Zechariah 8:2

KJV1611 – Modern English

Thus says the LORD of hosts; I was jealous for Zion with great jealousy, and I was jealous for her with great fury.

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  • Ps 78:58-59 : 58 For they provoked him to anger with their high places, and moved him to jealousy with their carved images. 59 When God heard this, he was angry, and greatly abhorred Israel:
  • Isa 42:13-14 : 13 The LORD shall go forth as a mighty man, he shall stir up zeal like a man of war: he shall cry, yes, roar; he shall prevail against his enemies. 14 I have held my peace a long time; I have been still, and restrained myself: now will I cry like a woman in labor; I will destroy and devour at once.
  • Isa 59:17 : 17 For he put on righteousness as a breastplate, and a helmet of salvation on his head; and he put on the garments of vengeance for clothing, and was clad with zeal as a cloak.
  • Isa 63:4-6 : 4 For the day of vengeance is in my heart, and the year of my redeemed has come. 5 And I looked, and there was no one to help; and I wondered that there was no one to uphold: therefore my own arm brought salvation for me; and my fury, it upheld me. 6 And I will tread down the people in my anger, and make them drunk in my fury, and I will bring down their strength to the earth.
  • Isa 63:15 : 15 Look down from heaven, and behold from the habitation of your holiness and of your glory: where is your zeal and your strength, the yearning of your heart and your mercies toward me? Are they restrained?
  • Ezek 36:5-6 : 5 Therefore thus says the Lord GOD; Surely in the fire of my jealousy have I spoken against the rest of the nations, and against all Edom, who have appointed my land into their possession with the joy of all their heart, with spiteful minds, to cast it out for a prey. 6 Prophesy therefore concerning the land of Israel, and say to the mountains, and to the hills, to the rivers, and to the valleys, Thus says the Lord GOD; Behold, I have spoken in my jealousy and in my fury, because you have borne the shame of the nations:
  • Joel 2:18 : 18 Then will the LORD be jealous for his land, and pity his people.
  • Nah 1:2 : 2 God is jealous, and the LORD avenges; the LORD avenges and is furious; the LORD will take vengeance on his adversaries, and he reserves wrath for his enemies.
  • Nah 1:6 : 6 Who can stand before his indignation? And who can endure the fierceness of his anger? His fury is poured out like fire, and the rocks are thrown down by him.
  • Zech 1:14-16 : 14 So the angel who spoke with me said to me, Proclaim, saying, Thus says the LORD of hosts: I am zealous for Jerusalem and for Zion with great zeal. 15 And I am very displeased with the nations at ease; for I was a little angry, and they helped forward the affliction. 16 Therefore thus says the LORD: I am returning to Jerusalem with mercy; My house shall be built in it, says the LORD of hosts, and a measuring line shall be stretched out over Jerusalem.

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  • Zech 1:14-17
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    14So the angel who spoke with me said to me, Proclaim, saying, Thus says the LORD of hosts: I am zealous for Jerusalem and for Zion with great zeal.

    15And I am very displeased with the nations at ease; for I was a little angry, and they helped forward the affliction.

    16Therefore thus says the LORD: I am returning to Jerusalem with mercy; My house shall be built in it, says the LORD of hosts, and a measuring line shall be stretched out over Jerusalem.

    17Proclaim again, saying, Thus says the LORD of hosts: My cities shall again overflow with prosperity, and the LORD will again comfort Zion, and will again choose Jerusalem.

  • Zech 8:1
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    1Again the word of the LORD of hosts came to me, saying,

  • Joel 2:18
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    18Then will the LORD be jealous for his land, and pity his people.

  • Zech 8:3
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    3Thus says the LORD; I have returned to Zion, and will dwell in the midst of Jerusalem: and Jerusalem shall be called a city of truth; and the mountain of the LORD of hosts, the holy mountain.

  • Nah 1:2
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    2God is jealous, and the LORD avenges; the LORD avenges and is furious; the LORD will take vengeance on his adversaries, and he reserves wrath for his enemies.

  • Zeph 3:8
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    8Therefore wait for me, says the LORD, until the day that I rise up for the prey: for my determination is to gather the nations, that I may assemble the kingdoms, to pour upon them my indignation, even all my fierce anger: for all the earth shall be devoured with the fire of my jealousy.

  • Ezek 39:25
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    25Therefore thus says the Lord GOD: Now I will bring back the captives of Jacob, and have mercy upon the whole house of Israel, and will be jealous for my holy name.

  • Ezek 38:19
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    19For in my jealousy and in the fire of my wrath have I spoken, Surely in that day there shall be a great shaking in the land of Israel;

  • Jer 13:9
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    9Thus says the LORD, After this manner will I mar the pride of Judah, and the great pride of Jerusalem.

  • Ezek 36:5-6
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    5Therefore thus says the Lord GOD; Surely in the fire of my jealousy have I spoken against the rest of the nations, and against all Edom, who have appointed my land into their possession with the joy of all their heart, with spiteful minds, to cast it out for a prey.

    6Prophesy therefore concerning the land of Israel, and say to the mountains, and to the hills, to the rivers, and to the valleys, Thus says the Lord GOD; Behold, I have spoken in my jealousy and in my fury, because you have borne the shame of the nations:

  • Deut 32:21
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    21They have moved me to jealousy with that which is not God; they have provoked me to anger with their idols: and I will move them to jealousy with those who are not a people; I will provoke them to anger with a foolish nation.

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

  • Deut 6:15
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    15(For the LORD your God is a jealous God among you) lest the anger of the LORD your God be kindled against you, and destroy you from the face of the earth.

  • Jer 44:6
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    6Therefore my fury and my anger was poured forth, and kindled in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem; and they are wasted and desolate, as at this day.

  • Zech 2:5
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    5For I, says the LORD, will be a wall of fire around her, and will be the glory in her midst.

  • Zech 2:10
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    10Sing and rejoice, O daughter of Zion, for behold, I come and I will dwell in your midst, says the LORD.

  • Amos 6:8
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    8The Lord GOD has sworn by Himself, says the LORD the God of hosts, I abhor the pride of Jacob, and hate his palaces: therefore I will deliver up the city with all that is in it.

  • Isa 1:24
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    24Therefore says the Lord, the LORD of hosts, the mighty One of Israel, Ah, I will ease myself of my adversaries, and avenge myself of my enemies:

  • 2 Kgs 19:31
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    31For out of Jerusalem shall go forth a remnant, and they that escape out of Mount Zion: the zeal of the LORD of hosts will perform this.

  • Zech 8:18
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    18And the word of the LORD of hosts came to me, saying,

  • Isa 37:32
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    32For out of Jerusalem shall go forth a remnant, and those who escape out of Mount Zion: the zeal of the LORD of hosts shall do this.

  • Exod 34:14
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    14For you shall worship no other god, for 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 rest, until her righteousness shines forth like brightness, and her salvation like a burning lamp.

  • Ps 79:5
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    5How long, LORD? Will You be angry forever? Shall Your jealousy burn like fire?

  • Amos 2:5
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    5But I will send a fire upon Judah, and it shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem.

  • Zech 1:2
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    2The LORD has been very displeased with your fathers.

  • Zech 8:14-15
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    14For thus says the LORD of hosts; As I thought to punish you, when your fathers provoked Me to wrath, says the LORD of hosts, and I did not relent:

    15So again have I thought in these days to do good to Jerusalem and to the house of Judah: fear not.

  • Isa 31:4
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    4For thus has the LORD spoken to me, Like a lion and the young lion roaring over his prey, when a multitude of shepherds is called against him, he will not be afraid of their voice, nor humble himself for the noise of them: so shall the LORD of hosts come down to fight for Mount Zion, and for its hill.

  • Ps 87:2
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    2The LORD loves the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob.

  • Jer 32:31
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    31For this city has been to me a provocation of my anger and of my fury from the day that they built it even to this day; that I should remove it from before my face,

  • Zech 2:8
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    8For thus says the LORD of hosts: After the glory has He sent me to the nations which plundered you: for he who touches you touches the apple of His eye.

  • Hag 1:8
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    8Go up to the mountains, bring wood, and build the house; and I will take pleasure in it and be glorified, says the LORD.

  • Isa 42:13
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    13The LORD shall go forth as a mighty man, he shall stir up zeal like a man of war: he shall cry, yes, roar; he shall prevail against his enemies.

  • Jer 21:5
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    5And I myself will fight against you with an outstretched hand and with a strong arm, even in anger, and in fury, and in great wrath.

  • Jer 9:9
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    9Shall I not visit them for these things? says the LORD: shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?

  • Lam 4:11
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    11The LORD has accomplished his fury; he has poured out his fierce anger, and has kindled a fire in Zion, and it has devoured her foundations.

  • Isa 31:9
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    9And he shall pass over to his stronghold for fear, and his princes shall be afraid of the banner, says the LORD, whose fire is in Zion, and His furnace in Jerusalem.

  • Jer 9:7
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    7Therefore thus says the LORD of hosts, Behold, I will melt them, and test them; for how shall I do for the daughter of my people?

  • 2 Chr 29:8
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    8Therefore, the wrath of the LORD was upon Judah and Jerusalem, and He has delivered them to trouble, to astonishment, and to hissing, as you see with your eyes.

  • Hag 2:8
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    8The silver is Mine, and the gold is Mine, says the LORD of hosts.

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

  • Ezek 16:42
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    42So will I make my fury toward you to rest, and my jealousy shall depart from you, and I will be quiet, and will be no more angry.

  • Isa 48:2
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    2For they call themselves citizens of the holy city and rely on the God of Israel; the LORD of hosts is his name.

  • Ps 78:58
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    58For they provoked him to anger with their high places, and moved him to jealousy with their carved images.

  • Lam 1:17
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    17Zion spreads forth her hands, and there is none to comfort her: the LORD has commanded concerning Jacob that his adversaries should be all around him: Jerusalem is like a menstruous woman among them.