Zechariah 8:2

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

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

Cross References

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.”)

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.

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.

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.

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: