Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
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?
The angel
General references
Bible References
The angel
Zechariah 1:8
"I saw by night, and lo, there sat one upon a red horse, and stood still among the Myrtle trees, that were beneath upon the ground: and behind him were there red, speckled and white horses.
Exodus 23:20
"Behold, I send mine angel before thee, to keep thee in the way, and to bring thee into the place which I have prepared.
Isaiah 63:9
In their troubles he forsook them not, but the angel that went forth from his presence delivered them. Of very love and kindness that he had unto them, he redeemed them: He hath born them, and carried them up ever since the world began.
Hebrews 7:25
Wherefore he is able also ever to save them that come unto God by him, seeing he ever liveth, to make intercession for us.
How
Psalm 74:10
O God, how long shall the adversary do this dishonour? How long shall the enemy blaspheme thy name? Forever?
Psalm 69:5
God, thou knowest my simpleness, and my faults are not hid from thee.
Psalm 102:13
Arise, therefore, and have mercy upon Zion, for it is time to have mercy upon her; yea, the time is come.
Isaiah 64:9
Be not too sore displeased, O LORD, and keep not our offenses too long in thy remembrance: but consider that we all are thy people.
Revelation 6:10
and they cried with a loud voice saying, "How long tarriest thou Lord holy and true, to judge and to avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth?"
Thou hast
Zechariah 7:5
"Speak unto all the people of the land, and to the priests, and say, 'When ye fasted and mourned in the fifth and seventh month, now this seventy years, did ye fast unto me?
2 Chronicles 36:21
to fulfill the word of the LORD by the mouth of Jeremiah, until the land had her pleasure of her Sabbaths: for as long as she lay desolate, she kept Sabbath until she had fulfilled seventy years.
Jeremiah 25:11
and this whole land shall become a wilderness, and they shall serve the said people and the king of Babylon, three score years and ten.
Jeremiah 29:10
But thus sayeth the LORD: When ye have fulfilled seventy years at Babylon, I will bring you home, and of mine own goodness I will carry you hither again to this place.
Daniel 9:2
Yea, even in the first year of his reign, I, Daniel, desired to know the yearly number out of the books, whereof the LORD spake unto Jeremiah the Prophet: that Jerusalem should lie waste seventy years:
General references
Isaiah 64:12
Wilt thou not be intreated, LORD, for all this? Wilt thou hold thy peace, and scourge us so sore?