2Thus saith the LORD of hosts; I was jealous for Zion with great jealousy, and I was jealous for her with great fury.


In Context

1 Again the word of the LORD of hosts came to me, saying,

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

3 Thus saith the LORD; I am returned unto Zion, and will dwell in the midst of Jerusalem: and Jerusalem shall be called a city of truth; and the mountain of the LORD of hosts the holy mountain.

4 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; There shall yet old men and old women dwell in the streets of Jerusalem, and every man with his staff in his hand for very age.

Zechariah 8:2 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

8:2This is what the Lord Almighty says: "I am very jealous for Zion; I am burning with jealousy for her."

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

8:2Thus saith the Lord of hosts: I have been jealous for Sion with a great jealousy, and with a great indignation have I been jealous for her.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

8:2Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: I am jealous for Zion with great jealousy, and I am jealous for her with great wrath.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

8:2Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: I am jealous for Zion with great jealousy, and I am jealous for her with great fury.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

8:2Thus saith the LORD of hosts: I am jealous for Zion with great jealousy, and I am jealous for her with great fury.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

8:2Thus saith the LORD of hosts; I was jealous for Zion with great jealousy, and I was jealous for her with great fury.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

8:2Thus says Yahweh of Armies: |I am jealous for Zion with great jealousy, and I am jealous for her with great wrath.|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

8:2'Thus said Jehovah of Hosts: I have been zealous for Zion with great zeal, With great heat I have been zealous for her.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

8:2Thus said the LORD of hosts; I was jealous for Zion with great jealousy, and I was jealous for her with great fury.