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12 Then the angel of the Lord said, “Lord of Armies, how long will you withhold compassion from Jerusalem and the cities of Judah, with whom you were indignant these seventy years?”

13 The Lord responded with kind and compassionate words to the angel who was speaking with me.

14 So the angel who was speaking with me said to me, “Proclaim this. This is what the Lord of Armies says.”

I am very zealous[a] for Jerusalem and for Zion,

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Footnotes

  1. Zechariah 1:14 Or jealous

12 Then the angel of the Lord said, “Lord Almighty, how long(A) will you withhold mercy(B) from Jerusalem and from the towns of Judah,(C) which you have been angry with these seventy(D) years?” 13 So the Lord spoke(E) kind and comforting words(F) to the angel who talked with me.(G)

14 Then the angel who was speaking to me said, “Proclaim this word: This is what the Lord Almighty says: ‘I am very jealous(H) for Jerusalem and Zion,

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