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Zechariah 7

Zech. 7:5 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Speak
'amar (Hebrew #559)
to say (used with great latitude)
KJV usage: answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, + (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, X desire, determine, X expressly, X indeed, X intend, name, X plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), X still, X suppose, talk, tell, term, X that is, X think, use (speech), utter, X verily, X yet.
Pronounce: aw-mar'
Origin: a primitive root
unto all the people
`am (Hebrew #5971)
a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
KJV usage: folk, men, nation, people.
Pronounce: am
Origin: from 6004
of the land
'erets (Hebrew #776)
the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
KJV usage: X common, country, earth, field, ground, land, X natins, way, + wilderness, world.
Pronounce: eh'-rets
Origin: from an unused root probably meaning to be firm
, and to the priests
kohen (Hebrew #3548)
literally, one officiating, a priest; also (by courtesy) an acting priest (although a layman)
KJV usage: chief ruler, X own, priest, prince, principal officer.
Pronounce: ko-hane'
Origin: active participle of 3547
, saying
'amar (Hebrew #559)
to say (used with great latitude)
KJV usage: answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, + (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, X desire, determine, X expressly, X indeed, X intend, name, X plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), X still, X suppose, talk, tell, term, X that is, X think, use (speech), utter, X verily, X yet.
Pronounce: aw-mar'
Origin: a primitive root
, When ye fasted
tsuwm (Hebrew #6684)
to cover over (the mouth), i.e. to fast
KJV usage: X at all, fast.
Pronounce: tsoom
Origin: a primitive root
and mourned
caphad (Hebrew #5594)
properly, to tear the hair and beat the breasts (as Orientals do in grief); generally to lament; by implication, to wail
KJV usage: lament, mourn(-er), wail.
Pronounce: saw-fad'
Origin: a primitive root
in the fifth
chamiyshiy (Hebrew #2549)
ord. from 2568; fifth; also a fifth
KJV usage: fifth (part).
Pronounce: kham-ee-shee'
Origin: or chamishshiy {kham-ish-shee'}
and seventh
shbiy`iy (Hebrew #7637)
ordinal from 7657; seventh
KJV usage: seventh (time).
Pronounce: sheb-ee-ee'
Origin: or shbi iy {sheb-ee-ee'}
month, even those seventy
shib`iym. (Hebrew #7657)
seventy
KJV usage: seventy, threescore and ten (+ -teen).
Pronounce: shib-eem'
Origin: multiple of 7651
years
shaneh (Hebrew #8141)
from 8138; a year (as a revolution of time)
KJV usage: + whole age, X long, + old, year(X -ly).
Pronounce: shaw-neh'
Origin: (in plura or (feminine) shanah {shaw-naw'}
t, did ye at all
tsuwm (Hebrew #6684)
to cover over (the mouth), i.e. to fast
KJV usage: X at all, fast.
Pronounce: tsoom
Origin: a primitive root
fast
tsuwm (Hebrew #6684)
to cover over (the mouth), i.e. to fast
KJV usage: X at all, fast.
Pronounce: tsoom
Origin: a primitive root
unto meu, even to me?
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Zech. 1:12• 12And the angel of Jehovah answered and said, Jehovah of hosts, how long wilt thou not have mercy on Jerusalem and on the cities of Judah, against which thou hast had indignation these seventy years? (Zech. 1:12)
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Matt. 6:16‑18• 16And when ye fast, be not as the hypocrites, downcast in countenance; for they disfigure their faces, so that they may appear fasting to men: verily I say unto you, They have their reward.
 17But *thou*, when fasting, anoint thy head and wash thy face,
 18so that thou mayest not appear fasting unto men, but to thy Father who is in secret; and thy Father who sees in secret shall render it to thee. (Matt. 6:16‑18)

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Fast; Fasting,
Months,
Priest; Priesthood,
Seven,
Year

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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Isa. 58:5• 5Is such the fast that I have chosen, a day for a man to afflict his soul,--that he should bow down his head as a bulrush, and spread sackcloth and ashes under him? Wilt thou call this a fast, and a day acceptable to Jehovah? (Isa. 58:5)
seventh.
Zech. 8:19• 19Thus saith Jehovah 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 gatherings. Love ye then truth and peace. (Zech. 8:19)
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2 Kings 25:23• 23And all the captains of the forces, they and their men, heard that the king of Babylon had appointed Gedaliah, and they came to Gedaliah to Mizpah, namely, Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and Johanan the son of Kareah, and Seraiah the son of Tanhumeth the Netophathite, and Jaazaniah the son of a Maachathite, they and their men. (2 Kings 25:23)
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Jer. 41:1‑4• 1And it came to pass in the seventh month, that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah the son of Elishama, of the royal seed, and one of the king's chief men, and ten men with him, came to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam unto Mizpah, and there they ate bread together, in Mizpah.
 2And Ishmael the son of Nethaniah arose, and the ten men that were with him, and smote Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan with the sword, and killed him, whom the king of Babylon had appointed over the land.
 3And Ishmael smote all the Jews that were with him, with Gedaliah, at Mizpah, and the Chaldeans that were found there, the men of war.
 4And it came to pass the second day after he had killed Gedaliah, and no man knew it, (Jer. 41:1‑4)
seventy.From the eleventh year of Zedekiah to the fourth of Darius Hystapses are just seventy years.
Zech. 7:3• 3and to speak unto the priests that were in the house of Jehovah of hosts, and to the prophets, saying, Should I weep in the fifth month, separating myself, as I have done now so many years? (Zech. 7:3)
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Zech. 1:12• 12And the angel of Jehovah answered and said, Jehovah of hosts, how long wilt thou not have mercy on Jerusalem and on the cities of Judah, against which thou hast had indignation these seventy years? (Zech. 1:12)
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Jer. 25:11• 11And this whole land shall become a waste, an astonishment; and these nations shall serve the king of Babylon seventy years. (Jer. 25:11)
did.
Zech. 7:6• 6And when ye ate, and when ye drank, was it not you that were eating and drinking? (Zech. 7:6)
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Isa. 1:11‑12• 11To what purpose is the multitude of your sacrifices unto me? saith Jehovah. I am sated with burnt-offerings of rams, and the fat of fed beasts; and in the blood of bullocks, and of lambs, and of he-goats I take no pleasure.
 12When ye come to appear before me, who hath required this from your hand--to tread my courts? (Isa. 1:11‑12)
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Isa. 58:4‑6• 4Behold, ye have fasted for strife and debate, and to smite with the fist of wickedness; ye do not at present fast, to cause your voice to be heard on high.
 5Is such the fast that I have chosen, a day for a man to afflict his soul,--that he should bow down his head as a bulrush, and spread sackcloth and ashes under him? Wilt thou call this a fast, and a day acceptable to Jehovah?
 6Is not this the fast which I have chosen: to loose the bands of wickedness, to undo the thongs of the yoke, and to send forth free the crushed, and that ye break every yoke? (Isa. 58:4‑6)
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Matt. 5:16‑18• 16Let your light thus shine before men, so that they may see your upright works, and glorify your Father who is in the heavens.
 17Think not that I am come to make void the law or the prophets; I am not come to make void, but to fulfil.
 18For verily I say unto you, Until the heaven and the earth pass away, one iota or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law till all come to pass. (Matt. 5:16‑18)
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Matt. 6:2,5,16• 2When therefore thou doest alms, sound not a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, so that they may have glory from men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.
 5And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites; for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets so that they should appear to men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.
 16And when ye fast, be not as the hypocrites, downcast in countenance; for they disfigure their faces, so that they may appear fasting to men: verily I say unto you, They have their reward. (Matt. 6:2,5,16)
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Matt. 23:5• 5And all their works they do to be seen of men: for they make broad their phylacteries and enlarge the borders of their garments, (Matt. 23:5)
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Rom. 14:6‑9,17‑18• 6He that regards the day, regards it to the Lord. And he that eats, eats to the Lord, for he gives God thanks; and he that does not eat, it is to the Lord he does not eat, and gives God thanks.
 7For none of us lives to himself, and none dies to himself.
 8For both if we should live, it is to the Lord we live; and if we should die, it is to the Lord we die: both if we should live then, and if we should die, we are the Lord's.
 9For to this end Christ has died and lived again, that he might rule over both dead and living.
 17for the kingdom of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit.
 18For he that in this serves the Christ is acceptable to God and approved of men. (Rom. 14:6‑9,17‑18)
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1 Cor. 10:31• 31Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatever ye do, do all things to God's glory. (1 Cor. 10:31)
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2 Cor. 5:15• 15and he died for all, that they who live should no longer live to themselves, but to him who died for them and has been raised. (2 Cor. 5:15)
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Col. 3:23• 23Whatsoever ye do, labour at it heartily, as doing it to the Lord, and not to men; (Col. 3:23)
• But, as is seen in Christendom as well as among the Jews, the most solemn fasts are often proclaimed and observed with little or no humiliation before God. (“Zechariah 7” by E. Dennett)
• It seemed a pious thing to send men to pray before the Lord, and to put this question; but the Lord is not mocked. His eyes behold the heart, its motives, the springs of action; and hence He sends an answer which exposes all to view. The question had been sent by a few, the answer is addressed to all the people of the land, and to the priests. (“Zechariah 7” by E. Dennett)
• Whether fasting, or eating and drinking, it was done for themselves, and to themselves, God and His claims not being in all their thoughts. It is a striking illustration of how far man may go in self-deception in religious observances. (“Zechariah 7” by E. Dennett)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Speak unto all the people of the land, and to the priests, saying, When ye fasted and mourned in the fifth and in the seventh month, even those seventy years, did ye really fast unto me, even unto me?