Zechariah 8:19

This 19th verse is a final decision of the proposed case, and the whole of this verse stands on a proviso or condition, that they do those things required, Malachi 8:16,17; then shall their fasting cease, and turn into joy and feasts. The fast of the fourth month; wherein the city was taken by the Babylonians, who on the ninth day of this month broke into the city, Jeremiah 52:6,7. Of the fifth; of which on the tenth day the temple was burnt. Of the seventh; wherein Gedaliah was killed, Jeremiah 41:1. Of the tenth; on the tenth day whereof the king of Babylon's army sat down before the city and besieged it. Shall be to the house of Judah joy and gladness; good days, in which they shall rejoice for all the goodness that God hath showed them in their private affairs. And cheerful feasts, for public; these days of fasting shall be turned into solemn and public festivals, days of thanksgiving to the Lord, for turning back their captivity, and restoring church and state. Therefore love the truth and peace; let your hearty affection be set on truth in all concerns of religion, and on peace in all converse with your neighbours.