The Land Refreshed(A)

18 Then the Lord will (B)be zealous for His land,
And pity His people.

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“Thus says the Lord of hosts:

(A)‘I am [a]zealous for Zion with great [b]zeal;
With great [c]fervor I am zealous for her.’

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Footnotes

  1. Zechariah 8:2 Or jealous
  2. Zechariah 8:2 Or jealousy
  3. Zechariah 8:2 Lit. heat or rage

14 So the angel who spoke with me said to me, [a]“Proclaim, saying, ‘Thus says the Lord of hosts:

“I am (A)zealous[b] for Jerusalem
And for Zion with great [c]zeal.

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  1. Zechariah 1:14 Lit. Cry out
  2. Zechariah 1:14 Or jealous
  3. Zechariah 1:14 Or jealousy

13 (A)As a father pities his children,
So the Lord pities those who fear Him.

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11 Indeed (A)we count them blessed who (B)endure. You have heard of (C)the perseverance of Job and seen (D)the end intended by the Lord—that (E)the Lord is very compassionate and merciful.

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22 (A)Through the Lord’s mercies we are not consumed,
Because His compassions (B)fail not.

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A Prayer of Penitence

15 (A)Look down from heaven,
And see (B)from Your habitation, holy and glorious.
Where are Your zeal and Your strength,
The yearning (C)of Your heart and Your mercies toward me?
Are they restrained?

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(A)In all their affliction He was [a]afflicted,
(B)And the Angel of His Presence saved them;
(C)In His love and in His pity He redeemed them;
And (D)He bore them and carried them
All the days of old.

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  1. Isaiah 63:9 Kt., LXX, Syr. not afflicted

10 “The(A) sons of foreigners shall build up your walls,
(B)And their kings shall minister to you;
For (C)in My wrath I struck you,
(D)But in My favor I have had mercy on you.

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16 (A)They provoked Him to jealousy with foreign gods;
With [a]abominations they provoked Him to anger.

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  1. Deuteronomy 32:16 detestable acts

20 “And he arose and came to his father. But (A)when he was still a great way off, his father saw him and had compassion, and ran and fell on his neck and kissed him.

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“How(A) can I give you up, Ephraim?
How can I hand you over, Israel?
How can I make you like (B)Admah?
How can I set you like Zeboiim?
My heart [a]churns within Me;
My sympathy is stirred.
I will not execute the fierceness of My anger;
I will not again destroy Ephraim.
(C)For I am God, and not man,
The Holy One in your midst;
And I will not [b]come with terror.

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  1. Hosea 11:8 Lit. turns over
  2. Hosea 11:9 Or enter a city

20 Is Ephraim My dear son?
Is he a pleasant child?
For though I spoke against him,
I earnestly remember him still;
(A)Therefore My [a]heart yearns for him;
(B)I will surely have mercy on him, says the Lord.

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  1. Jeremiah 31:20 Lit. inward parts

13 The Lord shall go forth like a mighty man;
He shall stir up His zeal like a man of war.
He shall cry out, (A)yes, shout aloud;
He shall prevail against His enemies.

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17 But the mercy of the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting
On those who fear Him,
And His righteousness to children’s children,

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16 (A)So they put away the foreign gods from among them and served the Lord. And (B)His soul could no longer endure the misery of Israel.

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43 “Rejoice,(A) O Gentiles, with His [a]people;
For He will (B)avenge the blood of His servants,
And render vengeance to His adversaries;
He (C)will provide atonement for His land and His people.”

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  1. Deuteronomy 32:43 DSS fragment adds And let all the gods (angels) worship Him; cf. LXX and Heb. 1:6

36 “For(A) the Lord will judge His people
(B)And have compassion on His servants,
When He sees that their power is gone,
And (C)there is no one remaining, bond or free.

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