Zechariah 1:15

But a little. — (Comp. 2 Kings 20:18.) Or, for a little while. (Comp. Job 24:24.)

Helped forward the affliction. — Better, helped for evil — i.e., they not only acted as God’s instruments to chastise Israel, but even wished to annihilate them. (Comp. Isaiah 47:6 : “I was wroth with my people... thou [Babylon] didst shew them no mercy.”) LXX., for “that are at ease,” τὰ συνεπιτιθέμενα, “which combine to set upon [Israel],” and for “helped,” συνεπέθεντο “combined to set upon.”