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So the angel who talked with me said to me, Cry you, saying, Thus says Yahweh of Hosts: I am jealous for Jerusalem and for Zion with a great jealousy.
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God's Jealousy is a Fierce Love
Commentators unanimously explain that God's 'jealousy' here is not petty human envy but a powerful, protective, and faithful covenant love. It is often compared to a husband's zealous commitment to his wife. This 'great jealousy' signifies God's intense passion and dedication to His people's well-being and restoration.
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Zechariah
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Cry you - The vision was not for the prophet alone. What he saw and heard, he was to proclaim to others. The vision, which he now saw alone,…
19th Century
Anglican
That communed with me. —The Hebrew words are the same as those rendered elsewhere, “that spake with me.”
I am jealo…
16th Century
Protestant
Zechariah now mentions the chief consolation to which he had referred; for it would not have been sufficient to say in general, and in a few words …
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
So the angel that communed with me Having an order from the other Angel, or the Lord of hosts: said to me, Cr…
The prophet saw a dark, shady grove, hidden by hills. This represented the low, melancholy condition of the Jewish church. A man like a warrior sat…
