Zechariah 1:12 KJV

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?

Thou and Ye

  • thou one person

In the King James Bible, thee, thou, thy, and thine always mean one person, and ye, you, and your more than one: a difference modern English lost. Why keep these words?

Scofield Notes

  • angel(See Scofield Heb 1:4).

Matthew Henry

  • A vision of the ministry of angelsThe prophet saw a dark, shady grove, hidden by hills. This represented the low, melancholy condition of the Jewish church. A man like a warrior sat on a red...

Thompson Chains

Parallel Passages

  • Jeremiah 25:11 And this whole land shall be a desolation, and an astonishment; and these nations shall serve the king of Babylon seventy years.
  • Daniel 9:2 In the first year of his reign I Daniel understood by books the number of the years, whereof the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah the prophet, that he would accomplish seventy years in the desolations of Jerusalem.

From Thompson’s Chain-Reference Bible (1908).

Cross References

  • Psalms 102:13 Thou shalt arise, and have mercy upon Zion: for the time to favour her, yea, the set time, is come.
  • Jeremiah 29:10 For thus saith the LORD, That after seventy years be accomplished at Babylon I will visit you, and perform my good word toward you, in causing you to return to this place.
  • Daniel 9:2 In the first year of his reign I Daniel understood by books the number of the years, whereof the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah the prophet, that he would accomplish seventy years in the desolations of Jerusalem.
  • Zechariah 7:5 Speak unto all the people of the land, and to the priests, saying, When ye fasted and mourned in the fifth and seventh month, even those seventy years, did ye at all fast unto me, even to me?
  • Psalms 74:10 O God, how long shall the adversary reproach? shall the enemy blaspheme thy name for ever?

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Bible Dictionary

  • LordThere are various Hebrew and Greek words so rendered.
  • JerusalemCalled also Salem, Ariel, Jebus, the “city of God,” the “holy city;” by the modern Arabs el-Khuds, meaning “the holy;” once “the city of...
  • JudahPraise, the fourth son of Jacob by Leah. The name originated in Leah’s words of praise to the Lord on account of his birth: “Now will I...

Hebrew and Strong’s

  • Then the angel מַלְאַךְ malʾak מֲלְאָךְ Noun · masculine singular construct
  • of the LORD יְהוָה yhwh יְהֹוָה Proper name
  • answered וַיַּעַן wayyaʿan עָנָה Verb · qal sequential imperfect, third person masculine singular · with and
  • and said וַיֹּאמַר wayyōʾmar אָמַר Verb · qal sequential imperfect, third person masculine singular · with and
  • O LORD יְהוָה yhwh יְהֹוָה Proper name
  • of hosts צְבָאוֹת ṣĕbāʾwōt צָבָא Noun · masculine or feminine plural
  • how long wilt thou not have mercy עַד ʿad Preposition מָתַי mātay Interrogative אַתָּה ʾattâ Pronoun · second person masculine singular לֹא lōʾ Negative תְרַחֵם tĕraḥēm רָחַם Verb · piel imperfect, second person masculine singular
  • on Jerusalem אֶת ʾet Object marker יְרוּשָׁלִַם yĕrûšālim יְרוּשָׁלַ͏ִם Proper name
  • and on the cities וְאֵת wĕʾēt Object marker · with and עָרֵי ʿārê עִיר Noun · feminine plural construct
  • of Judah יְהוּדָה yĕhûdâ יְהוּדָה Proper name
  • against which thou hast had indignation אֲשֶׁר ʾăšer Relative זָעַמְתָּה zāʿamtâ זָעַם Verb · qal perfect, second person masculine singular
  • these threescore and ten זֶה zê Pronoun שִׁבְעִים šibʿîm שִׁבְעִים Number · masculine or feminine plural
  • years שָׁנָה šānâ שָׁנֶה Noun · feminine singular

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