Verse 12

Then the angel{H4397} of the LORD{H3068} answered{H6030}{(H8799)} and said{H559}{(H8799)}, O LORD{H3068} of hosts{H6635}, how long wilt thou not have mercy{H7355}{(H8762)} on Jerusalem{H3389} and on the cities{H5892} of Judah{H3063}, against which thou hast had indignation{H2194}{(H8804)} these threescore and ten{H7657} years{H8141}?

Referenced Verses

  • Ps 102:13 : 13 Thou shalt arise{H6965}{(H8799)}, and have mercy{H7355}{(H8762)} upon Zion{H6726}: for the time{H6256} to favour{H2603}{(H8800)} her, yea, the set time{H4150}, is come{H935}{(H8804)}.
  • Jer 29:10 : 10 For thus saith{H559}{(H8804)} the LORD{H3068}, That after{H6310} seventy{H7657} years{H8141} be accomplished{H4390}{(H8800)} at Babylon{H894} I will visit{H6485}{(H8799)} you, and perform{H6965}{(H8689)} my good{H2896} word{H1697} toward you, in causing you to return{H7725}{(H8687)} to this place{H4725}.
  • Dan 9:2 : 2 In the first{H259} year{H8141} of his reign{H4427}{(H8800)} I Daniel{H1840} understood{H995}{(H8804)} by books{H5612} the number{H4557} of the years{H8141}, whereof the word{H1697} of the LORD{H3068} came to Jeremiah{H3414} the prophet{H5030}, that he would accomplish{H4390}{(H8763)} seventy{H7657} years{H8141} in the desolations{H2723} of Jerusalem{H3389}.
  • Zech 7:5 : 5 Speak{H559}{(H8798)} unto all the people{H5971} of the land{H776}, and to the priests{H3548}, saying{H559}{(H8800)}, When ye fasted{H6684}{(H8804)} and mourned{H5594}{(H8800)} in the fifth{H2549} and seventh{H7637} month, even those seventy{H7657} years{H8141}, did ye at all{H6684}{(H8800)} fast{H6684}{(H8804)} unto me, even to me?
  • Ps 74:10 : 10 O God{H430}, how long shall the adversary{H6862} reproach{H2778}{H8762)}? shall the enemy{H341}{H8802)} blaspheme{H5006}{H8762)} thy name{H8034} for ever{H5331}?
  • Rev 6:10 : 10 And{G2532} they cried{G2896}{(G5707)} with a loud{G3173} voice{G5456}, saying{G3004}{(G5723)}, How{G2193} long{G4219}, O Lord{G1203}, holy{G40} and{G2532} true{G228}, dost thou{G2919} not{G3756} judge{G2919}{(G5719)} and{G2532} avenge{G1556}{(G5719)} our{G2257} blood{G129} on{G575} them that dwell{G2730}{(G5723)} on{G1909} the earth{G1093}?
  • Heb 7:25 : 25 Wherefore{G3606} he is able{G1410}{(G5736)} also{G2532} to save them{G4982}{(G5721)} to{G1519} the uttermost{G3838} that come{G4334}{(G5740)} unto God{G2316} by{G1223} him{G846}, seeing he ever{G3842} liveth{G2198}{(G5723)} to{G1519} make intercession{G1793}{(G5721)} for{G5228} them{G846}.
  • Exod 23:20-23 : 20 Behold, I send{H7971}{(H8802)} an Angel{H4397} before{H6440} thee, to keep{H8104}{(H8800)} thee in the way{H1870}, and to bring{H935}{(H8687)} thee into the place{H4725} which I have prepared{H3559}{(H8689)}. 21 Beware{H8104}{(H8734)} of{H6440} him, and obey{H8085}{(H8798)} his voice{H6963}, provoke{H4843}{(H8686)} him not; for he will not pardon{H5375}{(H8799)} your transgressions{H6588}: for my name{H8034} is in him{H7130}. 22 But if thou shalt indeed{H8085}{(H8800)} obey{H8085}{(H8799)} his voice{H6963}, and do{H6213}{(H8804)} all that I speak{H1696}{(H8762)}; then I will be an enemy{H340}{(H8804)} unto thine enemies{H341}{(H8802)}, and an adversary{H6887}{(H8802)} unto thine adversaries{H6696}{(H8804)}. 23 For mine Angel{H4397} shall go{H3212}{(H8799)} before{H6440} thee, and bring{H935}{(H8689)} thee in unto the Amorites{H567}, and the Hittites{H2850}, and the Perizzites{H6522}, and the Canaanites{H3669}, the Hivites{H2340}, and the Jebusites{H2983}: and I will cut them off{H3582}{(H8689)}.
  • 2 Chr 36:21 : 21 To fulfil{H4390}{(H8763)} the word{H1697} of the LORD{H3068} by the mouth{H6310} of Jeremiah{H3414}, until the land{H776} had enjoyed{H7521}{(H8804)} her sabbaths{H7676}: for as long as{H3117} she lay desolate{H8074}{(H8715)} she kept sabbath{H7673}{(H8804)}, to fulfil{H4390}{(H8763)} threescore and ten{H7657} years{H8141}.
  • Ps 69:5 : 5 O God{H430}, thou knowest{H3045}{H8804)} my foolishness{H200}; and my sins{H819} are not hid{H3582}{H8738)} from thee.
  • Zech 1:8 : 8 I saw{H7200}{(H8804)} by night{H3915}, and behold a man{H376} riding{H7392}{(H8802)} upon a red{H122} horse{H5483}, and he stood{H5975}{(H8802)} among the myrtle trees{H1918} that were in the bottom{H4699}; and behind{H310} him were there red{H122} horses{H5483}, speckled{H8320}, and white{H3836}.
  • Zech 1:10-11 : 10 And the man{H376} that stood{H5975}{(H8802)} among the myrtle trees{H1918} answered{H6030}{(H8799)} and said{H559}{(H8799)}, These are they whom the LORD{H3068} hath sent{H7971}{(H8804)} to walk{H1980}{(H8692)} to and fro through the earth{H776}. 11 And they answered{H6030}{(H8799)} the angel{H4397} of the LORD{H3068} that stood{H5975}{(H8802)} among the myrtle trees{H1918}, and said{H559}{(H8799)}, We have walked to and fro{H1980}{(H8694)} through the earth{H776}, and, behold, all the earth{H776} sitteth still{H3427}{(H8802)}, and is at rest{H8252}{(H8802)}.
  • Isa 63:9 : 9 In all their affliction{H6869} he was afflicted{H6862}, and the angel{H4397} of his presence{H6440} saved{H3467}{(H8689)} them: in his love{H160} and in his pity{H2551} he redeemed{H1350}{(H8804)} them; and he bare{H5190}{(H8762)} them, and carried{H5375}{(H8762)} them all the days{H3117} of old{H5769}.
  • Isa 64:9-9 : 9 Be not wroth{H7107}{(H8799)} very sore{H3966}, O LORD{H3068}, neither remember{H2142}{(H8799)} iniquity{H5771} for ever{H5703}: behold, see{H5027}{(H8685)}, we beseech thee, we are all thy people{H5971}. 10 Thy holy{H6944} cities{H5892} are a wilderness{H4057}, Zion{H6726} is a wilderness{H4057}, Jerusalem{H3389} a desolation{H8077}. 11 Our holy{H6944} and our beautiful{H8597} house{H1004}, where our fathers{H1} praised{H1984}{(H8765)} thee, is burned up{H8316} with fire{H784}: and all our pleasant things{H4261} are laid waste{H2723}. 12 Wilt thou refrain{H662}{(H8691)} thyself for these things, O LORD{H3068}? wilt thou hold thy peace{H2814}{(H8799)}, and afflict{H6031}{(H8762)} us very sore{H3966}?
  • Jer 25:11-12 : 11 And this whole land{H776} shall be a desolation{H2723}, and an astonishment{H8047}; and these nations{H1471} shall serve{H5647}{(H8804)} the king{H4428} of Babylon{H894} seventy{H7657} years{H8141}. 12 And it shall come to pass, when seventy{H7657} years{H8141} are accomplished{H4390}{(H8800)}, that I will punish{H6485}{(H8799)} the king{H4428} of Babylon{H894}, and that nation{H1471}, saith{H5002}{(H8803)} the LORD{H3068}, for their iniquity{H5771}, and the land{H776} of the Chaldeans{H3778}, and will make{H7760}{(H8804)} it perpetual{H5769} desolations{H8077}.