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Zechariah 1:12

Then the angel of the LORD said, “How long, O LORD of Hosts, will You withhold mercy from Jerusalem and the cities of Judah, with which You have been angry these seventy years?”
Zechariah 1:12
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Original language and places

Reference data from open datasets, shown as published by their sources. Word-by-word English is a literal guide, not a translation.

Original language (Hebrew)

וַיַּ֣עַן מַלְאַךְ־יְהוָה֮ וַיֹּאמַר֒ יְהוָ֣ה צְבָא֔וֹת עַד־מָתַ֗י אַתָּה֙ לֹֽא־תְרַחֵ֣ם אֶת־יְרוּשָׁלִַ֔ם וְאֵ֖ת עָרֵ֣י יְהוּדָ֑ה אֲשֶׁ֣ר זָעַ֔מְתָּה זֶ֖ה שִׁבְעִ֥ים שָׁנָֽה׃

  1. וַיַּ֣עַןvai.Ya.'an“and he answered”
    Conjunction + Verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular · from עָנָה · “to answer” · Strong's H6030B
  2. מַלְאַךְ־mal.'akh-“[the] angel of”
    Noun, masculine, singular, construct · from מַלְאָךְ · “angel” · Strong's H4397H
  3. יְהוָה֮Yah.weh“Yahweh”
    Noun, proper name, title · from יהוה · “LORD” · Strong's H3068G
  4. וַיֹּאמַר֒vai.yo.Mar“and he said”
    Conjunction + Verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular · from אָמַר · “to say” · Strong's H0559
  5. יְהוָ֣הYah.weh“O Yahweh”
    Noun, proper name, title · from יהוה · “LORD” · Strong's H3068G
  6. צְבָא֔וֹתtze.va.'ot“of hosts”
    Noun, feminine, plural, absolute · from צָבָא · “Hosts” · Strong's H6635B
  7. עַד־'ad-“until”
    Preposition · from עַד · “till” · Strong's H5704
  8. מָתַ֗יma.Tai“when?”
    Particle, interrogative · from מָתַי · “how” · Strong's H4970
  9. אַתָּה֙'a.Tah“you”
    Pronoun, personal, 2nd person, masculine, singular · from אַתָּ֫ה · “you(m.s.)” · Strong's H0859A
  10. לֹֽא־lo'-“not”
    Particle, negative · from לֹא · “not” · Strong's H3808
  11. תְרַחֵ֣םte.ra.Chem“will you have compassion on”
    Verb, piel, imperfect, 2nd person, masculine, singular · from רָחַם · “to have compassion” · Strong's H7355
  12. אֶת־'et-“<obj.>”
    Particle, direct object marker · from אֵת · “[Obj.]” · Strong's H0853
  13. יְרוּשָׁלִַ֔םye.ru.sha.Lim“Jerusalem”
    Noun, proper name of a place · from יְרוּשָׁלִַ֫ם, יְרוּשְׁלֵם · “Jerusalem” · Strong's H3389
  14. וְאֵ֖תve.'Et“and <obj.>”
    Conjunction + Particle, direct object marker · from אֵת · “[Obj.]” · Strong's H0853
  15. עָרֵ֣י'a.Rei“[the] cities of”
    Noun, masculine, plural, construct · from עִיר · “city” · Strong's H5892B
  16. יְהוּדָ֑הye.hu.Dah“Judah”
    Noun, proper name of a place · from יְהוּדָה · “Judah” · Strong's H3063G
  17. אֲשֶׁ֣ר'a.Sher“which”
    Particle, relative · from אֲשֶׁר · “which” · Strong's H0834A
  18. זָעַ֔מְתָּהza.'Am.tah“you have been indignant”
    Verb, qal, perfect, 2nd person, masculine, singular · from זָעַם · “be indignant” · Strong's H2194
  19. זֶ֖הzeh“this”
    Particle, demonstrative · from זֶה · “this” · Strong's H2088
  20. שִׁבְעִ֥יםshiv.'Im“seventy”
    Noun, masculine, plural, absolute · from שִׁבְעִים · “seventy” · Strong's H7657
  21. שָׁנָֽה׃sha.Nah“year[s]”
    Noun, feminine, singular, absolute · from שָׁנָה · “year” · Strong's H8141
Places named in this verse
  • Places: OpenBible.info Bible Geocoding Data, CC BY 4.0. Coordinates from OpenStreetMap (ODbL) are left out. Source (version 7eb18a5)
  • Hebrew and Aramaic words: STEP Bible (STEPBible.org), based on work at Tyndale House, Cambridge. CC BY 4.0. Source (version ed476a8)