ZEC 1:2 Parallel Verse View

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BSB § “The LORD was very angry with your fathers.

OEB The Lord was furious with your ancestors.

CSB “The LORD was extremely angry with your ancestors.

NLT “I, the LORD, was very angry with your ancestors.

NIV “The LORD was very angry with your ancestors.

ESV “The LORD was very angry with your fathers.

NASB “The LORD was very angry with your fathers.

LSB “Yahweh was very wrathful against your fathers.

WEB “Yahweh was very displeased with your fathers.

WMB “The LORD was very displeased with your fathers.

MSG ^(1-4)In the eighth month of the second year in the reign of Darius, God’s Message came to the prophet Zechariah son of Berechiah, son of Iddo: “God was very angry with your ancestors. So give to the people this Message from God-of-the-Angel-Armies: ‘Come back to me and I’ll come back to you. Don’t be like your parents. The old-time prophets called out to them, “A Message from God-of-the-Angel-Armies: Leave your evil life. Quit your evil practices.” But they ignored everything I said to them, stubbornly refused to listen.’

NET The Lord was very angry with your ancestors.

LSV “YHWH was angry against your fathers—wrath!

FBV The Lord was very angry[fn] with your forefathers.

1:2 “Angry.” In many of the prophetic books of the Old Testament God is spoken of as being angry. But it should be noted that this is a description of God's opposition and intense hostility to evil and rebellion, rather than anger as experienced by human beings which is very self-referenced, emotionally-based, and even irrational. God's anger is a rational response to wickedness, and is based on his desire to save and heal, rather than to exact retributive vengeance. His focus is on making sure people understand the terrible danger they are in by pursuing evil.

T4T “I was very angry with your ancestors.

LEB “Yahweh was very angry with your ancestors.[fn]

?:? Literally “was angry against your ancestors with anger”

NRSV The LORD was very angry with your ancestors.

NKJV “The LORD has been very angry with your fathers.

NAB The
d LORD
d* was very angry with your ancestors.

BBE The Lord has been very angry with your fathers:

MOF No MOF ZEC book available

JPS 'The LORD hath been sore displeased with your fathers.

ASV Jehovah was sore displeased with your fathers.

DRA The Lord hath been exceeding angry with your fathers.

YLT 'Jehovah was wroth against your fathers — wrath!

DBY Jehovah hath been very wroth with your fathers.

RV The LORD hath been sore displeased with your fathers.

WBS The LORD hath been greatly displeased with your fathers.

KJB The LORD hath been sore displeased with your fathers.[fn]
(The LORD hath/has been sore displeased with your fathers.)

1.2 sore…: Heb. with displeasure

BB The Lorde hath ben sore displeased with your forefathers.
(The Lord hath/has been sore displeased with your forefathers.)

GNV The Lord hath bene sore displeased with your fathers.
(The Lord hath/has been sore displeased with your fathers. )

CB The LORDE hath bene sore displeased at youre forefathers.
(The LORD hath/has been sore displeased at your(pl) forefathers.)

WYC profete, and seide, The Lord is wrooth on youre fadris with wrathfulnesse.
(profete, and said, The Lord is wrooth on your(pl) fathers with wrathfulnesse.)

LUT Der HErr ist zornig gewesen über eure Väter.
(The LORD is zornig been above your Väter.)

CLV Iratus est Dominus super patres vestros iracundia.
(Iratus it_is Master over patres vestros iracundia. )

BRN The Lord has been very angry with your fathers.

BrLXX Ὠργίσθη Κύριος ἐπὶ τοὺς πατέρας ὑμῶν ὀργὴν μεγάλην·
(Ōrgisthaʸ Kurios epi tous pateras humōn orgaʸn megalaʸn; )

TTN Tyndale Theme Notes:

Returning to the Lord

The Old Testament prophets often communicated—both before and after the Exile—the need for the people of Israel to return to the Lord (see, e.g., Isa 55:6-7; Hos 6:1-3; Hag 1:12; Mal 3:7). Their abandonment of the true God—and their turning toward other gods—precipitated his judgment, which culminated in the destruction of the Temple and exile from their land. The future restoration and blessing of God’s people was dependent on their returning to him.

This is the core message of Zechariah to those returning to Jerusalem from exile, as seen in his opening statement: “Return to me, and I will return to you, says the Lord of Heaven’s Armies” (Zech 1:3). Zechariah’s call to repentance was a call for the people of Israel to renew their commitment to their covenant relationship with God. Zechariah warned his audience to learn from their ancestors’ past violation of the covenant, which had devastating consequences (7:11-14).

Zechariah’s interest in Israel’s covenant relationship with God extended to issues of social justice. Returning to the Lord leads naturally to obedience and to the practice of justice, honesty, fairness, mercy, and kindness (7:9-10; 8:16-17). Zechariah’s concern for right relationship with God and others anticipated Jesus’ later teaching on the most important commandments: to love God above all, and to love one’s neighbor as oneself (Matt 22:34-40).

Passages for Further Study

1 Sam 7:2-11; Isa 1:16-20; 55:7; Hos 6:1-3; 14:1-7; Hag 1:12; Zech 1:3; 7:9-14; 8:16-17; Mal 3:7; Matt 3:2-10; 22:34-40; Acts 17:24-31

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