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 was attentive that night and saw a man seated on a red horse that stood among some myrtle trees in the ravine. Behind him were red, sorrel, and white horses.
Exodus 23:20
"I am going to send an angel before you to protect you as you journey and to bring you into the place that I have prepared.
Isaiah 63:9
Through all that they suffered, he suffered too. The messenger sent from his very presence delivered them. In his love and mercy he protected them; he lifted them up and carried them throughout ancient times.
Hebrews 7:25
So he is able to save completely those who come to God through him, because he always lives to intercede for them.
How
Psalm 74:10
How long, O God, will the adversary hurl insults? Will the enemy blaspheme your name forever?
Psalm 69:5
O God, you are aware of my foolish sins; my guilt is not hidden from you.
Psalm 102:13
You will rise up and have compassion on Zion. For it is time to have mercy on her, for the appointed time has come.
Isaiah 64:9
Lord, do not be too angry! Do not hold our sins against us continually! Take a good look at your people, at all of us!
Revelation 6:10
They cried out with a loud voice, "How long, Sovereign Master, holy and true, before you judge those who live on the earth and avenge our blood?"
Thou hast
Zechariah 7:5
"Speak to all the people and priests of the land as follows: 'When you fasted and lamented in the fifth and seventh months through all these seventy years, did you truly fast for me -- for me, indeed?
2 Chronicles 36:21
This took place to fulfill the Lord's message delivered through Jeremiah. The land experienced its sabbatical years; it remained desolate for seventy years, as prophesied.
Jeremiah 25:11
This whole area will become a desolate wasteland. These nations will be subject to the king of Babylon for seventy years.'
Jeremiah 29:10
"For the Lord says, 'Only when the seventy years of Babylonian rule are over will I again take up consideration for you. Then I will fulfill my gracious promise to you and restore you to your homeland.
Daniel 9:2
in the first year of his reign I, Daniel, came to understand from the sacred books that, according to the word of the LORD disclosed to the prophet Jeremiah, the years for the fulfilling of the desolation of Jerusalem were seventy in number.
General references
Isaiah 64:12
In light of all this, how can you still hold back, Lord? How can you be silent and continue to humiliate us?