Parallel Verses

Holman Bible

I am fiercely angry with the nations that are at ease, for I was a little angry, but they made it worse.

New American Standard Bible

But I am very angry with the nations who are at ease; for while I was only a little angry, they furthered the disaster.”

King James Version

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.

International Standard Version

I am deeply angry with the nations who are complacent, with whom I was only a little displeased but they made things worse!"

A Conservative Version

And I am very greatly displeased with the nations that are at ease. For I was but a little displeased, and they helped forward the affliction.

American Standard Version

And I am very sore displeased with the nations that are at ease; for I was but a little displeased, and they helped forward the affliction.

Amplified

But I am very angry with the nations who are at ease and feel secure; for while I was only a little angry, they furthered the disaster [against the people of Israel].”

Bible in Basic English

And I am very angry with the nations who are living untroubled: for when I was only a little angry, they made the evil worse.

Darby Translation

and I am wroth exceedingly with the nations that are at ease; for I was but a little wroth, and they helped forward the affliction.

Julia Smith Translation

And I am angry with great anger against the nations living in quiet: for I was angry a little and they helped for evil.

King James 2000

And I am very much displeased with the nations that are at ease: for I was but a little displeased, and they furthered the disaster.

Lexham Expanded Bible

And {I am extremely angry} with the nations that are at ease, for [while] I was a little angry, they {furthered disaster}."

Modern King James verseion

And with great anger I am angry at the nations at ease; in that I was but a little angry, and they gave help for evil.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

and sore displeased at the careless Heathen: for whereas I was but a little angry, they did their best that I might destroy them.

NET Bible

But I am greatly displeased with the nations that take my grace for granted. I was a little displeased with them, but they have only made things worse for themselves.

New Heart English Bible

I am very angry with the nations that are at ease; for I was but only a little angry, but they added to the calamity."

The Emphasized Bible

And, with a great displeasure, am I displeased with the careless nations, - in that, when, I, was displeased (for) a little, then, they, helped forward the calamity,

Webster

And I am very greatly displeased with the heathen that are at ease: for I was but a little displeased, and they helped forward the affliction.

World English Bible

I am very angry with the nations that are at ease; for I was but a little displeased, but they added to the calamity."

Youngs Literal Translation

And with great wrath I am wroth against the nations who are at ease, For I was a little wroth, and they assisted -- for evil.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
And I am very
גּדל גּדול 
Gadowl 
Usage: 528

קצף 
Qetseph 
Usage: 29

קצף 
Qatsaph 
קצף 
Qatsaph 
Usage: 34
Usage: 34

with the heathen
גּי גּוי 
Gowy 
Usage: 558

שׁאנן 
Sha'anan 
Usage: 10

for I was but a little
מעט מעט 
M@`at 
Usage: 101

and they helped
עזר 
`azar 
Usage: 81

Context Readings

First Vision: Horsemen

14 So the angel who was speaking with me said, “Proclaim: The Lord of Hosts says: I am extremely jealous for Jerusalem and Zion. 15 I am fiercely angry with the nations that are at ease, for I was a little angry, but they made it worse. 16 Therefore, this is what the Lord says: In mercy, I have returned to Jerusalem; My house will be rebuilt within it”—this is the declaration of the Lord of Hosts—“and a measuring line will be stretched out over Jerusalem.



Cross References

Isaiah 10:5-7

Woe to Assyria, the rod of My anger—
the staff in their hands is My wrath.

Isaiah 47:6-9

I was angry with My people;
I profaned My possession,
and I placed them under your control.
You showed them no mercy;
you made your yoke very heavy on the elderly.

Isaiah 54:8

In a surge of anger
I hid My face from you for a moment,
but I will have compassion on you
with everlasting love,”
says the Lord your Redeemer.

Jeremiah 51:24

“I will repay Babylon and all the residents of Chaldea for all their evil they have done in Zion before your very eyes.”

This is the Lord’s declaration.

Ezekiel 25:12-17

This is what the Lord God says: “Because Edom acted vengefully against the house of Judah and incurred grievous guilt by taking revenge on them,

Zechariah 1:2

“The Lord was extremely angry with your ancestors.

Zechariah 1:11

They reported to the Angel of the Lord standing among the myrtle trees, “We have patrolled the earth, and right now the whole earth is calm and quiet.”

Psalm 69:26

For they persecute the one You struck
and talk about the pain of those You wounded.

Psalm 83:2-5

See how Your enemies make an uproar;
those who hate You have acted arrogantly.

Psalm 123:4

We’ve had more than enough
scorn from the arrogant
and contempt from the proud.

Psalm 137:7

Remember, Lord, what the Edomites said
that day at Jerusalem:
“Destroy it! Destroy it
down to its foundations!”

Jeremiah 48:11-13

Moab has been left quiet since his youth,
settled like wine on its dregs.
He hasn’t been poured from one container to another
or gone into exile.
So his taste has remained the same,
and his aroma hasn’t changed.

Jeremiah 51:34-35

“Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon has devoured me;
he has crushed me.
He has set me aside like an empty dish;
he has swallowed me like a sea monster;
he filled his belly with my delicacies;
he has vomited me out,”

Ezekiel 25:3-9

Say to the Ammonites: Hear the word of the Lord God: This is what the Lord God says: Because you said, ‘Good!’ about My sanctuary when it was desecrated, about the land of Israel when it was laid waste, and about the house of Judah when they went into exile,

Ezekiel 26:2

“Son of man, because Tyre said about Jerusalem, ‘Good! The gateway to the peoples is shattered. She has been turned over to me. I will be filled now that she lies in ruins,’

Ezekiel 29:6-7

Then all the inhabitants of Egypt
will know that I am Yahweh,
for they have been a staff made of reed
to the house of Israel.

Ezekiel 36:4-5

therefore, mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord God. This is what the Lord God says to the mountains and hills, to the ravines and valleys, to the desolate ruins and abandoned cities, which have become plunder and a mockery to the rest of the nations all around.

Amos 1:3-13

The Lord says:

I will not relent from punishing Damascus
for three crimes, even four,
because they threshed Gilead with iron sledges.

Amos 6:1

Woe to those who are at ease in Zion
and to those who feel secure on the hill of Samaria—
the notable people in this first of the nations,
those the house of Israel comes to.

Obadiah 1:10-16

You will be covered with shame
and destroyed forever
because of violence done to your brother Jacob.

Hebrews 12:6-7

for the Lord disciplines the one He loves
and punishes every son He receives.

Revelation 18:7-8

As much as she glorified herself and lived luxuriously,
give her that much torment and grief,
for she says in her heart,
“I sit as a queen;
I am not a widow,
and I will never see grief.”

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