorified, says the LORD.

  • Isa 42:13
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    13The LORD will march out like a warrior; like a man of battle, He will stir up His zeal. He will raise a shout, yes, He will cry out aloud; against His enemies, He will show Himself mighty.

  • Jer 21:5
    71%

    5And I myself will fight against you with an outstretched hand, a strong arm, in anger, in fury, and with great wrath.

  • Jer 9:9
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    9I will raise weeping and wailing for the mountains and a dirge for the pastures in the wilderness, because they are burned up and desolate; no one passes through, and cattle cannot be heard anymore—birds of the sky and animals alike have fled and are gone.

  • Lam 4:11
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    11The LORD has exhausted His wrath and poured out His fierce anger; He kindled a fire in Zion, consuming its foundations.

  • Isa 31:9
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    9Their stronghold will pass away because of terror, and their officers will flee in panic at the signal. This is the declaration of the LORD, whose fire is in Zion and whose furnace is in Jerusalem.

  • Jer 9:7
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    7Their tongues are a sharpened arrow; deceit pours from their mouths. They speak peace to their neighbor, but in their hearts, they set up an ambush.

  • 2 Chr 29:8
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    8Therefore, the wrath of the LORD fell upon Judah and Jerusalem, and He made them an object of horror, devastation, and scorn, as you can see with your own eyes.

  • Hag 2:8
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    8The silver is Mine, and the gold is Mine—this is the declaration of the LORD of Hosts.

  • Isa 34:8
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    8For it is the day of the Lord's vengeance, the year of recompense for the cause of Zion.

  • Ezek 16:42
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    42Then my wrath against you will subside, and my jealousy will turn away from you. I will be calm and no longer angry.

  • Isa 48:2
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    2For they are called from the holy city and rely on the God of Israel; the LORD of Hosts is His name.

  • Ps 78:58
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    58They angered Him with their high places and provoked His jealousy with their carved images.

  • Lam 1:17
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    17Zion stretches out her hands, but there is no one to comfort her. The LORD has decreed for Jacob that his neighbors become his foes; Jerusalem has become an unclean thing among them.