Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
very sore displeased with the heathen—in contrast with "I was but a little displeased" with My people. God's displeasure with His people is temporary and for their chastening; with the heathen oppressors, it is final and fatal (Jeremiah 30:11). God's instruments for chastising His people, when He has done with them, He casts into the fire.
are at ease—carnally secure. A stronger phrase than "is at rest" (Zechariah 1:11). They are "at ease," but as I am "sore displeased" with them, their ease is accursed. Judah is in "affliction," but as I love her and am jealous for her, she has every reason to be encouraged in prosecuting the temple work.
helped forward the affliction—afflicted My people more than I desired. The heathen sought the utter extinction of Judah to gratify their own ambition and revenge (Isaiah 47:6; Ezekiel 25:3, Ezekiel 25:6; Obadiah 1:10-17).
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Zechariah 1:15:
Job 19:22
Job 30:13
Isaiah 10:7
Isaiah 47:6
Jeremiah 10:24-25
Zechariah 6:1
Revelation 6:2
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