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Zechariah 8:2
These are the words of the Lord of armies: I am angry about the fate of Zion, I am angry about her with great wrath.
Zechariah 8:2 · Bible in Basic English
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Zechariah 8:2 in other translations
Thus saith the LORD of hosts; I was jealous for Zion with great jealousy, and I was jealous for her with great fury.
This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “I am jealous for Zion with great zeal; I am jealous for her with great fervor.”
The LORD of Armies says: “I am jealous for Zion with great jealousy, and I am jealous for her with great wrath.”
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In context
1 And the word of the Lord of armies came to me, saying,
2 These are the words of the Lord of armies: I am angry about the fate of Zion, I am angry about her with great wrath.
3 This is what the Lord has said: I have come back to Zion, and will make my living-place in Jerusalem: and Jerusalem will be named The town of good faith; and the mountain of the Lord of armies The holy mountain.
4 This is what the Lord of armies has said: There will again be old men and old women seated in the open spaces of Jerusalem, every man with his stick in his hand because he is so old.
5 And the open spaces of the town will be full of boys and girls playing in its open spaces.
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