Zechariah 8:2
New International Version
This is what the LORD Almighty says: “I am very jealous for Zion; I am burning with jealousy for her.”

New Living Translation
“This is what the LORD of Heaven’s Armies says: My love for Mount Zion is passionate and strong; I am consumed with passion for Jerusalem!

English Standard Version
“Thus says the LORD of hosts: I am jealous for Zion with great jealousy, and I am jealous for her with great wrath.

Berean Standard Bible
This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “I am jealous for Zion with great zeal; I am jealous for her with great fervor.”

King James Bible
Thus saith the LORD of hosts; I was jealous for Zion with great jealousy, and I was jealous for her with great fury.

New King James Version
“Thus says the LORD of hosts: ‘I am zealous for Zion with great zeal; With great fervor I am zealous for her.’

New American Standard Bible
“The LORD of armies says this: ‘I am exceedingly jealous for Zion, yes, with great wrath I am jealous for her.’

NASB 1995
“Thus says the LORD of hosts, ‘I am exceedingly jealous for Zion, yes, with great wrath I am jealous for her.’

NASB 1977
“Thus says the LORD of hosts, ‘I am exceedingly jealous for Zion, yes, with great wrath I am jealous for her.’

Legacy Standard Bible
“Thus says Yahweh of hosts, ‘I am jealous with great jealousy for Zion, and with great wrath I am jealous for her.’

Amplified Bible
“Thus says the LORD of hosts, ‘I am jealous for Zion with great jealousy [demanding what is rightfully and uniquely mine], and I am jealous for her with great wrath [against her enemies].’

Christian Standard Bible
The LORD of Armies says this: “I am extremely jealous for Zion; I am jealous for her with great wrath.”

Holman Christian Standard Bible
The LORD of Hosts says this: I am extremely jealous for Zion; I am jealous for her with great wrath.”

American Standard Version
Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: I am jealous for Zion with great jealousy, and I am jealous for her with great wrath.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
”Thus says LORD JEHOVAH of Hosts: ‘I have been zealous for Zion with a great zeal and in great rage I have been zealous for it’

Brenton Septuagint Translation
Thus saith the Lord Almighty; I have been jealous for Jerusalem and for Sion with great jealousy, and I have been jealous for her with great fury.

Contemporary English Version
I love Zion so much that her enemies make me angry.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Thus saith the Lord of hosts: I have been jealous for Sion with a great jealousy, and with a great indignation have I been jealous for her.

English Revised Version
Thus saith the LORD of hosts: I am jealous for Zion with great jealousy, and I am jealous for her with great fury.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
This is what the LORD of Armies says: I am very jealous about Zion. I am fiercely possessive of it.

Good News Translation
"I have longed to help Jerusalem because of my deep love for her people, a love which has made me angry with her enemies.

International Standard Version
"This is what the LORD of the Heavenly Armies says: 'I'm greatly jealous about Zion, and that makes me furious about her.'

JPS Tanakh 1917
Thus saith the LORD of hosts: I am jealous for Zion with great jealousy, and I am jealous for her with great fury.

Literal Standard Version
“Thus said YHWH of Hosts: I have been zealous for Zion with great zeal, | With great heat I have been zealous for her.

Majority Standard Bible
This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “I am jealous for Zion with great zeal; I am jealous for her with great fervor.”

New American Bible
Thus says the LORD of hosts: I am intensely jealous for Zion, stirred to jealous wrath for her.

NET Bible
"The LORD who rules over all says, 'I am very much concerned for Zion; indeed, I am so concerned for her that my rage will fall on those who hurt her.'

New Revised Standard Version
Thus says the LORD of hosts: I am jealous for Zion with great jealousy, and I am jealous for her with great wrath.

New Heart English Bible
Thus says the LORD of hosts: "I am jealous for Zion with great jealousy, and I am jealous for her with great wrath."

Webster's Bible Translation
Thus saith the LORD of hosts; I was jealous for Zion with great jealousy, and I was jealous for her with great fury.

World English Bible
Yahweh of Armies says: “I am jealous for Zion with great jealousy, and I am jealous for her with great wrath.”

Young's Literal Translation
'Thus said Jehovah of Hosts: I have been zealous for Zion with great zeal, With great heat I have been zealous for her.

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Context
The Restoration of Jerusalem
1Again the word of the LORD of Hosts came to me, saying: 2This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “I am jealous for Zion with great zeal; I am jealous for her with great fervor.” 3This is what the LORD says: “I will return to Zion and dwell in Jerusalem. Then Jerusalem will be called the City of Truth, and the mountain of the LORD of Hosts will be called the Holy Mountain.”…

Cross References
Joel 2:18
Then the LORD became jealous for His land, and He spared His people.

Zechariah 1:14
Then 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,

Zechariah 8:1
Again the word of the LORD of Hosts came to me, saying:


Treasury of Scripture

Thus said the LORD of hosts; I was jealous for Zion with great jealousy, and I was jealous for her with great fury.

I was jealous.

Zechariah 1:14-16
So the angel that communed with me said unto me, Cry thou, saying, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; I am jealous for Jerusalem and for Zion with a great jealousy…

Psalm 78:58,59
For they provoked him to anger with their high places, and moved him to jealousy with their graven images…

Isaiah 42:13,14
The LORD shall go forth as a mighty man, he shall stir up jealousy like a man of war: he shall cry, yea, roar; he shall prevail against his enemies…

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Zechariah 8
1. The restoration of Jerusalem.
9. They are encouraged to build the temple by God's favor to them.
16. Good works are required of them.
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Verse 2. - Thus saith the Lord of hosts. This formula occurs ten times in this chapter, thus enforcing the truth that all the promises made to Zion come from the Lord himself, and are therefore sure to be fulfilled. I was jealous; - I am jealous, as Zechariah 1:14 (where see note). With great fury. Against her enemies (Zechariah 1:15). "Zelus" is defined by Albertus Magnus: "amor boni cum indignatione contrarii." One side of God's love for Zion is shown in the punishment of her enemies. Knabenbauer likens this zeal or jealousy of God to the pillar of fire at the Exodus - light and protection to the Israelites, darkness and destruction to the Egyptians (Exodus 14:20).

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
This is what
כֹּ֤ה (kōh)
Adverb
Strong's 3541: Like this, thus, here, now

the LORD
יְהוָ֣ה (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel

of Hosts
צְבָא֔וֹת (ṣə·ḇā·’ō·wṯ)
Noun - common plural
Strong's 6635: A mass of persons, reg, organized for, war, a campaign

says:
אָמַר֙ (’ā·mar)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 559: To utter, say

“I am jealous
קִנֵּ֥אתִי (qin·nê·ṯî)
Verb - Piel - Perfect - first person common singular
Strong's 7065: To be, zealous, jealous, envious

for Zion
לְצִיּ֖וֹן (lə·ṣî·yō·wn)
Preposition-l | Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's 6726: Zion -- a mountain in Jerusalem, also a name for Jerusalem

with great
גְדוֹלָ֑ה (ḡə·ḏō·w·lāh)
Adjective - feminine singular
Strong's 1419: Great, older, insolent

zeal;
קִנְאָ֣ה (qin·’āh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 7068: Ardor, zeal, jealousy

I am jealous
קִנֵּ֥אתִי (qin·nê·ṯî)
Verb - Piel - Perfect - first person common singular
Strong's 7065: To be, zealous, jealous, envious

for her
לָֽהּ׃ (lāh)
Preposition | third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew

with great
גְדוֹלָ֖ה (ḡə·ḏō·w·lāh)
Adjective - feminine singular
Strong's 1419: Great, older, insolent

fervor.”
וְחֵמָ֥ה (wə·ḥê·māh)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 2534: Heat, anger, poison


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