Bible study online

Zechariah 1:12

King James Version (KJV)

“In our prayers we talk to God, in our Bible study God talks to us, and we had better let God do most of the talking.”
— D.L. Moody

Zechariah 1:12

Verse 12 of 21

Scripture focus

Then the angel of the LORD answered and said, O LORD of hosts, how long wilt thou not have mercy on Jerusalem and on the cities of Judah, against which thou hast had indignation these threescore and ten years?

Zechariah 1:12 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Zechariah 1:12

Theological / Devotional

Not have mercy. God’s people were in a state of insecurity and discouragement. The Temple remained in desolation, Jerusalem in ruins.

Threescore and ten. Some think the reference is to the 70 years mentioned by Jeremiah (Jer. 25:12; 29:10; see Vol. Ill, p. 97). Others reckon back from the date of the vision in 519 B.C. (see on Zech. 1:7) and arrive at the date 589/588, when Nebuchadnezzar began his siege of Jerusalem (see on 2 Kings 25:1; see Vol. Ill, pp. 99, 100).

By SdaBc