Zechariah Chapter 1 verse 15 Holy Bible
And 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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And I am very angry with the nations who are living untroubled: for when I was only a little angry, they made the evil worse.
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and I am wroth exceedingly with the nations that are at ease; for I was but a little wroth, and they helped forward the affliction.
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And I am very sore displeased with the heathen that are at ease: for I was but a little displeased, and they helped forward the affliction.
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I am very angry with the nations that are at ease; for I was but a little displeased, but they added to the calamity."
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And `with' great wrath I am wroth against the nations who are at ease, For I was a little wroth, and they assisted -- for evil.
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 15. - The heathen; the nations, who were God's instruments in punishing Israel. That are at ease. Living in proud security and self-enjoyment (Isaiah 32:9, 11; Amos 6:1; comp. ver. 11). Septuagint, τὰ συνεπιτιθέμενα, "which join in attacking her;" Vulgate, opulentas, "wealthy," their riches giving them self-confidence. I was but a little displeased. God had been angry with his people, it is true, but only in measure, chastising them, like a parent, for their good. Others take "a little" (parum, ὀλίγα) to mean "for a little time," in allusion to the seventy years' captivity. And they helped forward the affliction; or, in the LXX., συνεπέθεντο εἰς κακὰ, "helped for evil; "Vulgate, adjuverunt in malum. They exceeded their part as mere instruments in God's hands, and wished to destroy Israel altogether, or to oppress them beyond the purposed period of their chastisement. A similar complaint is made against the Assyrians (Isaiah 10:5, etc.) and the Babylonians (Isaiah 47:6).
