Zechariah 8:19
“Yahweh of hosts says this: The fasts of the fourth month, 1 the fifth month, the seventh month, and the tenth month 1 will become times of joy, gladness, and happy festivals for the house of Judah! 1 Therefore love truth and peace! 1
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18Then the word of Yahweh of hosts came to me, saying, 1
Cross References
2 Kings 25:1It happened that in the ninth year of the reign of King Zedekiah, in the tenth month, and on the tenth day of the month, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came with all his army against Jerusalem. He camped opposite it, and they built a siege wall around it.
2 Kings 25:25But it happened that in the seventh month Ishmael son of Nethaniah son of Elishama, from the royal family, came with ten men and attacked Gedaliah. Gedaliah died, along with the men of Judah and the Babylonians who were with him at Mizpah.
Esther 9:22These were the days when the Jews got relief from their enemies, and the month when their sorrow turned to joy, and mourning into a day of celebration. They were to make them days of feasting and gladness, and of sending gifts of food to one another, and gifts to the poor.
Psalms 34:15The eyes of Yahweh are on the righteous 1 and his ears are directed toward their cry. 1
Isaiah 35:10The ransomed of Yahweh will return 1 and come with singing to Zion, and everlasting joy will be on their heads; 1 gladness and joy will overtake them; sorrow and sighing will flee away.
Jeremiah 31:12Then they will come and rejoice on the heights of Zion. Their faces will shine because of Yahweh's goodness, 1 over the corn and the new wine, over the oil and the offspring of the flocks and herds. 1 For their lives will become like a watered garden, and they will never again feel any more sorrow. 1
Matthew Henry on Zechariah 8:19-23
Encouraging Prospects. ( b. c. 517.) 18 And the word of the Lord of hosts came unto me, saying, 19 Thus saith the Lord of hosts; The fast of the fourth month, and the fast of the fifth, and the fast of the seventh, and the fast of the tenth, shall be to the house of Judah joy and gladness, and cheerful feasts; therefore love the truth and peace. 20 Thus saith the Lord of hosts; It shall yet come to pass, that there shall come people, and the inhabitants of many cities: 21 And the inhabitants of one city shall go… Read the whole commentary →