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, in the second year of Darius, came the word of Yhwh unto Zechariah, the son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo the prophet, saying, Yhwh hath been sore displeased with your fathers. 3Therefore say thou unto them, Thus saith Yhwh of Armies; Turn ye unto me, saith Yhwh of Armies, and I will turn unto you, saith Yhwh of Armies. 4Be ye not as your fathers, unto whom the former prophets have cried, saying, Thus saith Yhwh of Armies; Turn ye now from your evil ways, and from your evil doings: but they did not hear, nor hearken unto me, saith Yhwh.

Zechariah 1:2 word by word

קָצַ֧ף יְהוָ֛ה עַל־אֲבֽוֹתֵיכֶ֖ם קָֽצֶף׃Read the interlinear

• Yhwhיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• hath been soreקֶ֫צֶףqetseph · wrathH7110
• displeasedקָצַףqâtsaph · be angryH7107
• with your fathersאָב'âb · fatherH1

Cross-references for Zechariah 1:2

• 2 Kings 22:16Thus saith Yhwh, Behold, I will bring evil upon this place, and upon the inhabitants thereof, even all the words of the book which the king of Judah hath read:
• 2 Kings 23:26Notwithstanding Yhwh turned not from the fierceness of his great wrath, wherewith his anger was kindled against Judah, because of all the provocations that Manasseh had provoked him withal.
• 2 Chronicles 36:13And he also rebelled against king Nebuchadnezzar, who had made him swear by God: but he stiffened his neck, and hardened his heart from turning unto Yhwh God of Israel.
• Ezra 9:6And said, O my God, I am ashamed and blush to lift up my face to thee, my God: for our iniquities are increased over our head, and our trespass is grown up unto the heavens.
• Nehemiah 9:26Nevertheless they were disobedient, and rebelled against thee, and cast thy law behind their backs, and slew thy prophets which testified against them to turn them to thee, and they wrought great provocations.
• Psalms 60:1O God, thou hast cast us off, thou hast scattered us, thou hast been displeased; O turn thyself to us again.
• Psalms 79:5How long, Yhwh? wilt thou be angry for ever? shall thy jealousy burn like fire?
• Jeremiah 44:6Wherefore my fury and mine anger was poured forth, and was kindled in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem; and they are wasted and desolate, as at this day.
• Lamentations 1:12Is it nothing to you, all ye that pass by? behold, and see if there be any sorrow like unto my sorrow, which is done unto me, wherewith Yhwh hath afflicted me in the day of his fierce anger.
• Lamentations 2:3He hath cut off in his fierce anger all the horn of Israel: he hath drawn back his right hand from before the enemy, and he burned against Jacob like a flaming fire, which devoureth round about.
• Lamentations 3:42We have transgressed and have rebelled: thou hast not pardoned.
• Lamentations 5:7Our fathers have sinned, and are not; and we have borne their iniquities.
• Ezekiel 22:31Therefore have I poured out mine indignation upon them; I have consumed them with the fire of my wrath: their own way have I recompensed upon their heads, saith the Lord Yhwh.
• Daniel 9:11Yea, all Israel have transgressed thy law, even by departing, that they might not obey thy voice; therefore the curse is poured upon us, and the oath that is written in the law of Moses the servant of God, because we have sinned against him.
• Zephaniah 2:1Gather yourselves together, yea, gather together, O nation not desired;
• Matthew 23:30And say, If we had been in the days of our fathers, we would not have been partakers with them in 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