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Zechariah 8:2

The LORD of Armies says: “I am jealous for Zion with great jealousy, and I am jealous for her with great wrath.”

Zechariah 8:2 · World English Bible

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Zechariah 8:2 in other translations

KJV King James Version

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

BSB 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.”

NHEB 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."

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In context

1 The word of the LORD of Armies came to me.

2 The LORD of Armies says: “I am jealous for Zion with great jealousy, and I am jealous for her with great wrath.”

3 The LORD says: “I have returned to Zion, and will dwell in the middle of Jerusalem. Jerusalem shall be called ‘The City of Truth;’ and the mountain of the LORD of Armies, ‘The Holy Mountain.’”

4 The LORD of Armies says: “Old men and old women will again dwell in the streets of Jerusalem, every man with his staff in his hand because of their old age.

5 The streets of the city will be full of boys and girls playing in its streets.”

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