Zechariah 7:1-3
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Hypocritical Fasting Condemned
7 In the fourth year of King Darius, the word of the Lord came to Zechariah on the fourth day of the ninth month, which is Chislev.(A) 2 Now the people of Bethel had sent Sharezer and Regem-melech and their men to entreat the favor of the Lord(B) 3 and to ask the priests of the house of the Lord of hosts and the prophets, “Should I mourn and practice abstinence in the fifth month, as I have done for so many years?”(C)
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Zechariah 7:1-3
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A Rebuke about Selfish Fasts
7 During the fourth year of the reign of[a] King Darius, a message from the Lord came to Zechariah on the fourth day of the ninth month Kislev.[b] 2 The people of[c] Bethel were sending[d] Sharezer, Regem-melech, and their men to pray in the Lord’s presence 3 and to speak to the priests assigned[e] to the Temple of the Lord of the Heavenly Armies along with the prophets, asking, “Am I to go about mourning, denying myself throughout the fifth month,[f] as I have these many years?”
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- Zechariah 7:1 The Heb. lacks the reign of
- Zechariah 7:1 I.e. c. 7 December 518 BC
- Zechariah 7:2 The Heb. lacks The people of
- Zechariah 7:2 Lit. was sending
- Zechariah 7:3 The Heb. lacks assigned
- Zechariah 7:3 I.e. the anniversary month of the Jerusalem temple’s destruction
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