Zechariah 8:2
This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “I am jealous for Zion with great zeal; I am jealous for her with great fervor.”
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- Joel 2:18 Then the LORD became jealous for His land, and He spared His people.
- Psalm 78:58–59 They enraged Him with their high places and provoked His jealousy with their idols. On hearing it, God was furious and rejected Israel completely.
- Zechariah 1:14–16 Then the angel who was speaking with me said, “Proclaim this word: This is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘I am very jealous for Jerusalem and Zion, but I am fiercely angry with the nations that are at ease. For I was a little angry, but they have added to the calamity.’ Therefore this is what the LORD says: ‘I will return to Jerusalem with mercy, and there My house will be rebuilt, declares the LORD of Hosts, and a measuring line will be stretched out over Jerusalem.’