Zechariah 1:12
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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?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?”
In other translations
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?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?”
Hebrew words
וַיַּעַןvaiya'anand he answeredH6030מַלְאַךְ־mal'akh-[the] angel ofH4397יְהוָהyahwehYahwehH3068וַיֹּאמַרvaiyomarand he saidH559יְהוָהyahwehO YahwehH3068צְבָאוֹתtzeva'otof hostsH6635עַד־'ad-untilH5704מָתַיmataiwhen?H4970אַתָּה'atahyouH859לֹא־lo'-notH3808תְרַחֵםterachemwill you have compassion onH7355אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853יְרוּשָׁלִַםyerushalimJerusalemH3389וְאֵתve'etand <obj.>H853עָרֵי'arei[the] cities ofH5892יְהוּדָהyehudahJudahH3063אֲשֶׁר'asherwhichH834זָעַמְתָּהza'amtahyou have been indignantH2194זֶהzehthisH2088שִׁבְעִיםshiv'imseventyH7657שָׁנָה׃shanahyear[s]H8141
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- Psalm 102:13Thou shalt arise, and have mercy upon Zion: for the time to favour her, yea, the set time, is come.You will rise up and have compassion on Zion, for it is time to show her favor— the appointed time has come.
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- 2 Chronicles 36:21To fulfil the word of the Lord by the mouth of Jeremiah, until the land had enjoyed her sabbaths: for as long as she lay desolate she kept sabbath, to fulfil threescore and ten years.So the land enjoyed its Sabbath rest all the days of the desolation, until seventy years were completed, in fulfillment of the word of the LORD through Jeremiah.
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People and places
People: Judah
Places: Jerusalem