^8:14“For the Lord who rules over all says, ‘As I had planned to hurt⁷ you when your fathers made me angry,’ says the Lord who rules over all, ‘and I was not sorry,

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Footnotes

7 The verb זָמַם (zamam) usually means “to plot to do evil,” but with a divine subject (as here), and in light of v. 15 where it means to plan good, the meaning here has to be the implementation of discipline (cf. , “punish”). God may bring hurt but its purpose is redemptive and/or pedagogical.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

For thus says the Lord of hosts: “As I purposed to bring disaster to you when your fathers provoked me to wrath, and I did not relent, says the Lord of hosts,

NIVNew International Version (2011)

This is what the Lord Almighty says: “Just as I had determined to bring disaster on you and showed no pity when your ancestors angered me,” says the Lord Almighty,

CSBChristian Standard Bible

For the Lord of Armies says this: “As I resolved to treat you badly when your ancestors provoked me to anger, and I did not relent,” says the Lord of Armies,

NLTNew Living Translation

“For this is what the Lord of Heaven’s Armies says: I was determined to punish you when your ancestors angered me, and I did not change my mind, says the Lord of Heaven’s Armies.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

For thus says Yahweh of hosts: “Just as I planned to bring disaster on you when your ancestors provoked me to anger,” says Yahweh of hosts, “and I did not regret it,

KJV 1900King James Version

For thus saith the Lord of hosts; As I thought to punish you, when your fathers provoked me to wrath, saith the Lord of hosts, and I repented not:

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