New American Standard Bible 1995
Zechariah 7:2-7
2Now the town of BethelH1008 had sentH7971 SharezerH8272 and RegemmelechH7278 and 1their menH376 to 23seekH2470 the favorH2470 of the LordH3068, 3speakingH559 to the 4priestsH3548 whoH834 belong to the houseH1004 of the LordH3068 of hostsH6635, and to the prophetsH5030, sayingH559, “Shall I weepH1058 in the 5fifthH2549 monthH2320 6and abstainH5144, as I have doneH6213 theseH2088 manyH4100 yearsH8141?” 4Then the wordH1697 of the LordH3068 of hostsH6635 cameH1961 to me, sayingH559, 5“SayH559 to allH3605 the peopleH5971 of the landH776 and to the priestsH3548, ‘WhenH3588 you fastedH6684 and mournedH5594 in the fifthH2549 and seventhH7637 months 7theseH2088 8seventyH7657 yearsH8141, was it actuallyH6684 for 9Me that you fastedH6684? 6WhenH3588 you eatH398 and drinkH8354, 10do you not eatH398 for yourselves and do you not drinkH8354 for yourselves? 7Are not these the wordsH1697 whichH834 the LordH3068 11proclaimedH7121 by the formerH7223 prophetsH5030, when JerusalemH3389 was inhabitedH3427 and 1213prosperousH7961 along with its citiesH5892 aroundH5439 it, and the 1415NegevH5045 and the 16foothillsH8219 were inhabitedH3427?’”
Notes
- 1. Zechariah 7:2 Lit his ↩
- 2. Zechariah 7:2 Lit soften the face of ↩
- 3. Zechariah 7:2 1 Kin 13:6; Jer 26:19; Zech 8:21 ↩
- 4. Zechariah 7:3 Ezra 3:10-12 ↩
- 5. Zechariah 7:3 Zech 8:19 ↩
- 6. Zechariah 7:3 Lit abstaining; or dedicating myself ↩
- 7. Zechariah 7:5 Lit and these ↩
- 8. Zechariah 7:5 Zech 1:12 ↩
- 9. Zechariah 7:5 Is 1:11, 12; 58:5 ↩
- 10. Zechariah 7:6 Lit is it not you who eat and you who drink ↩
- 11. Zechariah 7:7 Is 1:16-20; Jer 7:5, 23; Zech 1:4 ↩
- 12. Zechariah 7:7 Or at ease ↩
- 13. Zechariah 7:7 Jer 22:21 ↩
- 14. Zechariah 7:7 I.e. South country ↩
- 15. Zechariah 7:7 Jer 13:19; 32:44 ↩
- 16. Zechariah 7:7 Heb Shephelah ↩
Commentaries on Zechariah 7
- 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
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