13 And the Lord answered the Angel that talked with me, with good words and comfortable words.

14 So the Angel that communed with me, said unto me, Cry thou, and speak, thus saith the Lord of hosts, I am [a]jealous over Jerusalem and Zion with a great zeal,

15 And am greatly angry against the careless heathen: for I was angry but [b]a little, and they helped forward the affliction.

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Footnotes

  1. Zechariah 1:14 Though for a time God defer his help and comfort from his Church, yet this declareth that he loveth them still most dearly, as a most merciful father his children, or an husband his wife, and when it is expedient for them, his help is ever ready.
  2. Zechariah 1:15 In destroying the reprobate, I showed myself but a little angry toward my church, but the enemy would have destroyed them also, and considered not the end of my chastisements.

13 So the Lord spoke(A) kind and comforting words(B) to the angel who talked with me.(C)

14 Then the angel who was speaking to me said, “Proclaim this word: This is what the Lord Almighty says: ‘I am very jealous(D) for Jerusalem and Zion, 15 and I am very angry with the nations that feel secure.(E) I was only a little angry,(F) but they went too far with the punishment.’(G)

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