Zechariah 1:2

“The Lord hath been sore displeased with your fathers.] Who lived before and at the time of the destruction of the city of Jerusalem, and which was manifest by their captivity; all which were occasioned by their sins, with which they provoked the Lord to sore displeasure against them; and this is mentioned as a caution to their children, that they might not follow their example, and incur the like displeasure.”

“God fulfilled His threats against your fathers; beware, then, lest by disregarding His voice by me, as they did in the case of former prophets, ye suffer like them. The special object Zechariah aims at is that they should awake from their selfish negligence to obey God's command to rebuild His temple (Hag 1:4-8). sore displeased--Hebrew, "displeased with a displeasure," that is, vehemently, with no common displeasure, exhibited in the destruction of the Jews' city and in their captivity.”

“Wroth was the Lord against your fathers with wrath - o, that is, a wrath which was indeed such, whose greatness he does not further express, but leaves to their memories to supply. Cyril: “Seest thou how he scares them, and, setting before the young what befell those before them, drives them to amend, threatening them with the like or more grievous ills, unless they would wisely reject their fathers’ ways, esteeming the pleasing of God worthy of all thought and care. He speaks of great wrath. For it indicates no slight displeasure that He allowed the Babylonians to waste all Judah and Samaria, burn the holy places and destroy Jerusalem, remove the elect Israel to a piteous slavery in a…”

“Lord: Kg2 22:16, Kg2 22:17, Kg2 22:19, Kg2 23:26; Ch2 36:13-20; Ezr 9:6, Ezr 9:7, Ezr 9:13; Neh 9:26, Neh 9:27; Psa 60:1, Psa 79:5, Psa 79:6; Jer 44:6; Lam 1:12-15, Lam 2:3-5, Lam 3:42-45, Lam 5:7; Eze 22:31; Dan 9:11, Dan 9:12; Zep 2:1-3; Mat 23:30-32; Act 7:52 sore displeased: Heb. with displeasure Zechariah 1:3”