John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Zechariah 7:4
Then came the word of the Lord of hosts unto me, saying. Upon the sending of this embassy, and upon putting this question. read more
Zechariah 7:4 Esv
John Gill
John Calvin
John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Zechariah 7:4
Verse 4 Here the Prophet tells us that he was sent to the people and to the priests, not so much to teach the messengers who came from distant lands, as to correct the vices of his own nation; for the Jews had then begun, according to their usual manner, to dissemble with God, and had glided, as it has elsewhere appeared, into many evil practices. And it appears evident, that God did not commit to Zechariah what the messengers might bring back to Chaldea; but that an occasion was taken to... read more
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - Zechariah 7:1-7
Hypocrisy unmasked. "And it came to pass in the fourth year of King Darius, that the word of the Lord came unto Zechariah," etc. In the latter half of the last chapter we were told of an embassy to Jerusalem, which met with acceptance and honour. In the present passage we read of another, which meets with just the opposite treatment. The question asked by these messengers is not answered at all in this chapter. Not only so, those who ask it are indirectly rebuked for so doing. Why this... read more
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - Zechariah 7:1-7
Religious beliefs that are right; religious services that are wrong. "And it came to pass in the fourth year," etc. The preceding visions and symbolic actions recorded in this book occurred, we are informed, in the eighth month of the second year of King Darius. What is here recorded appears to have taken place in the ninth month of the fourth year of that king's reign—about two years later. The ninth month is here called Chisleu, and corresponds with the latter part of November and the... read more
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - Zechariah 7:1-14
God and men. I. THE UNITY OF GOD 'S PURPOSE . God's thoughts do not vary, though he varies his methods. His end for nations and individuals is always the same—advancement, not merely in knowledge and culture, but in moral goodness. II. THE MERCIFULNESS OF GOD 'S WARNINGS . At no time hath God left himself without wirelesses. By word and providence and in countless ways his warnings come. We see this in the past. ( Zechariah 7:7 , "former prophets.") So in the... read more
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - Zechariah 7:4
Then came the word of the Lord. This formula marks the several portions of the answer to the inquiry (see Zechariah 7:8 ; Zechariah 8:1 , Zechariah 8:18 ). The present verse takes up the sentence in Zechariah 7:1 , interrupted by the explanation of the object of the deputation ( Zechariah 7:2 , Zechariah 7:3 ). read more
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - Zechariah 7:4-7
§ 2. In answer to the inquiry, the delegates are told that fasting is in itself an indifferent thing, but is to be estimated by the conduct of those who observe it. read more
Joseph Benson
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
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Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Zechariah 7:1-7
This occasional sermon, which the prophet preached, and which is recorded in this and the next chapter, was above two years after the former, in which he gave them an account of his visions, as appears by comparing the date of this (Zech. 7:1), in the ninth month of the fourth year of Darius, with the date of that (Zech. 1:1), in the eighth month of the second year of Darius; not that Zechariah was idle all that while (it is expressly said that he and Haggai continued prophesying till the... read more