Zechariah 7:5

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Summary

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?

When

Isaiah 58:5

Seventy

Zechariah 7:3

Zechariah 1:12

Jeremiah 25:11

Did

General references

Amos 5:25

Bible References

When

Is such the fast that I have chosen? the day for a man to afflict his soul? Is it to bow down his head as a rush, and to spread sackcloth and ashes under him? wilt thou call this a fast, and an acceptable day to Jehovah?

Seventy

and to speak unto the priests of the house of Jehovah of hosts, and to the prophets, saying, Should I weep in the fifth month, separating myself, as I have done these so many years?

Then the angel of Jehovah answered and said, O Jehovah of hosts, how long wilt thou not have mercy on Jerusalem and on the cities of Judah, against which thou hast had indignation these threescore and ten years?

And this whole land shall be a desolation, and an astonishment; and these nations shall serve the king of Babylon seventy years.

Did

And when ye eat, and when ye drink, do not ye eat for yourselves, and drink for yourselves?

What unto me is the multitude of your sacrifices? saith Jehovah: I have had enough of the burnt-offerings of rams, and the fat of fed beasts; and I delight not in the blood of bullocks, or of lambs, or of he-goats.

Behold, ye fast for strife and contention, and to smite with the fist of wickedness: ye fast not this day so as to make your voice to be heard on high.

Even so let your light shine before men; that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father who is in heaven.

When therefore thou doest alms, sound not a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may have glory of men. Verily I say unto you, They have received their reward.

But all their works they do to be seen of men: for they make broad their phylacteries, and enlarge the borders of their garments ,

He that regardeth the day, regardeth it unto the Lord: and he that eateth, eateth unto the Lord, for he giveth God thanks; and he that eateth not, unto the Lord he eateth not, and giveth God thanks.

Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God.

and he died for all, that they that live should no longer live unto themselves, but unto him who for their sakes died and rose again.

whatsoever ye do, work heartily, as unto the Lord, and not unto men;

General references

Did ye bring unto me sacrifices and offerings in the wilderness forty years, O house of Israel?