Zechariah 8:14

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

When your ancestors made me angry, I decided to punish you with disasters, and I didn't hold back.

Cross References

2 Chronicles 36:16

But the people only laughed and insulted these prophets. They ignored what the LORD God was trying to tell them, until he finally became so angry that nothing could stop him from punishing Judah and Jerusalem.

Psalm 33:11

But what the LORD has planned will stand for ever. His thoughts never change.

Isaiah 14:24

The LORD All-Powerful has made this promise: Everything I have planned will happen just as I said.

Jeremiah 20:16

May that man be like the towns you destroyed without pity. Let him hear shouts of alarm in the morning and battle cries at midday.

Jeremiah 29:11

I will bless you with a future filled with hope—a future of success, not of suffering.

Jeremiah 31:28

In the past, I took care to uproot them, to tear them down, and to destroy them. But when that day comes, I will take care to plant them and help them grow.

Jeremiah 32:42

Even though I have brought disaster on the people, I will some day do all these good things for them.

Ezekiel 24:14

That time will certainly come! And when it does, I won't show the people of Jerusalem any pity or change my mind. They must be punished for the evil they have done. I, the LORD God, have spoken.

Zechariah 1:2

Israel, I, the LORD All-Powerful, was very angry with your ancestors. But if you people will return to me, I will turn and help you.

Zechariah 1:6

But my warnings and my words spoken by the prophets caught up with your ancestors. So they turned back to me and said, “LORD All-Powerful, you have punished us for our sins, just as you had planned.”