Zechariah 7:3

to speak unto the priests that pertained to the house of Yahweh of hosts, and unto the prophets, saying,—Shall I weep in the fifth month, separating myself, as I have done these so many years?

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

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 many years?

In Context

2yea when Bethel sent Sherezer and Regemmelech, and his men,—to pacify the face of Yahweh:

4Then came the word of Yahweh of hosts unto me, saying:

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 33:10May teach thy regulations unto Jacob, And thy law unto Israel,—May put incense in thy nostrils, And a whole-offering upon thine altar.

Nehemiah 8:9Then Nehemiah—he, was the governor—and Ezra the priest the scribe, and the Levites who were causing the people to understand, said unto all the people, To-day, is, holy, unto Yahweh your God, do not mourn, nor weep,—for, weeping, were all the people, when they heard the words of the law.

Ecclesiastes 3:4A time to weep, and a time to laugh,—A time to wail, and a time to dance for joy;

Jeremiah 52:12And in the fifth month on the tenth of the month, the same, was the nineteenth year of King Nebuchadrezzar, king of Babylon, came Nebuzaradan, chief of the royal executioners,—who stood before the king of Babylon into, Jerusalem;

Hosea 4:6My people, are destroyed, for lack of knowledge,—Because, thou, hast rejected knowledge, therefore will I reject thee from ministering as priest unto me, and, because thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I also, will forget thy children.

Haggai 2:11Thus, saith Yahweh of hosts,—I pray you, ask the priests a direction, saying:

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 →

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