Jerusalem
Zechariah 1:14-17
Zechariah · ~520 BC · Status: Future · Confidence: 60%
“So the angel that communed with me said unto me, Cry thou, saying, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; I am jealous for Jerusalem and for Zion with a great jealousy. 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.”
King James Version · the opening — all 4 verses are below
God returning to Jerusalem with mercy and the temple to be rebuilt, followed by the golden age of the rebuilt city.
Read the whole passage — all 4 verses (KJV)
1:14So the angel that communed with me said unto me, Cry thou, saying, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; I am jealous for Jerusalem and for Zion with a great jealousy.
1:15And 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.
1:16Therefore thus saith the LORD; I am returned to Jerusalem with mercies: my house shall be built in it, saith the LORD of hosts, and a line shall be stretched forth upon Jerusalem.
1:17Cry yet, saying, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; My cities through prosperity shall yet be spread abroad; and the LORD shall yet comfort Zion, and shall yet choose Jerusalem.
Fulfillment References
Nehemiah 2:17-18 John 1:14 Hebrews 3:6
How Traditions Read This Prophecy
Apostolic (Oneness) Pentecostal'I am returned to Jerusalem with mercies: my house shall be built in it.' The LORD's jealous love for Zion and His promise to rebuild were fulfilled in part in the post-exilic temple, and fully in the Lord Jesus, in whom God returned to dwell among His people (John 1:14) and builds His true house (Heb. 3:6). The God jealous for Jerusalem is the one God revealed in Christ.
JewishGod's reassurance through Zechariah that, though the nations are at ease, He is zealous for Zion and will restore Jerusalem and the temple — comfort for the returned exiles.
CatholicGod's mercy returning to His people, fulfilled in the building of the spiritual temple, the Church, and the comfort of Zion in Christ.
ProtestantThe promise of restoration to post-exilic Jerusalem, with a fuller horizon of God's mercy and the building of His house in the gospel age.
AcademicA night-vision oracle (c. 519 BC) encouraging temple rebuilding; 'my house shall be built' addresses the Second Temple project under Zerubbabel.
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