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Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Zechariah 7:4-6

Zechariah 7:4-6. 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 subsequent part of this and in the following chapter; saying, Speak unto all the people of the land Let all the people in general, and not only those who have proposed the question, know what I am now about to say to thee, in answer to it. When ye fasted and mourned in the fifth and... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Zechariah 7:1-14

7:1-8:23 A QUESTION ABOUT CERTAIN FASTSMourning over the past (7:1-14)In captivity the Jews had instituted four fasts to mourn the destruction of Jerusalem. One fast was in the tenth month, which was the month the Babylonians laid siege to the city. One was in the fourth month, to mark the day eighteen months later when the Babylonians broke through the walls and invaded the city. Another was in the fifth month, to mark the destruction of the temple. The other was in the seventh month, to mark... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Zechariah 7:5

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 ). seventh month. The month Tisri (our October). The fast had already then been instituted, on the third of Tisri, to commemorate the murder of Gedaliah by Ishmael, the son of Nethaniah. See Jeremiah 40:8 ; Jeremiah 41:1-3 , Jeremiah 41:15-18 . See further notes on Zechariah 8:19 . even. Some... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Zechariah 7:5

Zechariah 7:5. 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 four of these fasts; one in the fourth month, in commemoration of the breach of the wall, mentioned Jeremiah 52:6.; one in the fifth month, in commemoration of the burning of the temple. Jeremiah 52:12.; one in the seventh month for the murder of Gedaliah, Jeremiah 41:2.; and one in... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Zechariah 7:5

5. Speak unto all—The question had been asked in the name of the people in general by Sherezer and Regemmelech. The self-imposed fast they were tired of, not having observed it in the spirit of true religion. seventh month—This fast was in memory of the murder of Gedaliah and those with him at Mizpah, issuing in the dispersion of the Jews (2 Kings 25:25; 2 Kings 25:26; Jeremiah 41:1-3). did ye . . . fast unto me?—No; it was to gratify yourselves in hypocritical will-worship. If it had been... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Zechariah 7:4-5

The Lord spoke to Zechariah, and he proceeded to inform the messengers, all the people in the land, and the priests. The issue that the messengers had raised had widespread implications for the whole nation. The Lord asked rhetorically if the people had really observed the fasts that they had instituted in the fifth and seventh months for 70 years for His benefit or for themselves. Seventy years is a round number for the length of the Captivity here, assuming the 70 years had not completely run... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Zechariah 7:4-7

B. The Lord’s rebuke 7:4-7This is the first of four messages that Zechariah received from the Lord that bear on the question just raised. That there were four separate messages seems clear since each one begins with the same preamble: "The word of the Lord came" (Zechariah 7:4; Zechariah 7:8; Zechariah 8:1; Zechariah 8:18). The first two, in chapter 7, are negative, and the last two, in chapter 8, are positive. read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Zechariah 7:1-14

Warnings From the PastChs.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. in 518 b.c. (On contemporary events see on Zechariah 6:8.) They are Zechariah’s answer to a question put to him by certain visitors to Jerusalem, who asked whether the fast observed by the Jews in the fifth month, in memory of the destruction of Jerusalem by Nebuchadnezzar, should still be kept.... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Zechariah 7:4-7

(4-7) The people (as in Isaiah 58:3-8) 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 to have wished to show them that fasting or not fasting was a matter of only secondary consideration. Their fasts were undertaken on account of their sufferings; their sufferings were caused by their sins. So, then, their sins were the origin of their fasts. Let them remove sin from their midst,... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Zechariah 7:5

(5) 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 given to the whole nation (Zechariah 7:5). Though the mission came in the ninth month, no question was asked about the fast of the tenth month, but only about that of the fifth month. The reason of this appears to be, that the fast in Ab being in connection with their mourning for the destruction... read more

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Zechariah 7:4-6

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Zechariah 7:1-14

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Zechariah 7:5

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Zechariah 7:5

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Zechariah 7:5

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Zechariah 7:4-5

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Zechariah 7:4-7

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Zechariah 7:1-14

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Zechariah 7:4-7

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Zechariah 7:5

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