And I am very sore displeased with the heathen that are at ease: for I was but a little displeased, and they helped forward the affliction.
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Gill's Exposition
And I am very sore displeased with the heathen that are at ease,.... The Chaldeans and Persians, and other nations, enemies of the Jews, who were now free from war, and enjoyed great prosperity, when…
Barnes' Notes
I am sore displeased - literally “with great anger am I angered against the nations which are at ease.” The form of the words shows that the greatness of the displeasure of God against those who…
Adam Clarke
I was but a little displeased - I was justly displeased with my people, and I gave their enemies a commission against them; but they carried this far beyond my design by oppression and cruelty; and…
We not come to visions and revelations of the Lord; for in that way God chose to speak by Zechariah, to awaken the people's attention, and to engage their humble reverence of the word and their humble…
Cambridge Bible
heathen or, nations, R.V.
at ease as described in Zec 1:11. The word in this verse is the same as in Isa 32:9; Isa 32:11, and Psa 123:4.
helped forward Comp. Isa 47:6.
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