KJV King James Version
So the angel that communed with me said unto me, Cry thou, saying, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; I am jealous for Jerusalem and for Zion with a great jealousy.
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Zechariah 1:14
So the angel that communed with me said unto me, Cry thou, saying, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; I am jealous for Jerusalem and for Zion with a great jealousy.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Then the angel who was speaking with me said, “Proclaim this word: This is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘I am very jealous for Jerusalem and Zion,
WEB World English Bible
So the angel who talked with me said to me, “Proclaim, saying, ‘Thus says Yahweh of Armies: “I am jealous for Jerusalem and for Zion with a great jealousy.
ASV American Standard Version
So the angel that talked with me said unto me, Cry thou, saying, Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: I am jealous for Jerusalem and for Zion with a great jealousy.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
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.
Surrounding context — Zechariah 1
11 And they answered the angel of the LORD that stood among the myrtle trees, and said, We have walked to and fro through the earth, and, behold, all the earth sitteth still, and is at rest.
12 Then the angel of the LORD answered and said, O LORD of hosts, how long wilt thou not have mercy on Jerusalem and on the cities of Judah, against which thou hast had indignation these threescore and ten years?
13 And the LORD answered the angel that talked with me [with] good words [and] comfortable words.
14 So the angel that communed with me said unto me, Cry thou, saying, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; I am jealous for Jerusalem and for Zion with a great jealousy.
15 And I am very sore displeased with the heathen [that are] at ease: for I was but a little displeased, and they helped forward the affliction.
16 Therefore thus saith the LORD; I am returned to Jerusalem with mercies: my house shall be built in it, saith the LORD of hosts, and a line shall be stretched forth upon Jerusalem.
17 Cry yet, saying, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; My cities through prosperity shall yet be spread abroad; and the LORD shall yet comfort Zion, and shall yet choose Jerusalem.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
וַיֹּ֣אמֶרH559 · a.marto sayאֵלַ֗יH413 · elto(wards)הַמַּלְאָךְ֙H4397 · ma.le.akhmessengerהַדֹּבֵ֣רH1696 · da.varto speak: speakבִּ֔יH9030 · nimeקְרָ֣אH7121 · qa.rato call: call toלֵאמֹ֔רH559 · a.marto sayכֹּ֥הH3541 · kohthusאָמַ֖רH559 · a.marto sayיְהוָ֣הH3068 · ye.ho.vahLORDצְבָא֑וֹתH6635 · tsa.vaarmyקִנֵּ֧אתִיH7065 · qa.nabe jealousלִירוּשָׁלִַ֛םH3389 · ye.ru.sha.laimJerusalemוּלְצִיּ֖וֹןH6726 · tsiy.yonZionקִנְאָ֥הH7068 · qin.ahjealousyגְדוֹלָֽה׃H1419 · ga.dolgreat: large
Cross-references
Joel 2:18Then will the LORD be jealous for his land, and pity his people.Isaiah 40:6The voice said, Cry. And he said, What shall I cry? All flesh [is] grass, and all the goodliness thereof [is] as the flower of the field:Zechariah 1:17Cry yet, saying, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; My cities through prosperity shall yet be spread abroad; and the LORD shall yet comfort Zion, and shall yet choose Jerusalem.Isaiah 40:1Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God.Zechariah 1:9Then said I, O my lord, what [are] these? And the angel that talked with me said unto me, I will shew thee what these [be].Hosea 11:8How shall I give thee up, Ephraim? [how] shall I deliver thee, Israel? how shall I make thee as Admah? [how] shall I set thee as Zeboim? mine heart is turned within me, my repentings are kindled together.Nahum 1:2God [is] jealous, and the LORD revengeth; the LORD revengeth, and [is] furious; the LORD will take vengeance on his adversaries, and he reserveth [wrath] for his enemies.Isaiah 63:15Look down from heaven, and behold from the habitation of thy holiness and of thy glory: where [is] thy zeal and thy strength, the sounding of thy bowels and of thy mercies toward me? are they restrained?Isaiah 59:17For he put on righteousness as a breastplate, and an helmet of salvation upon his head; and he put on the garments of vengeance [for] clothing, and was clad with zeal as a cloke.Zechariah 1:13And the LORD answered the angel that talked with me [with] good words [and] comfortable words.Isaiah 38:22Hezekiah also had said, What [is] the sign that I shall go up to the house of the LORD?Isaiah 42:13The LORD shall go forth as a mighty man, he shall stir up jealousy like a man of war: he shall cry, yea, roar; he shall prevail against his enemies.Zechariah 2:3-4And, behold, the angel that talked with me went forth, and another angel went out to meet him,Isaiah 9:7Of the increase of [his] government and peace [there shall be] no end, upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to order it, and to establish it with judgment and with justice from henceforth even for ever. The zeal of the LORD of hosts will perform this.Zechariah 8:2-3Thus saith the LORD of hosts; I was jealous for Zion with great jealousy, and I was jealous for her with great fury.Zechariah 4:1And the angel that talked with me came again, and waked me, as a man that is wakened out of his sleep,
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