Zechariah 7:5 ““Ask all the people of the land and the priests, ‘When you fasted and…”

Zechariah 7:5

“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?

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

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?

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?

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?

Geneva Bible 1599

Speake vnto all the people of the land, and to the Priests, and say, When ye fasted, and mourned in the fift and seuenth moneth, euen the seuentie yeeres, did ye fast vnto me? doe I approoue it?

Darby Translation

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?

Young's Literal Translation

'Speak unto all the people of the land, and unto the priests, saying:

Bible in Basic English

Say to all the people of the land and to the priests, When you went without food and gave yourselves to grief in the fifth and the seventh months for these seventy years, did you ever do it because of me?

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Cross references

“When”

Isaiah 58:5

Isaiah 58:5 · BSB

Is this the fast I have chosen: a day for a man to deny himself, to bow his head like a reed, and to spread out sackcloth and ashes? Will you call this a fast and a day acceptable to the LORD?

“seventh”

Zechariah 8:19 2 Kings 25:23 Jeremiah 41:1–4

Zechariah 8:19 · BSB

“This is what the LORD of Hosts says: The fasts of the fourth, the fifth, the seventh, and the tenth months will become times of joy and gladness, cheerful feasts for the house of Judah. Therefore you are to love both tr…

2 Kings 25:23 · BSB

When all the commanders of the armies and their men heard that the king of Babylon had appointed Gedaliah as governor, they came to Gedaliah at Mizpah—Ishmael son of Nethaniah, Johanan son of Kareah, Seraiah son of Tanhu…

Jeremiah 41:1–4 · BSB

In the seventh month, Ishmael son of Nethaniah, the son of Elishama, who was a member of the royal family and one of the king’s chief officers, came with ten men to Gedaliah son of Ahikam at Mizpah, and they ate a meal t…

“seventy”

Zechariah 1:12 Zechariah 7:3 Jeremiah 25:11

Zechariah 1:12 · BSB

Then the angel of the LORD said, “How long, O LORD of Hosts, will You withhold mercy from Jerusalem and the cities of Judah, with which You have been angry these seventy years?”

Zechariah 7:3 · BSB

by asking the priests of the house of the LORD of Hosts, as well as the prophets, “Should I weep and fast in the fifth month, as I have done these many years?”

Jeremiah 25:11 · BSB

And this whole land will become a desolate wasteland, and these nations will serve the king of Babylon for seventy years.

“did”

Isaiah 58:4–6 Matthew 5:16–18 1 Corinthians 10:31 Zechariah 7:6 Matthew 6:2 Matthew 6:5

Isaiah 58:4–6 · BSB

You fast with contention and strife to strike viciously with your fist. You cannot fast as you do today and have your voice be heard on high.

Matthew 5:16–18 · BSB

In the same way, let your light shine before men, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father in heaven.

1 Corinthians 10:31 · BSB

So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all to the glory of God.

Zechariah 7:6 · BSB

And when you were eating and drinking, were you not doing so simply for yourselves?

Matthew 6:2 · BSB

So when you give to the needy, do not sound a trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and on the streets, to be honored by men. Truly I tell you, they already have their full reward.

Matthew 6:5 · BSB

And when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites. For they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by men. Truly I tell you, they already have their full reward.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

4Then the word of the LORD of Hosts came to me, saying,

6And when you were eating and drinking, were you not doing so simply for yourselves?

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