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I am very sore displeased with the nations that are at ease; for I was but a little displeased, and they helped forward the affliction.
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God's Anger at Cruel Agents
God used pagan nations to discipline Israel, but He was "very sore displeased" with them. Commentators explain this is because the nations went far beyond God's corrective intent. They acted with excessive cruelty and for their own selfish motives, seeking to annihilate God's people rather than simply discipline them. God holds accountable those who inflict suffering, even if He initially used them for His purposes.
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Zechariah
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18th Century
Presbyterian
I am very displeased - literally, “with great anger am I angered against the nations which are at ease.” The form of the words shows that th…
19th Century
Anglican
A SERIES OF SEVEN VISIONS.
Zechariah 1:7 to Zechariah 6:15. Between the commencement of Zechariah’s prophetic la…
16th Century
Protestant
God here removes the doubt that might have easily entered the minds of the godly. Why then should He give up the miserable Jews to the will of the …
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And I am very sore displeased with the heathen [that are] at ease. The Chaldeans and Persians, and other nations, enemies…
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…