Bible Strands
Zechariah 1:13
So the LORD spoke kind and comforting words to the angel who was speaking with me.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The LORD answers the angel of the LORD, who is conversing with Zechariah, immediately after the angel's intercession concerning the seventy years of Judah's exile.
The words — The text highlights דְּבָרִים טוֹבִים (de.varim to.vim), literally "good words," describing God's direct response to the heavenly messenger.
The thread — This divine reassurance runs parallel to the comfort command in Isaiah 40:1 and the seventy-year restoration timeline in Jeremiah 29:10 and Jeremiah 30:10.
Why it lands — The text records God's prompt reply to intercession, requiring the reader to acknowledge that prophetic questioning yields direct divine clarification rather than silence.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And the Lord answered the angel that talked with me with good words and comfortable words.
Cross-references
- Isaiah 40:1 “Comfort, comfort My people,” says your God.
- Jeremiah 29:10 For this is what the LORD says: “When Babylon’s seventy years are complete, I will attend to you and confirm My promise to restore you to this place.
- Jeremiah 30:10 As for you, O Jacob My servant, do not be afraid, declares the LORD, and do not be dismayed, O Israel. For I will surely save you out of a distant place, your descendants from the land of their captivity! Jacob will return to quiet and ease, with no one to make him afraid.
- Jeremiah 31:3 The LORD appeared to us in the past, saying: “I have loved you with an everlasting love; therefore I have drawn you with loving devotion.
- Amos 9:11 “In that day I will restore the fallen tent of David. I will repair its gaps, restore its ruins, and rebuild it as in the days of old,
- Zephaniah 3:14 Sing for joy, O Daughter of Zion; shout aloud, O Israel! Be glad and rejoice with all your heart, O Daughter of Jerusalem!
- Zechariah 1:9 “What are these, my lord?” I asked. And the angel who was speaking with me replied, “I will show you what they are.”
- Zechariah 1:14 Then the angel who was speaking with me said, “Proclaim this word: This is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘I am very jealous for Jerusalem and Zion,
- Zechariah 2:4 and said to him, “Run and tell that young man: ‘Jerusalem will be a city without walls because of the multitude of men and livestock within it.
- Zechariah 4:1 Then the angel who was speaking with me returned and woke me, as a man is awakened from his sleep.