Zechariah 1:12

New English Translation

The angel of the Lord then asked, “Lord who rules over all, how long before you have compassion on Jerusalem and the other cities of Judah which you have been so angry with for these seventy years?”

Cross References

2 Chronicles 36:21

This took place to fulfill the Lord’s message delivered through Jeremiah. The land experienced its sabbatical years; it remained desolate for seventy years, as prophesied.

Psalm 102:10

because of your anger and raging fury. Indeed, you pick me up and throw me away.

Psalm 102:13

You will rise up and have compassion on Zion. For it is time to have mercy on her, for the appointed time has come.

Psalm 69:5

O God, you are aware of my foolish sins; my guilt is not hidden from you.

Psalm 74:10

How long, O God, will the adversary hurl insults? Will the enemy blaspheme your name forever?

Psalm 79:5

How long will this go on, O Lord? Will you stay angry forever? How long will your rage burn like fire?

Ecclesiastes 3:3

A time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up;

Isaiah 47:6

I was angry at my people; I defiled my special possession and handed them over to you. You showed them no mercy; you even placed a very heavy burden on old people.

Isaiah 63:9

Through all that they suffered, he suffered too. The messenger sent from his very presence delivered them. In his love and mercy he protected them; he lifted them up and carried them throughout ancient times.

Jeremiah 12:4

How long must the land be parched and the grass in every field be withered? How long must the animals and the birds die because of the wickedness of the people who live in this land? For these people boast, “God will not see what happens to us.”

Jeremiah 15:17

I did not spend my time in the company of other people, laughing and having a good time. I stayed to myself because I felt obligated to you and because I was filled with anger at what they had done.

Jeremiah 29:10

“For the Lord says, ‘Only when the seventy years of Babylonian rule are over will I again take up consideration for you. Then I will fulfill my gracious promise to you and restore you to your homeland.

Jeremiah 30:18

The Lord says, “I will restore the ruined houses of the descendants of Jacob. I will show compassion on their ruined homes. Every city will be rebuilt on its former ruins. Every fortified dwelling will occupy its traditional site.

Daniel 12:6

One said to the man clothed in linen who was above the waters of the river, “When will the end of these wondrous events occur?”

Daniel 9:2

in the first year of his reign I, Daniel, came to understand from the sacred books that, according to the word of the lord disclosed to the prophet Jeremiah, the years for the fulfilling of the desolation of Jerusalem were seventy in number.

Habakkuk 1:2

How long, Lord, must I cry for help? But you do not listen! I call out to you, “Violence!” But you do not intervene!

Zechariah 1:8

I was attentive that night and saw a man seated on a red horse that stood among some myrtle trees in the ravine. Behind him were red, sorrel, and white horses.

Zechariah 7:5

“Speak to all the people and priests of the land as follows: ‘When you fasted and lamented in the fifth and seventh months through all these seventy years, did you truly fast for me – for me, indeed?

Hebrews 7:25

So he is able to save completely those who come to God through him, because he always lives to intercede for them.

Revelation 6:10

They cried out with a loud voice, “How long, Sovereign Master, holy and true, before you judge those who live on the earth and avenge our blood?”