Zechariah 8:19

Zechariah 8:19 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Thus saith the Lord of hosts; The fast of the fourth month, and the fast of the fifth, and the fast of the seventh, and the fast of the tenth, shall be to the house of Judah joy and gladness, and cheerful feasts; therefore love the truth and peace.
• New International Version (NIV)This is what the Lord Almighty says: “The fasts of the fourth, fifth, seventh and tenth months will become joyful and glad occasions and happy festivals for Judah. Therefore love truth and peace.”
• English Standard Version (ESV)"Thus says the Lord of hosts: The fast of the fourth month and the fast of the fifth and the fast of the seventh and the fast of the tenth shall be to the house of Judah seasons of joy and gladness and cheerful feasts. Therefore love truth and peace.
• New King James Version (NKJV)“Thus says the Lord of hosts: ‘The fast of the fourth month, The fast of the fifth, The fast of the seventh, And the fast of the tenth, Shall be joy and gladness and cheerful feasts For the house of Judah. Therefore love truth and peace.’

Context of Zechariah 8:19

17Do not think to do bad things against other people. Do not use my name to promise things and then not do those things. All these things make me very angry.’ 18Again Zechariah the prophet heard this message from the Lord Almighty. ‘On special days in the year you eat no food. Those days are in the fourth, fifth, seventh and tenth months. But I want you to enjoy those days,’ says the Lord Almighty. ‘I want the people in Judah to be happy. So speak true words and live quiet lives.’ 20‘People that live in many countries will come to Jerusalem,’ says the Lord Almighty. 21‘The people from one city will go to the people in another city. They will say, “Come with us to worship the Lord Almighty. Come and ask the Lord to help us.”

Zechariah 8:19 word by word

כֹּֽה־אָמַ֞ר יְהוָ֣ה צְבָא֗וֹת צ֣וֹם הָרְבִיעִ֡י וְצ֣וֹם הַחֲמִישִׁי֩ וְצ֨וֹם הַשְּׁבִיעִ֜י וְצ֣וֹם הָעֲשִׂירִ֗י יִהְיֶ֤ה לְבֵית־יְהוּדָה֙ לְשָׂשׂ֣וֹן וּלְשִׂמְחָ֔ה וּֽלְמֹעֲדִ֖ים טוֹבִ֑ים וְהָאֱמֶ֥ת וְהַשָּׁל֖וֹם אֱהָֽבוּ׃ פRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Thus saithאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• of hostsצָבָאtsâbâ' tsebâ'âh · HostsH6635
• The fastצוֹםtsôm tsôm · fastH6685
• of the fourthרְבִיעִיrebîy‛îy rebi‛îy · fourthH7243
• of the fifthחֲמִישִׁיchămîyshîy chămishshîy · fifthH2549
• of the seventhשְׁבִיעִיshebîy‛îy shebi‛îy · seventhH7637
• of the tenthעֲשִׂירִי‛ăώîyrîy · tenthH6224
• shall be to the houseבַּ֫יִתbayith · house: householdH1004
• of Judahיְהוּדָהyehûdâh · JudahH3063
• joyשָׂשׂוֹןώâώôn ώâώôn · rejoicingH8342
• and gladnessשִׂמְחָהώimchâh · joyH8057
• and cheerfulטוֹבţôb · pleasantH2896
• feastsמוֹעֵדmô‛êd mô‛êd mô‛âdâh · meeting: festivalH4150
• therefore loveאָהֵב'âhab 'âhêb · to love: loverH157
• the truthאֱמֶת'emeth · truth: trueH571
• and peaceשָׁלוֹםshâlôm shâlôm · peaceH7965

Cross-references for Zechariah 8:19

• 2 Kings 25:3By the 9th day of the 4th month, there was a very bad famine in the city. There was no food for the people to eat.
• Jeremiah 39:2They stayed there until the ninth day of the fourth month of the 11th year that Zedekiah had been king. On that day, Babylon's soldiers broke through the walls of the city.
• Jeremiah 52:6By the ninth day of the fourth month there was a very bad famine in the city. There was no food for the people to eat.
• Zechariah 7:3They came to the house of the Lord Almighty to speak to the priests and to the prophets. They asked, ‘Should we cry and not eat our food in the fifth month? We have done this for many years.’
• Jeremiah 52:12King Nebuchadnezzar had an officer whose name was Nebuzaradan. He was the captain of the king's royal guards. Nebuzaradan came to Jerusalem when Nebuchadnezzar had ruled Babylon for 19 years. It was on the tenth day of the fifth month.
• Zechariah 7:5He said, ‘Say this to all the people in this country and to the priests: “You lived in Babylon for many years. You ate no food and you were sad in the fifth month and in the seventh month. But you did not do this for me.
• 2 Kings 25:25But in the seventh month of that year, Ishmael went to Mizpah with ten of his men. Ishmael was the son of Nethaniah and the grandson of Elishama, who belonged to the king's family. They murdered Gedaliah, and the other men who were with him in Mizpah. Some of those men were from Judah and some of them were from Babylon.
• Jeremiah 41:1But in the seventh month of the year, Nethaniah's son Ishmael went to Mizpah to visit Ahikam's son Gedaliah. Ishmael was the grandson of Elishama who belonged to the royal family. He had been an officer who served King Zedekiah. Ishmael brought ten of his men with him. They were all eating a meal with Gedaliah in Mizpah.
• Jeremiah 52:4Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon, marched with his army to attack Jerusalem. He arrived on the tenth day of the tenth month, in the ninth year when Zedekiah had ruled Judah. His soldiers made their camp all around the city. They built heaps of earth all around Jerusalem's walls.
• Esther 8:17When the new law reached every region and every city, the Jews became very happy. The other people who lived there were now afraid of the Jews. Because of that, many people said that they themselves had become Jews.
• Esther 9:22They should do that to remember the time when they became safe from their enemies. That was the month when they became happy and they were no longer sad. They should eat a feast and they should send gifts of food to each other to show their joy. They should also give gifts to poor people.
• Psalms 30:11Now you have caused me to stop crying, so that I dance instead! I do not need to wear sackcloth, because I am no longer sad. Instead, you have made me very happy.
• Isaiah 12:1At that time, you will say, ‘I praise you, Lord. You were angry with me. But now, you are no longer angry. Now you have been kind to me.
• Isaiah 35:10He has paid the price to rescue them, and they will return home along it. They will be happy and they will sing, as they go into Zion city. They will be very happy for ever. They will never again be sad or upset. All the time they will be completely happy.
• Isaiah 51:11The people that the Lord has rescued will return from exile. They will sing with joy while they go into Zion city. Their joy will be like a crown that they wear on their heads for ever. They will continue to be very happy. They will never be sad or weep again.
• Jeremiah 31:12His people will come back to Mount Zion, and they will shout with joy. They will be very happy because of all the good things that the Lord gives to them. There will be grain to make bread, new wine and olive oil. There will be lambs and young cows. They will grow and be strong, like a garden that has plenty of water. They will not be weak or sad any more.

Commentaries on Zechariah 8:19

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 19The fast of the fourth month - To commemorate the taking of Jerusalem; 2 Kings 25:3; Jeremiah 39:2; Jeremiah 52:6, Jeremiah 52:7. The fast of the fifth - In memory of the ruin of the temple, 2 Kings 25:8; Jeremiah 52:12, Jeremiah 52:13. The fast of the seventh - For the murder of Gedaliah, Jeremiah 41:1-17. The fast of the tenth - In commemoration of the siege of Jerusalem, which began on the tenth day of the tenth month; 2 Kings 25:1; Jeremiah 52:4…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 19The fast of the fourth month - On the ninth day “of the fourth month” of Zedekiah‘s eleventh year, Jerusalem, in the extremity of famine, opened to Nebuchadnezzar, and his princes sat in her gate; in the “tenth month” of his ninth year Nebuchadnezzar began the siege. Ezekiel was bidden “on its tenth day; write thee the name of the day, of this same day,” Ezekiel 24:1-2, as the beginning of God‘s uttermost judgments against “the bloody city”. The days of…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 18-23Verses 18-23 When God comes towards us in ways of mercy, we must meet him with joy and thankfulness. Therefore be faithful and honest in all your dealings; and let it be a pleasure to you to be so, though thereby you come short of the gains others get dishonestly; and, as much as in you lies, live peaceably with all men. Let the truths of God rule in your heads, and let the peace of God rule in your hearts. Thus the ancient servants of God drew the notice…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 19Here, the Lord gives a clear answer to the question asked by the messengers from Bethel (Zechariah 7:2–3). The early summer fast remembered when Jerusalem's walls were breached (2 Kings 25:3–4; Jeremiah 52:6–7). The midsummer fast mourned the burning of Solomon's temple (2 Kings 25:8–10; Jeremiah 52:12–14). The autumn fast marked the assassination of Gedaliah, the governor of Jerusalem (2 Kings 25:22–25; Jeremiah 41:1–3) or the day of atonement (Leviticus…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 18-1918-19. The prophet answers the query (Zec 7:3) as to the fast in the fifth month, by a reply applying to all their fasts: these are to be turned into days of rejoicing. So Jesus replied to His disciples when similarly consulting Him as to why fasting was not imposed by Him, as it was by John the Baptist. When the Sun of righteousness shines, tears are dried up (Mt 9:15). So hereafter (Is 35:10).Read the comment

Topics related to Zechariah 8:19

• Fasting
• Feasts
• Gentiles
• Peace
• Truth

In the dictionaries

• Judah
• Judah, kingdom of Judah
• Judea, Judah
• Lord of Hosts
• Fast
• Ground
• Prosperous
• Abstinence
• Bible, the
• Cheer; Cheerfulness

Commentaries on Zechariah 8

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings