Zechariah 8:2 BSB — MannaFest

Zechariah 8:2

This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “I am jealous for Zion with great zeal; I am jealous for her with great fervor.”

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: I am jealous for Zion with great jealousy, and I am jealous for her with great wrath.

KJV

Thus saith the Lord of hosts; I was jealous for Zion with great jealousy, and I was jealous for her with great fury.

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Commentary

1 voice

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

I was jealous - Some refer this to the Jews themselves. They were as the spouse of Jehovah: but they were unfaithful, and God punished them as an injured husband might be expected to punish an unfaithful wife. Others apply it to the enemies of the Jews. Though I gave them a commission to afflict you, yet they exceeded their commission: I will therefore deal with them in fury - in vindictive justice.

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Original language & word study

12 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
כֹּ֤ה	koh	thus	H3541 →
אָמַר֙	'a.Mar	he says	H559 →
יְהוָ֣ה	Yah.weh	Yahweh	H3068 →
צְבָא֔וֹת	tze.va.'ot	of hosts	H6635 →
קִנֵּ֥אתִי	ki.Ne.ti	I am jealous	H7065 →
לְצִיּ֖וֹן	le.tzi.Yon	for Zion	H6726 →
קִנְאָ֣ה	kin.'Ah	jealousy	H7068 →
גְדוֹלָ֑ה	ge.do.Lah	great	H1419 →
וְחֵמָ֥ה	ve.che.Mah	and rage	H2534 →
גְדוֹלָ֖ה	ge.do.Lah	great	H1419 →
קִנֵּ֥אתִי	ki.Ne.ti	I am jealous	H7065 →
לָֽהּ׃	Lah	for it

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The walk

The walk8

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
Nahum 1:2
The 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.
leads to
- Exodus 20:5
  You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on their children to the third and fourth…
- Psalms 94:1
  O LORD, God of vengeance, O God of vengeance, shine forth.
- Exodus 34:14
  For you must not worship any other god, for the LORD, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God.
- Joshua 24:19
  But Joshua said to the people, “You are not able to serve the LORD, for He is a holy God; He is a jealous God; He will not forgive your rebellion or your sins.
Through
Joel 2:18
Then the LORD became jealous for His land, and He spared His people.
leads to
- Psalms 103:13
  As a father has compassion on his children, so the LORD has compassion on those who fear Him.
- Zechariah 1:14
  Then 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,
- James 5:11
  See how blessed we consider those who have persevered. You have heard of Job’s perseverance and have seen the outcome from the Lord. The Lord is full of compassion and mercy.
- Lamentations 3:22
  Because of the loving devotion of the LORD we are not consumed, for His mercies never fail.