Zechariah 8:2

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

`Thus said Jehovah of Hosts: I have been zealous for Zion with great zeal, With great heat I have been zealous for her.

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  • Ps 78:58-59 : 58 And make Him angry with their high places, And with their graven images make Him zealous, 59 God hath heard, and sheweth Himself wroth. And kicketh exceedingly against Israel.
  • Isa 42:13-14 : 13 Jehovah as a mighty one goeth forth. As a man of war He stirreth up zeal, He crieth, yea, He shrieketh, Against His enemies He showeth Himself mighty. 14 I have kept silent from of old, I keep silent, I refrain myself, As a travailing woman I cry out, I desolate and swallow up together.
  • Isa 59:17 : 17 And He putteth on righteousness as a breastplate, And an helmet of salvation on His head, And He putteth on garments of vengeance `for' clothing, And is covered, as `with' an upper-robe, `with' zeal.
  • Isa 63:4-6 : 4 For the day of vengeance `is' in my heart, And the year of my redeemed hath come. 5 And I look attentively, and there is none helping, And I am astonished that there is none supporting, And give salvation to me doth mine own arm. And my wrath -- it hath supported me. 6 And I tread down peoples in mine anger, And I make them drunk in my fury, And I bring down to earth their strength.
  • Isa 63:15 : 15 Look attentively from the heavens, And see from Thy holy and beauteous habitation, Where `is' Thy zeal and Thy might? The multitude of Thy bowels and Thy mercies Towards me have refrained themselves.
  • Ezek 36:5-6 : 5 Therefore, thus said the Lord Jehovah: Have I not, in the fire of My jealousy, Spoken against the remnant of the nations, And against Edom -- all of it, Who gave My land to themselves for a possession, With the joy of the whole heart -- with despite of soul, For the sake of casting it out for a prey? 6 Therefore, prophesy concerning the ground of Israel, And thou hast said to mountains, and to hills, To streams, and to valleys, Thus said the Lord Jehovah: Lo, I, in My jealousy, and in My fury, I have spoken, Because the shame of nations ye have borne.
  • Joel 2:18 : 18 And let Jehovah be zealous for His land, And have pity on His people.
  • Nah 1:2 : 2 A God zealous and avenging `is' Jehovah, An avenger `is' Jehovah, and possessing fury. An avenger `is' Jehovah on His adversaries, And He is watching for His enemies.
  • Nah 1:6 : 6 Before His indignation who doth stand? And who riseth up in the heat of His anger? His fury hath been poured out like fire, And the rocks have been broken by Him.
  • Zech 1:14-16 : 14 And the messenger who is speaking with me, saith unto me, `Call, saying: Thus said Jehovah of Hosts: I have been zealous for Jerusalem, and for Zion `with' great zeal. 15 And `with' great wrath I am wroth against the nations who are at ease, For I was a little wroth, and they assisted -- for evil. 16 Therefore, thus said Jehovah: I have turned to Jerusalem with mercies, My house is built in it, An affirmation of Jehovah of Hosts, And a line is stretched over Jerusalem.

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  • Zech 1:14-17
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    14And the messenger who is speaking with me, saith unto me, `Call, saying: Thus said Jehovah of Hosts: I have been zealous for Jerusalem, and for Zion `with' great zeal.

    15And `with' great wrath I am wroth against the nations who are at ease, For I was a little wroth, and they assisted -- for evil.

    16Therefore, thus said Jehovah: I have turned to Jerusalem with mercies, My house is built in it, An affirmation of Jehovah of Hosts, And a line is stretched over Jerusalem.

    17Again call, saying: Thus said Jehovah of Hosts, Again do my cities overflow from good, And Jehovah hath again comforted Zion, And He hath fixed again on Jerusalem.'

  • Zech 8:1
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    1And there is a word of Jehovah of Hosts, saying:

  • Joel 2:18
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    18And let Jehovah be zealous for His land, And have pity on His people.

  • Zech 8:3
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    3Thus said Jehovah: I have turned back unto Zion, And I have dwelt in the midst of Jerusalem, And Jerusalem hath been called `The city of truth,' And the mountain of Jehovah of Hosts, `The holy mountain.'

  • Nah 1:2
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    2A God zealous and avenging `is' Jehovah, An avenger `is' Jehovah, and possessing fury. An avenger `is' Jehovah on His adversaries, And He is watching for His enemies.

  • Zeph 3:8
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    8Therefore, wait for Me -- an affirmation of Jehovah, For the day of My rising for prey, For My judgment `is' to gather nations, To assemble kingdoms, To pour out on them Mine indignation, All the heat of Mine anger, For by the fire of My jealousy consumed is all the earth.

  • Ezek 39:25
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    25Therefore, thus said the Lord Jehovah: Now do I bring back the captivity of Jacob, And I have pitied all the house of Israel, And have been zealous for My holy name.

  • Ezek 38:19
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    19And in My zeal, in the fire of My wrath, I have spoken: Is there not in that day a great rushing on the land of Israel?

  • Jer 13:9
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    9Thus do I mar the excellency of Judah, And the great excellency of Jerusalem.

  • Ezek 36:5-6
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    5Therefore, thus said the Lord Jehovah: Have I not, in the fire of My jealousy, Spoken against the remnant of the nations, And against Edom -- all of it, Who gave My land to themselves for a possession, With the joy of the whole heart -- with despite of soul, For the sake of casting it out for a prey?

    6Therefore, prophesy concerning the ground of Israel, And thou hast said to mountains, and to hills, To streams, and to valleys, Thus said the Lord Jehovah: Lo, I, in My jealousy, and in My fury, I have spoken, Because the shame of nations ye have borne.

  • Deut 32:21
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    21They have made Me zealous by `no-god,' They made Me angry by their vanities; And I make them zealous by `no-people,' By a foolish nation I make them angry.

  • Deut 4:24
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    24for Jehovah thy God is a fire consuming -- a zealous God.

  • Deut 6:15
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    15for a zealous God `is' Jehovah thy God in thy midst -- lest the anger of Jehovah thy God burn against thee, and He hath destroyed thee from off the face of the ground.

  • Jer 44:6
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    6and poured out is My fury, and Mine anger, and it burneth in cities of Judah, and in streets of Jerusalem, and they are for a waste, for a desolation, as `at' this day.

  • Zech 2:5
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    5And I -- I am to her -- an affirmation of Jehovah, A wall of fire round about, And for honour I am in her midst.

  • Zech 2:10
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    10Singe, and rejoice, O daughter of Zion, For lo, I am coming, and have dwelt in thy midst, An affirmation of Jehovah.

  • Amos 6:8
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    8Sworn hath the Lord Jehovah by Himself, An affirmation of Jehovah, God of Hosts: I am abominating the excellency of Jacob, And his high places I have hated, And I have delivered up the city and its fulness.

  • Isa 1:24
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    24Therefore -- the affirmation of the Lord -- Jehovah of Hosts, the Mighty One of Israel: Ah, I am eased of Mine adversaries, And I am avenged of Mine enemies,

  • 2 Kgs 19:31
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    31For from Jerusalem goeth out a remnant, And an escape from mount Zion; The zeal of Jehovah `of Hosts' doth this.

  • Zech 8:18
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    18And there is a word of Jehovah of Hosts unto me, saying:

  • Isa 37:32
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    32For from Jerusalem goeth forth a remnant, And an escape from mount Zion, The zeal of Jehovah of Hosts doth this.

  • Exod 34:14
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    14for ye do not bow yourselves to another god -- for Jehovah, whose name `is' Zealous, is a zealous God.

  • Isa 62:1
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    1For Zion's sake I am not silent, And for Jerusalem's sake I do not rest, Till her righteousness go out as brightness, And her salvation, as a torch that burneth.

  • Ps 79:5
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    5Till when, O Jehovah? art Thou angry for ever? Thy jealousy doth burn as fire.

  • Amos 2:5
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    5And I have sent a fire against Judah, And it hath consumed palaces of Jerusalem.

  • Zech 1:2
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    2`Jehovah was wroth against your fathers -- wrath!

  • Zech 8:14-15
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    14For, thus said Jehovah of Hosts, As I did purpose to do evil to you, When your fathers made Me wroth, Said Jehovah of Hosts, and I did not repent,

    15So I have turned back, I have purposed, in these days, To do good with Jerusalem, And with the house of Judah -- fear not!

  • Isa 31:4
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    4For thus said Jehovah unto me: `As growl doth the lion and the young lion over his prey, Called against whom is a multitude of shepherds, From their voice he is not affrighted, And from their noise he is not humbled; So come down doth Jehovah of Hosts To war on mount Zion, and on her height.

  • Ps 87:2
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    2Jehovah is loving the gates of Zion Above all the tabernacles of Jacob.

  • Jer 32:31
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    31`For a cause of Mine anger, and a cause of My fury, hath this city been to Me, even from the day that they built it, and unto this day -- to turn it aside from before My face,

  • Zech 2:8
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    8For thus said Jehovah of Hosts: After honour He hath sent me unto the nations who are spoiling you, For he who is coming against you, Is coming against the daughter of His eye.

  • Hag 1:8
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    8Go up the mountain, and ye have brought in wood, And build the house, and I am pleased with it. And I am honoured, said Jehovah.

  • Isa 42:13
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    13Jehovah as a mighty one goeth forth. As a man of war He stirreth up zeal, He crieth, yea, He shrieketh, Against His enemies He showeth Himself mighty.

  • Jer 21:5
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    5And I -- I have fought against you, With a stretched-out hand, and with a strong arm, And in anger, and in fury, and in great wrath,

  • Jer 9:9
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    9For these things do not I see after them? An affirmation of Jehovah, Against a nation such as this doth not My soul avenge itself?

  • Lam 4:11
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    11Completed hath Jehovah His fury, He hath poured out the fierceness of His anger, And he kindleth a fire in Zion, And it devoureth her foundations.

  • Isa 31:9
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    9And `to' his rock from fear he passeth on, And affrighted by the ensign have been his princes -- an affirmation of Jehovah, Who hath a light in Zion, And who hath a furnace in Jerusalem!

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    7Therefore, thus said Jehovah of Hosts: Lo, I am refining them, and have tried them, For how do I do because of the daughter of My people?

  • 2 Chr 29:8
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    8and the wrath of Jehovah is on Judah and Jerusalem, and He giveth them for a trembling, for an astonishment, and for a hissing, as ye are seeing with your eyes.

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    8Mine `is' the silver, and Mine the gold, An affirmation of Jehovah of Hosts.

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    8(For a day of vengeance `is' to Jehovah, A year of recompences for Zion's strife,)

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    42And I have caused My fury against thee to rest, And My jealousy hath turned aside from thee, And I have been quiet, and I am not angry any more.

  • Isa 48:2
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    2For from the Holy City they have been called, And on the God of Israel been supported, Jehovah of Hosts `is' His name.

  • Ps 78:58
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    58And make Him angry with their high places, And with their graven images make Him zealous,

  • Lam 1:17
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    17Spread forth hath Zion her hands, There is no comforter for her, Jehovah hath charged concerning Jacob, His neighbours `are' his adversaries, Jerusalem hath become impure among them.