Zechariah 8:2
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “I am jealous for Zion with great zeal; I am jealous for her with great fervor.””
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“This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “I am jealous for Zion with great zeal; I am jealous for her with great fervor.””
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Thus saith the Lord of hosts; I was jealous for Zion with great jealousy, and I was jealous for her with great fury.”
King James Version · Public Domain“Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: I am jealous for Zion with great jealousy, and I am jealous for her with great wrath.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“`Thus said Jehovah of Hosts: I have been zealous for Zion with great zeal, With great heat I have been zealous for her.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Zechariah 8:2 — 11 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 1 Chronicles 12:19Some from Manasseh defected to David when he went with the Philistines to fight against Saul. (They did not help the Philistines because the Philistine rulers consulted and sent David away, saying, “It will cost us our heads if he defects to his master Saul.”)
- Psalms 78:58They enraged Him with their high places and provoked His jealousy with their idols.
- Isaiah 42:13The LORD goes forth like a mighty one; He stirs up His zeal like a warrior. He shouts; yes, He roars in triumph over His enemies:
- Isaiah 59:17He put on righteousness like a breastplate, and the helmet of salvation on His head; He put on garments of vengeance and wrapped Himself in a cloak of zeal.
- Isaiah 63:4For the day of vengeance was in My heart, and the year of My redemption had come.
- Isaiah 63:15Look down from heaven and see, from Your holy and glorious habitation. Where are Your zeal and might? Your yearning and compassion for me are restrained.
- Ezekiel 36:5Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: Surely in My burning zeal I have spoken against the rest of the nations, and against all Edom, who took My land as their own possession with wholehearted joy and utter contempt, so that its pastureland became plunder.
- Joel 2:18Then the LORD became jealous for His land, and He spared His people.
- Nahum 1:2The LORD is a jealous and avenging God; the LORD is avenging and full of wrath. The LORD takes vengeance on His foes and reserves wrath for His enemies.
- Nahum 1:6Who can withstand His indignation? Who can endure His burning anger? His wrath is poured out like fire; even rocks are shattered before Him.
- Zechariah 1:14Then 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,
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