Zacarias 1:15

15 E estou grandemente indignado contra as nações em descanso; porque eu estava um pouco indignado, mas eles agravaram o mal.

Zacarias 1:15 Meaning and Commentary

Zechariah 1:15

And I am very sore displeased with the heathen [that are]
at ease
The Chaldeans and Persians, and other nations, enemies of the Jews, who were now free from war, and enjoyed great prosperity, when the state and condition of the Jews was very low and discouraging: for I was but a little displeased:
that is, with his people the Jews, for their ingratitude, idolatry, and immorality; and which displeasure he showed by suffering them to be carried into captivity; see ( Isaiah 54:8 ) : and they helped forward the affliction;
that is, the heathens, among whom the Jews were carried captive; they added to their affliction; they oppressed them more than they ought to have done, and more than was agreeable to the will of God and right in his sight; and they insulted them in their misery, and rejoiced over them. The word (rze) , in the Arabic language, signifies to "abound" ^F21; and the meaning is, that they abounded in bringing evil upon the people of the Jews; they multiplied their afflictions and distresses.

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FOOTNOTES:

F21 <arabic> "abundavit, multiplicavit", Golius, col. 1705. Castel. col. 2721. (rze) "Jazar, cum (e) punctato, exuberavit, abundavit, multus fuit", Schindler. Lex. Pentaglot. col. 1307.

Zacarias 1:15 In-Context

13 Respondeu o Senhor ao anjo que falava comigo, com palavras boas, palavras consoladoras.

14 O anjo, pois, que falava comigo, disse-me: Clama, dizendo: Assim diz o Senhor dos exércitos: Com grande zelo estou zelando por Jerusalém e por Sião.

15 E estou grandemente indignado contra as nações em descanso; porque eu estava um pouco indignado, mas eles agravaram o mal.

16 Portanto, o Senhor diz assim: Voltei-me, agora, para Jerusalém com misericórdia; nela será edificada a minha casa, diz o Senhor dos exércitos, e o cordel será estendido sobre Jerusalém.

17 Clama outra vez, dizendo: Assim diz o Senhor dos exércitos: As minhas cidades ainda se transbordarão de bens; e o Senhor ainda consolará a Sião, e ainda escolherá a Jerusalém.