Zechariah
Zechariah 1:14–15
14Then the angel who was speaking with me said, “Proclaim this word: This is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘I am very jealous for Jerusalem and Zion, 15but I am fiercely angry with the nations that are at ease. For I was a little angry, but they have added to the calamity.b’
Footnotes
- b 1:15 Or they have overdone the punishment
Word by word
Each English word or phrase beside the Hebrew it translates, in the order of the English. Choose a number to open that word’s study.
Zechariah 1:14
| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Then the angel | הַמַּלְאָךְ֙ | ham·mal·’āḵ | Article; Noun - masculine singular | H4397 messenger |
| who was speaking | הַדֹּבֵ֣ר | had·dō·ḇêr | Article; Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular | H1696 speak |
| with me | בִּ֔י | bî | Preposition; first person common singular | |
| said | וַיֹּ֣אמֶר | way·yō·mer | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular | H559 utter, say |
| Proclaim | קְרָ֣א | qə·rā | Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular | H7121 call, proclaim, read |
| this word | לֵאמֹ֔ר | lê·mōr | Preposition-l; Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | H559 utter, say |
| This is what | כֹּ֥ה | kōh | Adverb | H3541 thus, here |
| the LORD | יְהוָ֣ה | Yah·weh | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H3068 Yahweh |
| of Hosts | צְבָא֑וֹת | ṣə·ḇā·’ō·wṯ | Noun - common plural | H6635 army, war, warfare |
| says | אָמַ֖ר | ’ā·mar | Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular | H559 utter, say |
| I am very | גְדוֹלָֽה׃ | ḡə·ḏō·w·lāh | Adjective - feminine singular | H1419 great |
| jealous | קִנֵּ֧אתִי | qin·nê·ṯî | Verb - Piel - Perfect - first person common singular | H7065 be jealous, zealous |
| for Jerusalem | לִירוּשָׁלִַ֛ם | lî·rū·šā·lim | Preposition-l; Noun - proper - feminine singular | H3389 Jerusalem |
| and Zion | וּלְצִיּ֖וֹן | ū·lə·ṣî·yō·wn | Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l; Noun - proper - feminine singular | H6726 Zion |
Zechariah 1:15
| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| but I | אֲנִ֣י | ’ă·nî | Pronoun - first person common singular | H589 I |
| am fiercely angry | וְקֶ֤צֶף | wə·qe·ṣep̄ | Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine singular | H7110 wrath |
| with | עַל־ | ‘al- | Preposition | H5921 height |
| the nations | הַגּוֹיִ֖ם | hag·gō·w·yim | Article; Noun - masculine plural | H1471 nation, people |
| that are at ease | הַשַּֽׁאֲנַנִּ֑ים | haš·ša·’ă·nan·nîm | Article; Adjective - masculine plural | H7600 at ease, secure |
| For | אֲשֶׁ֤ר | ’ă·šer | Pronoun - relative | H834 particle of relation |
| I | אֲנִי֙ | ’ă·nî | Pronoun - first person common singular | H589 I |
| was a little | מְּעָ֔ט | mə·‘āṭ | Adjective - masculine singular | H4592 a little, fewness, a few |
| angry | קָצַ֣פְתִּי | qā·ṣap̄·tî | Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular | H7107 be wroth |
| but they | וְהֵ֖מָּה | wə·hêm·māh | Conjunctive waw; Pronoun - third person masculine plural | H1992 they, them |
| have added to | עָזְר֥וּ | ‘ā·zə·rū | Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural | H5826 help, succour |
| the calamity | לְרָעָֽה׃ | lə·rā·‘āh | Preposition-l; Adjective - feminine singular | H7451 bad, evil |
Cross-references
Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.
Zechariah 1:14 Joel 2:18 · Isaiah 40:6 · Zechariah 1:17 · Zechariah 1:9 · Isaiah 40:1
Zechariah 1:15 Jeremiah 51:24 · Ezekiel 25:12–17 · Isaiah 54:8 · Isaiah 47:6–9 · Psalm 83:2–5 · Isaiah 10:5–7 · Zechariah 1:2 · Psalm 69:26 · Jeremiah 48:11–13 · Obadiah 1:10–16 · Psalm 123:4 · Zechariah 1:11
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.