Zechariah 1:2

Translations

Modern

“The LORD was very angry with your fathers.

Traditional

The Lord hath been sore displeased with your fathers.

Literal

“YHWH has been angry at your fathers with wrath.

Latin

Iratus est Dominus super patres vestros iracundia.

Original

Hebrew

English

“The LORD was very angry with your fathers.

Notes

Zechariah 1:1–6

The prelude identifies the book’s themes as repentance and spiritual renewal, and establishes a tone of hope and encouragement.

Events

Prophecies of Zechariahc. 520 BC

Related verses

Jeremiah 44:6
Therefore My wrath and anger poured out and burned in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem, so that they have become the desolate ruin they are today.
Psalm 79:5–6
How long, O LORD? Will You be angry forever? Will Your jealousy burn like fire?
Lamentations 5:7
Our fathers sinned and are no more, but we bear their punishment.
Ezekiel 22:31
So I have poured out My indignation upon them and consumed them with the fire of My fury. I have brought their ways down upon their own heads, declares the Lord GOD.”
Zephaniah 2:1–3
Gather yourselves, gather together, O shameful nation,
Matthew 23:30–32
And you say, ‘If we had lived in the days of our fathers, we would not have been partners with them in shedding the blood of the prophets.’
Acts 7:52
Which of the prophets did your fathers fail to persecute? They even killed those who foretold the coming of the Righteous One. And now you are His betrayers and murderers—
Lamentations 1:12–15
Is this nothing to you, all you who pass by? Look around and see! Is there any sorrow like mine, which was inflicted on me, which the LORD made me suffer on the day of His fierce anger?
Ezra 9:13
After all that has come upon us because of our evil deeds and our great guilt (though You, our God, have punished us less than our iniquities deserve and have given us such a remnant as this),
2 Kings 23:26
Nevertheless, the LORD did not turn away from the fury of His burning anger, which was kindled against Judah because of all that Manasseh had done to provoke Him to anger.
2 Chronicles 36:13–20
He also rebelled against King Nebuchadnezzar, who had made him swear by God. But Zedekiah stiffened his neck and hardened his heart against turning to the LORD, the God of Israel.
Nehemiah 9:26–27
But they were disobedient and rebelled against You; they flung Your law behind their backs. They killed Your prophets, who had admonished them to return to You. They committed terrible blasphemies.

Parallels

Jeremiah 3:11–25 Hosea 14:1–3

Glossary

Apocalyptic Barachiah, Barachias Berechiah Iddo Zechariah (Person) Zechariah, Book of

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