Zechariah 8:14

14 The LORD who rules over all says, "Years ago your people made me angry. So I decided to bring trouble on them. I did not show them any pity.

Zechariah 8:14 Meaning and Commentary

Zechariah 8:14

For thus saith the Lord of hosts
In order to assure them of the truth of what he promised, he observes the fulfilment of what he had threatened, he being as true and faithful in the one as in the other: As I thought to punish you:
determined to do it, by suffering them to be carried captive: when your fathers provoked me to wrath, saith the Lord of hosts;
by their immorality, idolatry, and contempt of his prophets: and I repented not;
the Targum adds, "of my word"; of the resolution he had taken up in his heart, and of the declaration of it by his prophets, that he would punish them; this he did not repent of, revoke, change, and alter, but steadily abode by it, and executed it.

Zechariah 8:14 In-Context

12 "Your seeds will grow well. Your vines will bear fruit. The ground will produce crops for you. And the heavens will drop their dew on your land. I will give all of those things to those who are still left alive here.

13 "Judah and Israel, in the past the nations called down curses on you. But now I will save you. You will be a blessing to others. Do not be afraid. Let your hands be strong so that you can do my work."

14 The LORD who rules over all says, "Years ago your people made me angry. So I decided to bring trouble on them. I did not show them any pity.

15 But now I plan to do good things to Jerusalem and Judah again. So do not be afraid.

16 "Here is what you must do. Speak the truth to one another. Make true and wise decisions in your courts.