KJV King James Version
Speak unto all the people of the land, and to the priests, saying, When ye fasted and mourned in the fifth and seventh [month], even those seventy years, did ye at all fast unto me, [even] to me?
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Zechariah 7:5
Speak unto all the people of the land, and to the priests, saying, When ye fasted and mourned in the fifth and seventh [month], even those seventy years, did ye at all fast unto me, [even] to me?
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
“Ask all the people of the land and the priests, ‘When you fasted and mourned in the fifth and seventh months for these seventy years, was it really for Me that you fasted?
WEB World English Bible
“Speak to all the people of the land, and to the priests, saying, ‘When you fasted and mourned in the fifth and in the seventh month for these seventy years, did you at all fast to me, really to me?
ASV American Standard Version
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 these seventy years, did ye at all fast unto me, even to me?
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
‘Speak unto all the people of the land, and unto the priests, saying:
Surrounding context — Zechariah 7
2 When they had sent unto the house of God Sherezer and Regemmelech, 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 many years?
4 Then came the word of the LORD of hosts unto me, saying,
5 Speak unto all the people of the land, and to the priests, saying, When ye fasted and mourned in the fifth and seventh [month], even those seventy years, did ye at all fast unto me, [even] to me?
6 And when ye did eat, and when ye did drink, did not ye eat [for yourselves], and drink [for yourselves]?
7 [Should ye] not [hear] the words which the LORD hath cried by the former prophets, when Jerusalem was inhabited and in prosperity, and the cities thereof round about her, when [men] inhabited the south and the plain?
8 And the word of the LORD came unto Zechariah, saying,
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אֱמֹר֙H559 · a.marto sayאֶל־H413 · elto(wards)כָּל־H3605 · kolallעַ֣םH5971 · ampeopleהָאָ֔רֶץH776 · e.retsland: country/planetוְאֶל־H413 · elto(wards)הַכֹּהֲנִ֖יםH3548 · ko.henpriestלֵאמֹ֑רH559 · a.marto sayכִּֽי־H3588 · kiforצַמְתֶּ֨םH6684 · tsumto fastוְסָפ֜וֹדH5594 · sa.phadto mournבַּחֲמִישִׁ֣יH2549 · cha.mi.shififthוּבַשְּׁבִיעִ֗יH7637 · she.vi.iseventhוְזֶה֙H2088 · zehthisשִׁבְעִ֣יםH7657 · shiv.imseventyשָׁנָ֔הH8141 · sha.nehyearהֲצ֥וֹםH6684 · tsumto fastצַמְתֻּ֖נִיH6684 · tsumto fastאָֽנִי׃H589 · a.niI
Cross-references
Zechariah 1:12Then the angel of the LORD answered and said, O LORD of hosts, how long wilt thou not have mercy on Jerusalem and on the cities of Judah, against which thou hast had indignation these threescore and ten years?Isaiah 58:4-6Behold, ye fast for strife and debate, and to smite with the fist of wickedness: ye shall not fast as [ye do this] day, to make your voice to be heard on high.Matthew 5:16-18Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.1 Corinthians 10:31Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God.Matthew 6:5And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites [are]: for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.Colossians 3:23And whatsoever ye do, do [it] heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men;Romans 14:6-9He that regardeth the day, regardeth [it] unto the Lord; and he that regardeth not the day, to the Lord he doth not regard [it]. He that eateth, eateth to the Lord, for he giveth God thanks; and he that eateth not, to the Lord he eateth not, and giveth God thanks.Matthew 6:2Therefore when thou doest [thine] alms, do not sound a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may have glory of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.Zechariah 7:3[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 many years?Zechariah 7:6And when ye did eat, and when ye did drink, did not ye eat [for yourselves], and drink [for yourselves]?Romans 14:17-18For the kingdom of God is not meat and drink; but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost.Matthew 6:16Moreover when ye fast, be not, as the hypocrites, of a sad countenance: for they disfigure their faces, that they may appear unto men to fast. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.Isaiah 1:11-12To what purpose [is] the multitude of your sacrifices unto me? saith the LORD: I am full of the burnt offerings of rams, and the fat of fed beasts; and I delight not in the blood of bullocks, or of lambs, or of he goats.2 Corinthians 5:15And [that] he died for all, that they which live should not henceforth live unto themselves, but unto him which died for them, and rose again.2 Kings 25:23And when all the captains of the armies, they and their men, heard that the king of Babylon had made Gedaliah governor, there came to Gedaliah to Mizpah, even Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and Johanan the son of Careah, and Seraiah the son of Tanhumeth the Netophathite, and Jaazaniah the son of a Maachathite, they and their men.Jeremiah 41:1-4Now it came to pass in the seventh month, [that] Ishmael the son of Nethaniah the son of Elishama, of the seed royal, and the princes of the king, even ten men with him, came unto Gedaliah the son of Ahikam to Mizpah; and there they did eat bread together in Mizpah.Matthew 23:5But all their works they do for to be seen of men: they make broad their phylacteries, and enlarge the borders of their garments,Zechariah 8:19Thus 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.
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