Zechariah 7:5
“Ask all the people of the land and the priests: When you fasted and lamented in the fifth and in the seventh months for these 70 years, did you really fast for Me?
Zechariah 1:12
Then the Angel of the Lord responded, “How long, Lord of Hosts, will You withhold mercy from Jerusalem and the cities of Judah that You have been angry with these 70 years?”
Isaiah 1:11-12
asks the Lord.
“I have had enough of burnt offerings and rams
and the fat of well-fed cattle;
I have no desire for the blood of bulls,
lambs, or male goats.
Zechariah 7:3
by asking the priests who were at the house of the Lord of Hosts as well as the prophets, “Should we mourn and fast in the fifth month as we have done these many years?”
2 Kings 25:23
When all the commanders of the armies—they and their men—heard that the king of Babylon had appointed Gedaliah, they came to Gedaliah at Mizpah.
Isaiah 58:4-6
to strike viciously with your fist.
You cannot fast as you do today,
hoping to make your voice heard on high.
Jeremiah 25:11
This whole land will become a desolate ruin, and these nations will serve the king of Babylon for 70 years.
Jeremiah 41:1-4
In the seventh month, Ishmael son of Nethaniah, son of Elishama, of the royal family and one of the king’s chief officers, came with 10 men to Gedaliah son of Ahikam at Mizpah. They ate a meal together there in Mizpah,
Zechariah 7:6
When you eat and drink, don’t you eat and drink simply for yourselves?
Zechariah 8:19
“The Lord of Hosts says this: The fast of the fourth month,
Matthew 5:16-18
Matthew 6:2
Matthew 6:5
Matthew 6:16
Matthew 23:5
Romans 14:6-9
Whoever observes the day, observes it for the honor of the Lord.
Romans 14:17-18
for the kingdom of God is not eating and drinking,
1 Corinthians 10:31
Therefore, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do everything for God’s glory.
2 Corinthians 5:15
And He died for all
Colossians 3:23
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
When
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General references
Bible References
When
A day for a person to deny himself,
to bow his head like a reed,
and to spread out sackcloth and ashes?
Will you call this a fast
and a day acceptable to the Lord?
Seventy
Did
asks the Lord.
“I have had enough of burnt offerings and rams
and the fat of well-fed cattle;
I have no desire for the blood of bulls,
lambs, or male goats.
to strike viciously with your fist.
You cannot fast as you do today,
hoping to make your voice heard on high.