Verse Zechariah 7:5. When ye fasted and mourned in the fifth - month] This they did in the remembrance of the burning of the temple, on the tenth day of that month; and on the seventh month, on the third of which month they observed a fast for the murder of Gedaliah, and the dispersion of the remnant of the people which were with him. See Jeremiah 41:1, and 2 Kings 25:25.
SPEAK UNTO ALL THE PEOPLE OF THE LAND - They of Bethel had spoken as one man, as Edom said to Israel, “Thou shalt not pass by me” Numbers 20:18; and “the men of Israel said to the Hivite; Perhaps thou...
II. QUESTIONS CONCERNING CERTAIN FASTS CHAPTER 7 _ 1. The question (Zechariah 7:1) _ 2. The reproof (Zechariah 7:4) 3. The lessons of the past (Zechariah 7:8)...
ZECHARIAH 7:1 F. The original account of the question about the fasting and Zechariah's answer has been considerably amplified by the insertion of other prophecies, probably later compositions, though...
IN THE FIFTH. MONTH. The month Ab (our August, App-51. V). The fast had already then been instituted to commemorate the destruction of Jerusalem on the tenth of Ab (Jeremiah 52:12; Jeremiah 52:13). SE...
The Answer. First Section 5. _seventh month_ This fast appears to have been observed during the captivity, because in the seventh month "the murder of Gedaliah, _whom the king of Babylon made governo...
DISCOURSE: 1248 OUTWARD SERVICES VAIN WITHOUT OBEDIENCE Zechariah 7:4. Then came the word of the Lord of Hosts unto me, saying, Speak unto all the people of the land, and to the priests, saying, When...
IN THE FIFTH AND SEVENTH MONTH— The Jews not only observed those fasts which were instituted by God himself, but likewise added others in commemoration of great calamities. The exiled Jews instituted...
THE FIRST ANSWERING STATEMENT. Zechariah 7:4-7 RV. Then came the word of Jehovah of hosts unto me, saying, Speak unto all the people of the land, and to the priests, saying, When ye fasted and mourned...
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? SPEA...
WARNINGS FROM THE PAST Chs.7 and 8 go together, and were spoken on a date (fourth day of the ninth month in the fourth year of Darius) two years later than the series of visions described above, viz....
FIFTH AND SEVENTH _month_] The fasts were four (see Zechariah 8:19), viz. in the fourth month commemorating the fall of Jerusalem (Jeremiah 39:2; Jeremiah 52:6), in the seventh month for the murder of...
GOD REMEMBERS HIS PROMISES ZECHARIAH _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ CHAPTER 7 V1 The word of the *LORD came to Zechariah on the fourth day of the 9th month (called) Kislev. This happened in the fourth year...
(4-7) The people (as in Isaiah 58:3) are rebuked for the hypocritical, or merely formal, nature of their fasts. The prophet does not, even further on, give any direct answer to their inquiry. He seems...
ALL THE PEOPLE. — The question, though asked but by a few, was of interest to all the people; or the people of Bethel may have been the representatives of all the people; at all events the reply is gi...
אֱמֹר֙ אֶל ־כָּל ־עַ֣ם הָ אָ֔רֶץ וְ
Zechariah 8:1 "THE SEED OF PEACE" Zechariah 7:1; Zechariah 8:1 THE Visions have revealed the removal of the guilt of the land, the restoration of Israel to their standing before God, the revival of...
THE PENALTY OF INJUSTICE AND CRUELTY Zechariah 7:1-14 During their captivity the Jews observed four feasts. That of the 10th month recalled the first enclosure of Jerusalem by the enemies' lines; of...
The third message of Zechariah was uttered nearly two years later. It was a fourfold answer to an inquiry made by the people concerning the necessity for observing certain fasts. The history of these...
Speak to all the people of the land, and to the (f) priests, saying, When ye fasted and mourned in the fifth and seventh [month], even those seventy years, did ye at all fast to me, (g) [even] to me?...
Years, from the ruin of the temple till the fourth of Darius. --- Unto me? Did you grieve for the injury done to me; or was your sorrow caused by your own loss? The prophet gives not a direct answer;...
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 pr...
Lectures on the Minor Prophets. W. Kelly. Zechariah was plainly a contemporary of Haggai. Like him he dates his prophecies from the second imperial power of the Gentiles; but he goes a great deal far...
He therefore brings this charge against them, _Have ye fasted to me? have ye eaten to me? _as though he had said, “God regards not fastings, except they proceed from a sincere feeling and tend to a ri...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 7, 8, 9, AND 10. The prophecy, from chapter 7 to the end of the book, has for its special object the introduction of the Messiah in Israel, with the consequen...
SPEAK UNTO ALL THE PEOPLE OF THE LAND,.... Of Judea, who had sent these men on this errand, and whom they represented, and in whose name they spake: AND TO THE PRIESTS; who were consulted on this occ...
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? Ver...
_Then came the word of the Lord unto me_ When these men had proposed their case, and were expecting the priests' answer, God commissioned his prophet to give them the answer contained in the subsequen...
Speak unto all the people of the land and to the priests, His message concerning them all, SAYING, WHEN YE FASTED AND MOURNED IN THE FIFTH AND SEVENTH MONTH, the latter observation being in memory of...
THE QUESTION PROPOSED...
A QUESTION ANSWERED NEGATIVELY (vv. 1-7) The visions and prophecies of the first six Chapter s are connected with the eighth month of the second year of the reign of Darius (Zechariah 1:1). It is tw...
1-7 If we truly desire to know the will of God in doubtful matters, we must not only consult his word and ministers, but seek his direction by fervent prayer. Those who would know God's mind should c...
SPEAK UNTO ALL THE PEOPLE, i.e. either by their messengers who came in their name, or to all the Jews that were at Jerusalem. OF THE LAND; by which it seems to be not the loiterers in Babylon, but the...
Zechariah 7:5 Say H559 (H8798) H559 (H8800) people H5971 land H776 priests H3548 fasted H6684 ...
YHWH CHARGES THEM WITH FALSE MOTIVES IN THEIR FASTING (ZECHARIAH 7:4). Zechariah 7:4 ‘Then came the word of YHWH of Hosts to me saying, “Speak to all the people of the land and the priests saying, ‘W...
FURTHER PROPHECIES OF ZECHARIAH (ZECHARIAH 7:1 TO ZECHARIAH 8:23) These prophecies occur approximately two years after the previous ones demonstrating that Zechariah's ministry continued. It would ap...
QUESTIONS ABOUT FASTING (ZECHARIAH 7:1). There may be a contrast intended here between those who had come from Babylon seeking news about the Branch, bringing gold and silver for his crown, who had ha...
Zechariah 7:1. _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;_ God's prophets were not al...
CONTENTS: The mission from Babylon, and Jehovah's answer to the question of fasts. Why prayer was not answered. CHARACTERS: God, Holy Spirit, Darius, Zechariah, Sherezer, Regemmelich. CONCLUSION: Wh...
Zechariah 7:1. _In the fourth year of Darius_ Hystaspes, _in the ninth month,_ the end of November, a deputation went from Babylon to Jerusalem, a long journey in the beginning of winter, to enquire i...
_Did ye at all fast unto Me, even to Me?_ REBUKE OF MERE CEREMONIES God had, through successive ages, exhorted the Jews to true repentance, and condemned their dissimulation, that they might not thin...
ZECHARIAH 7:1 From Fasts to Feasts. This section mentions fasts that commemorate the destruction of Jerusalem, which will be transformed into feasts celebrating its renewal. The renewal gives the peop...
CRITICAL NOTES.] The Didactic part. Replies to questions relative to fasts observed by the Jews, but which they supposed no longer binding after restoration to prosperity. FOURTH] Two years, nearly, a...
EXPOSITION VERSE 1-8:23 Part II. THE ANSWER TO A QUESTION CONCERNING THE OBSERVANCE OF CERTAIN FASTS. ZECHARIAH 7:1 § 1. A deputation comes fr
Now some men came to Zechariah with a question. While they were in Babylon they had been observing a couple of days of fasting. The day... they commemorated the day that the temple was destroyed by th...
1 Corinthians 10:31; 2 Corinthians 5:15; 2 Kings 25:23; Colossians 3:23;...
Unto all the people — By their messengers. And seventh — For the murder of Gedaliah, slain by Ishmael. Even to me — You pleased yourselves in it, not me; you wept more for the inconveniences of the th...