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Text -- Zechariah 1:9-15 (NET)
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The Interpretation of the First Vision
1:9 Then I asked one nearby, “What are these , sir ?” The angelic messenger who replied to me said , “I will show you what these are.”
1:10 Then the man standing among the myrtle trees spoke up and said , “These are the ones whom the Lord has sent to walk about on the earth .”
1:11 The riders then agreed with the angel of the Lord , who was standing among the myrtle trees , “We have been walking about on the earth , and now everything is at rest and quiet .”
1:12 The angel of the Lord then asked , “Lord who rules over all , how long before you have compassion on Jerusalem and the other cities of Judah which you have been so angry with for these seventy years ?”
1:13 The Lord then addressed good , comforting words to the angelic messenger who was speaking to me.
1:14 Turning to me, the messenger then said , “Cry out that the Lord who rules over all says , ‘I am very much moved for Jerusalem and for Zion .
1:15 But I am greatly displeased with the nations that take my grace for granted . I was a little displeased with them , but they have only made things worse for themselves.
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics
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Names, People and Places:
Dictionary Themes and Topics:
Angel |
ZECHARIAH, BOOK OF |
Amos |
JOSHUA (3) |
Vision |
Prophets |
MYRTLE |
Israel |
Graving |
Zion |
Angel of the Lord |
Jesus, The Christ |
Jealousy |
GOD, 2 |
God |
Seventy |
Nation |
NUMBER |
EASE |
COMFORTABLY |
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NET Notes: Zec 1:10 The stem used here (Hitpael) with the verb “walk” (הָלַךְ, halakh) suggests the exercise of dominion (...
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NET Notes: Zec 1:11 The angel of the Lord is a special being who throughout the OT represents God himself and on occasion almost approaches divine hypostatization or inca...
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NET Notes: Zec 1:12 The seventy years refers to the predicted period of Babylonian exile, a period with flexible beginning and ending points depending on the particular c...
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NET Notes: Zec 1:14 Heb “jealous for” (so KJV, ASV); NIV, NRSV “very jealous for”; CEV “very protective of.” The meaning is that Jerus...
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