They tear up my path; they contribute to my destruction, without anyone to help them.
Zechariah 1:15 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised I am fiercely angry with the nations that are at ease, for I was a little angry, but they made the destruction worse. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And I am very sore displeased with the heathen that are at ease: for I was but a little displeased, and they helped forward the affliction. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And I am very angry with the nations that are at ease; for while I was but a little displeased, they helped forward the affliction and disaster. American Standard Version (1901) And I am very sore displeased with the nations that are at ease; for I was but a little displeased, and they helped forward the affliction. Common English Bible And I am exceedingly angry with those carefree nations. Though I was somewhat angry, they added to the violence.” Catholic Public Domain Version And, with a great anger, I am angry with the wealthy nations. Though I had been angry a little, truly they advanced further in evil. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And I am angry with a great anger with the wealthy nations: for I was angry a little, but they helped forward the evil. |
They tear up my path; they contribute to my destruction, without anyone to help them.
In a surge of anger I hid my face from you for a moment, but I will have compassion on you with everlasting love,’ says the Lord your Redeemer.
Nevertheless, all who devoured you will be devoured, and all your adversaries #– #all of them – will go off into exile. Those who plunder you will be plundered, and all who raid you will be raided.
This is what the Lord of Armies says: Israelites and Judeans alike have been oppressed. All their captors hold them fast; they refuse to release them.
‘Before your very eyes, I will repay Babylon and all the residents of Chaldea for all their evil they have done in Zion.’ This is the Lord’s declaration.
‘Son of man, because Tyre said about Jerusalem, “Aha! The gateway to the peoples is shattered. She has been turned over to me. I will be filled now that she lies in ruins,”
Woe to those who are at ease in Zion and to those who feel secure on the hill of Samaria – the notable people in this first of the nations, those the house of Israel comes to.
You march across the earth with indignation; you trample down the nations in wrath.
They reported to the angel of the Lord standing among the myrtle trees, ‘We have patrolled the earth, and at the moment the whole earth is calm and quiet.’
This will be the plague with which the Lord strikes all the people who have warred against Jerusalem: their flesh will rot while they stand on their feet, their eyes will rot in their sockets, and their tongues will rot in their mouths.
Then he summoned me saying, ‘See, those going to the land of the north have pacified my Spirit in the northern land.’