# Zechariah 1:12

> Then the angel of the LORD said, “How long, O LORD of Hosts, will You withhold mercy from Jerusalem and the cities of Judah, with which You have been angry these seventy years?”

— Zechariah 1:12, Berean Standard Bible

## On the map

- **Jerusalem** (Judea · today Jerusalem) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/atlas/jerusalem

## When

- 520-518 BC (dated by the text itself)
- Date source: Zechariah 1:1 dates itself by the eighth month of the second year of Darius.

## Who ruled

- **Darius I**, king of Persia, 522-486 BC · Source: Behistun Inscription, written at his order in three languages; Herodotus III

## See also

- Psalms 74:10 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/psalms/74/10
- Psalms 102:13 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/psalms/102/13
- Jeremiah 29:10 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/jeremiah/29/10
- Daniel 9:2 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/daniel/9/2
- Zechariah 7:5 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/zechariah/7/5
- Revelation 6:10 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/revelation/6/10
- 2 Chronicles 36:21 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/2-chronicles/36/21
- Zechariah 1:8 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/zechariah/1/8

Cross-references: OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0.

## This document

- Canonical: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/zechariah/1/12
- Whole chapter: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/zechariah/1
- License: Scripture: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain. Source: Scriptoria (scriptoria.digital).