Zechariah 1:2

Zechariah 1:2 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)The Lord hath been sore displeased with your fathers.
• New International Version (NIV)“The Lord was very angry with your ancestors.
• English Standard Version (ESV)"The Lord was very angry with your fathers.
• New King James Version (NKJV)“The Lord has been very angry with your fathers.

Context of Zechariah 1:2

1In the eighth month of the second year of Darius, the word of the Lord came to Zechariah the prophet, the son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo saying, “The Lord was very angry with your fathers. 3Therefore say to them, ‘This is what the Lord of armies says: “Return to Me,” declares the Lord of armies, “that I may return to you,” says the Lord of armies. 4“Do not be like your fathers, to whom the former prophets proclaimed, saying, ‘This is what the Lord of armies says: “Return now from your evil ways and from your evil deeds.”’ But they did not listen or pay attention to Me,” declares the Lord.

Zechariah 1:2 word by word

קָצַ֧ף יְהוָ֛ה עַל־אֲבֽוֹתֵיכֶ֖ם קָֽצֶף׃Read the interlinear

• The Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• wasקָצַףqâtsaph · be angryH7107
• veryקֶ֫צֶףqetseph · wrathH7110
• with your fathersאָב'âb · fatherH1

Cross-references for Zechariah 1:2

• 2 Kings 22:16“This is what the Lord says: ‘Behold, I am going to bring disaster on this place and on its inhabitants, all the words of the book which the king of Judah has read.
• 2 Kings 23:26Nevertheless, the Lord did not turn from the fierceness of His great wrath with which His anger burned against Judah, because of all the provocations with which Manasseh had provoked Him.
• 2 Chronicles 36:13He also rebelled against King Nebuchadnezzar, who had made him swear allegiance by God. But he stiffened his neck and hardened his heart against turning to the Lord God of Israel.
• Ezra 9:6and I said, “My God, I am ashamed and humiliated to lift up my face to You, my God, for our wrongful deeds have risen above our heads, and our guilt has grown even to the heavens.
• Nehemiah 9:26“But they became rebellious and revolted against You, And threw Your Law behind their backs And killed Your prophets who had admonished them In order to bring them back to You, And they committed great blasphemies.
• Psalms 60:1God, You have rejected us. You have broken us; You have been angry; restore us!
• Psalms 79:5How long, Lord? Will You be angry forever? Will Your jealousy burn like fire?
• Jeremiah 44:6Therefore My wrath and My anger gushed out and burned in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem, so they have become ruins and a desolation as it is this day.
• Lamentations 1:12“Is it nothing to all you who pass this way? Look and see if there is any pain like my pain Which was inflicted on me, With which the Lord tormented me on the day of His fierce anger.
• Lamentations 2:3In fierce anger He has cut off All the strength of Israel; He has pulled back His right hand From the enemy. And He has burned in Jacob like a flaming fire Consuming on all sides.
• Lamentations 3:42We have done wrong and rebelled; You have not pardoned.
• Lamentations 5:7Our fathers sinned, and are gone; It is we who have been burdened with the punishment for their wrongdoings.
• Ezekiel 22:31So I have poured out My indignation on them; I have consumed them with the fire of My wrath; I have brought their way upon their heads,” declares the Lord God.
• Daniel 9:11Indeed, all Israel has violated Your Law and turned aside, not obeying Your voice; so the curse has gushed forth on us, along with the oath which is written in the Law of Moses the servant of God, because we have sinned against Him.
• Zephaniah 2:1Gather yourselves together, yes, join together, You nation without shame,
• Matthew 23:30and you say, ‘If we had been living in the days of our fathers, we would not have been partners with them in shedding the blood of the prophets.’

Commentaries on Zechariah 1:2

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 2The Lord hath been sore displeased with your fathers - For their ingratitude idolatry, iniquity, and general rebellion.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 2Wroth was the Lord against your fathers with wrath - othat is, a wrath which was indeed such, whose greatness he does not further express, but leaves to their memories to supply. Cyril: “Seest thou how he scares them, and, setting before the young what befell those before them, drives them to amend, threatening them with the like or more grievous ills, unless they would wisely reject their fathers‘ ways, esteeming the pleasing of God worthy of all thought…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-6The prelude identifies the book’s themes as repentance and spiritual renewal, and establishes a tone of hope and encouragement.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 22. God fulfilled His threats against your fathers; beware, then, lest by disregarding His voice by me, as they did in the case of former prophets, ye suffer like them. The special object Zechariah aims at is that they should awake from their selfish negligence to obey God's command to rebuild His temple (Hag 1:4-8). sore displeased--Hebrew, "displeased with a displeasure," that is, vehemently, with no common displeasure, exhibited in the destruction of…Read the comment

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Commentaries on Zechariah 1

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings