Zechariah 7:5
Speak to all the people of the land, and to the priests, saying, When ye fasted and mourned in the fifth month and in the seventh month, even those seventy years, did ye at all fast for me, even for me?
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
4Then came the word of Jehovah of hosts to me, saying,
6And when ye eat and drink, is it not ye that eat, and ye that drink?
Cross References
Isaiah 58:3“Wherefore do we fast, and thou seest not? Wherefore do we afflict our souls, and thou dost not regard it?” Behold, in the day of your fasts ye pursue your pleasure, And exact all your labors.
Jeremiah 25:11And this whole land shall be a desolation and an astonishment; and these nations shall serve the king of Babylon seventy years.
Zechariah 1:12Then the angel of Jehovah answered, and said, O Jehovah of hosts, how long wilt thou not have mercy on Jerusalem and the cities of Judah, against which thou hast had indignation these threescore and ten years?
Zechariah 7:6And when ye eat and drink, is it not ye that eat, and ye that drink?
Matthew 5:16In like manner let your light shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father who is in heaven.
Matthew Henry on Zechariah 7:2-8
An Enquiry Concerning Fasting; Hypocrisy Reproved. ( b. c. 520.) 1 And it came to pass in the fourth year of king Darius, that the word of the Lord came unto Zechariah in the fourth day of the ninth month, even in Chisleu; 2 When they had sent unto the house of God Sherezer and Regem-melech, and their men, to pray before the Lord , 3 And to speak unto the priests which were in the house of the Lord of hosts, and to the prophets, saying, Should I weep in the fifth month, separating myself, as I have done these so… Read the whole commentary →