John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Zechariah 8:19
Thus saith the Lord of hosts ,.... What follows is a full answer to the question in Zechariah 7:3 , The fast of the fourth month ; the month Tammuz, which answers to June: this fast was kept on the ninth day of the month, on account of the city of Jerusalem being broken up on that day F15 T. Bab. Roshhashanah, fol. 18. 2. , as it is said, 2 Kings 25:3 though Kimchi says this was on the seventeenth day of that month, as also says the Misna F16 Taanith, c. 4. sect. 7. ;... read more
Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Zechariah 8:18-23
These verses contain two precious promises, for the further encouragement of those pious Jews that were hearty in building the temple. I. That a happy period should be put to their fasts, and there should be no more occasion for them, but they should be converted into thanksgiving days, Zech. 8:19. This is a direct answer to the enquiry concerning their fasts, Zech. 7:3. Those of them that fasted in hypocrisy had their doom in the foregoing chapter, but those that in sincerity humbled... read more