Zechariah 1:15

But I am greatly displeased with the nations that take my grace for granted. ¹  I was a little displeased with them, but they have only made things worse for themselves.

Ps 69:26; Ps 83:2-5; Ps 137:7; Isa 10:5-7; Isa 47:6; Isa 47:7-9; Isa 54:8; Jer 48:11-13; Jer 51:24,34,35; Eze 25:3-7,12-17; Eze 25:3-9; Eze 26:2; Eze 29:6,7; Eze 36:4,5; Am 1:3-13; Am 6:1; Ob 1:10-16; Zec 1:2,11; Heb 12:6,7; Re 18:7,8

¹ tn Or “the nations that are at ease” (so ASV, NRSV). The Hebrew word in question is שַׁאֲנָן (sha’anan) which has the idea of a careless, even arrogant attitude (see BDB 983 s.v. שַׁאֲנָן); cf. NAB “the complacent nations.” Here it suggests that the nations take for granted that God will never punish them just because he hasn't already done so. Thus they presume on the grace and patience of the Lord. The translation attempts to bring out this nuance rather than the more neutral renderings of TEV “nations that enjoy quiet and peace” or NLT “enjoy peace and security.”