Zechariah 1:12 BSB — MannaFest

Zechariah 1:12

Then the angel of the LORD said, “How long, O LORD of Hosts, will You withhold mercy from Jerusalem and the cities of Judah, with which You have been angry these seventy years?”

BSB

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ASV

Then the angel of Jehovah answered and said, O Jehovah 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?

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?

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Commentary

2 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Then the angel of the Lord - He who was among the myrtles - the Lord Jesus. O Lord of hosts, how long - Jesus Christ was not only the “Lamb slain from the foundation of the world,” but was always the sole Mediator and intercessor between God and man. These threescore and ten years? - This cannot mean the duration of the captivity for that was nearly twenty years past. It must mean simply the time that had elapsed from the destruction of the temple to the time in which the angel spoke.

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The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

Re 6:10, "How long," &c. Heretofore it was vain to pray, but now that the divinely appointed "threescore and ten years" (Jer 25:11; 29:10) are elapsed, it is time to pray to Thee for the fulfilment of Thy promise, seeing that Thy grace is not yet fully manifested, nor Thy promise fulfilled.

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Original language & word study

21 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיַּ֣עַן	vai.Ya.'an	and he answered	H6030 →
מַלְאַךְ־	mal.'akh-	[the] angel of	H4397 →
יְהוָה֮	Yah.weh	Yahweh	H3068 →
וַיֹּאמַר֒	vai.yo.Mar	and he said	H559 →
יְהוָ֣ה	Yah.weh	O Yahweh	H3068 →
צְבָא֔וֹת	tze.va.'ot	of hosts	H6635 →
עַד־	'ad-	until	H5704 →
מָתַ֗י	ma.Tai	when?	H4970 →
אַתָּה֙	'a.Tah	you	H859 →
לֹֽא־	lo'-	not	H3808 →
תְרַחֵ֣ם	te.ra.Chem	will you have compassion on	H7355 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
יְרוּשָׁלִַ֔ם	ye.ru.sha.Lim	Jerusalem	H3389 →
וְאֵ֖ת	ve.'Et	and <obj.>	H853 →
עָרֵ֣י	'a.Rei	[the] cities of	H5892 →
יְהוּדָ֑ה	ye.hu.Dah	Judah	H3063 →
אֲשֶׁ֣ר	'a.Sher	which	H834 →
זָעַ֔מְתָּה	za.'Am.tah	you have been indignant	H2194 →
זֶ֖ה	zeh	this	H2088 →
שִׁבְעִ֥ים	shiv.'Im	seventy	H7657 →
שָׁנָֽה׃	sha.Nah	year[s]	H8141 →

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Psalms 102:13
You will rise up and have compassion on Zion, for it is time to show her favor— the appointed time has come.
leads to
- Galatians 4:4
  But when the time had fully come, God sent His Son, born of a woman, born under the law,
- Isaiah 40:2
  “Speak tenderly to Jerusalem, and proclaim to her that her forced labor has been completed; her iniquity has been pardoned. For she has received from the hand of the LORD double for all her…
- Isaiah 60:1
  Arise, shine, for your light has come, and the glory of the LORD rises upon you.
- Psalms 44:26
  Rise up; be our help! Redeem us on account of Your loving devotion.
- Zechariah 2:10–12
  “Shout for joy and be glad, O Daughter of Zion, for I am coming to dwell among you,” declares the LORD.
Through
Daniel 9:2
in the first year of his reign, I, Daniel, understood from the sacred books, according to the word of the LORD to Jeremiah the prophet, that the desolation of Jerusalem would last seventy years.
leads to
- Zechariah 7:5
  “Ask all the people of the land and the priests, ‘When you fasted and mourned in the fifth and seventh months for these seventy years, was it really for Me that you fasted?
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Jeremiah 29:10
  For this is what the LORD says: “When Babylon’s seventy years are complete, I will attend to you and confirm My promise to restore you to this place.
- Jeremiah 25:11–12
  And this whole land will become a desolate wasteland, and these nations will serve the king of Babylon for seventy years.

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02Original language & word study

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Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About Zechariah

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Where the connections lead

Commentary

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The walk

Related verses

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About Zechariah