Zechariah 7:1-3

New King James Version

Obedience Better than Fasting

7 Now in the fourth year of King Darius it came to pass that the word of the Lord came to Zechariah, on the fourth day of the ninth month, Chislev, ²when ^[a]the people sent ^[b]Sherezer, with Regem-Melech and his men, to ^[c]the house of God, ^[d]to pray before the Lord, ³and to ^(A)ask the priests who were in the house of the Lord of hosts, and the prophets, saying, “Should I weep in ^(B)the fifth month and ^[e]fast as I have done for so many years?”

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Footnotes

Zechariah 7:2 Lit. they, cf. v. 5
Zechariah 7:2 Or Sar-Ezer
Zechariah 7:2 Heb. Bethel
Zechariah 7:2 Or to entreat the favor of
Zechariah 7:3 Lit. consecrate myself

Zechariah 8:19

New King James Version

¹⁹“Thus says the Lord of hosts:

^(A)‘The fast of the fourth month,
^(B)The fast of the fifth,
^(C)The fast of the seventh,
^(D)And the fast of the tenth,
Shall be ^(E)joy and gladness and cheerful feasts
For the house of Judah.
^(F)Therefore love truth and peace.’