Zechariah 1:12

New Living Translation

Upon hearing this, the angel of the Lord prayed this prayer: “O Lord of Heaven’s Armies, for seventy years now you have been angry with Jerusalem and the towns of Judah. How long until you again show mercy to them?”

Cross References

2 Chronicles 36:21

So the message of the Lord spoken through Jeremiah was fulfilled. The land finally enjoyed its Sabbath rest, lying desolate until the seventy years were fulfilled, just as the prophet had said.

Psalm 102:10

because of your anger and wrath. For you have picked me up and thrown me out.

Psalm 102:13

You will arise and have mercy on Jerusalem— and now is the time to pity her, now is the time you promised to help.

Psalm 69:5

O God, you know how foolish I am; my sins cannot be hidden from you.

Psalm 74:10

How long, O God, will you allow our enemies to insult you? Will you let them dishonor your name forever?

Psalm 79:5

O Lord, how long will you be angry with us? Forever? How long will your jealousy burn like fire?

Ecclesiastes 3:3

A time to kill and a time to heal. A time to tear down and a time to build up.

Isaiah 47:6

For I was angry with my chosen people and punished them by letting them fall into your hands. But you, Babylon, showed them no mercy. You oppressed even the elderly.

Isaiah 63:9

In all their suffering he also suffered, and he personally rescued them. In his love and mercy he redeemed them. He lifted them up and carried them through all the years.

Jeremiah 12:4

How long must this land mourn? Even the grass in the fields has withered. The wild animals and birds have disappeared because of the evil in the land. For the people have said, “The Lord doesn’t see what’s ahead for us!”

Jeremiah 15:17

I never joined the people in their merry feasts. I sat alone because your hand was on me. I was filled with indignation at their sins.

Jeremiah 29:10

This is what the Lord says: “You will be in Babylon for seventy years. But then I will come and do for you all the good things I have promised, and I will bring you home again.

Jeremiah 30:18

This is what the Lord says: “When I bring Israel home again from captivity and restore their fortunes, Jerusalem will be rebuilt on its ruins, and the palace reconstructed as before.

Daniel 12:6

One of them asked the man dressed in linen, who was now standing above the river, “How long will it be until these shocking events are over?”

Daniel 9:2

During the first year of his reign, I, Daniel, learned from reading the word of the Lord, as revealed to Jeremiah the prophet, that Jerusalem must lie desolate for seventy years.

Habakkuk 1:2

How long, O Lord, must I call for help? But you do not listen! “Violence is everywhere!” I cry, but you do not come to save.

Zechariah 1:8

In a vision during the night, I saw a man sitting on a red horse that was standing among some myrtle trees in a small valley. Behind him were riders on red, brown, and white horses.

Zechariah 7:5

“Say to all your people and your priests, ‘During these seventy years of exile, when you fasted and mourned in the summer and in early autumn, was it really for me that you were fasting?

Hebrews 7:25

Therefore he is able, once and forever, to save those who come to God through him. He lives forever to intercede with God on their behalf.

Revelation 6:10

They shouted to the Lord and said, “O Sovereign Lord, holy and true, how long before you judge the people who belong to this world and avenge our blood for what they have done to us?”