Zechariah 8:2 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

² “Thus says the Lord of hosts: I am zealous for Zion with great zeal, and I am zealous for her with great wrath.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

² Thus saith the LORD of hosts; I was jealous for Zion with great jealousy, and I was jealous for her with great fury.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

² Thus says the Lord of hosts: I am jealous for Zion with great jealousy, and I am jealous for her with great wrath [against her enemies].

American Standard Version (1901)

² Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: I am jealous for Zion with great jealousy, and I am jealous for her with great wrath.

Common English Bible

² The LORD of heavenly forces proclaims: I care passionately about Zion; I burn with passion for her.

Catholic Public Domain Version

² Thus says the Lord of hosts: I have been zealous for Zion with a great zeal, and with a great indignation have I been zealous for her.

Zechariah 8:2 Cross References

Joel 2:18

Then the Lord became jealous for his land and had pity on his people.

Nahum 1:2

A jealous and avenging God is the Lord; the Lord is avenging and wrathful; the Lord takes vengeance on his adversaries and prolongs it against his enemies.

Isaiah 63:15

Look down from heaven and see, from your holy and glorious habitation. Where are your zeal and your might? Your great pity and your compassion are withheld from me.

Isaiah 59:17

He put on righteousness like a breastplate and a helmet of salvation on his head; he put on garments of vengeance for clothing and wrapped himself in fury as in a mantle.

Nahum 1:6

Who can stand before his indignation? Who can endure the heat of his anger? His wrath is poured out like fire, and by him the rocks are broken in pieces.

Zechariah 8:1

The word of the Lord of hosts came to me, saying:

1 Chronicles 12:19

Some of the Manassites deserted to David when he came with the Philistines for the battle against Saul. (Yet he did not help them, for the rulers of the Philistines took counsel and sent him away, saying, “He will desert to his master Saul at the cost of our heads.”)