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Selected Verse: Zechariah 7:5 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
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| Zec 7:5 |
Strong Concordance |
Speak [0559] unto all the people [05971] of the land [0776], and to the priests [03548], saying [0559], When ye fasted [06684] and mourned [05594] in the fifth [02549] and seventh [07637] month, even those seventy [07657] years [08141], did ye at all [06684] fast [06684] unto me, even to me? |
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King James |
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? |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
Speak unto all--The question had been asked in the name of the people in general by Sherezer and Regemmelech. The self-imposed fast they were tired of, not having observed it in the spirit of true religion.
seventh month--This fast was in memory of the murder of Gedaliah and those with him at Mizpah, issuing in the dispersion of the Jews (Kg2 25:25-26; Jer 41:1-3).
did ye . . . fast unto me?--No; it was to gratify yourselves in hypocritical will-worship. If it had been "unto Me," ye would have "separated yourselves" not only from food, but from your sins (Isa 58:3-7). They falsely made the fast an end intrinsically meritorious in itself, not a means towards God's glory in their sanctification. The true principle of piety, reference to God, was wanting: hence the emphatic repetition of "unto Me." Before settling questions as to the outward forms of piety (however proper, as in this case), the great question was as to piety itself; that being once settled, all their outward observances become sanctified, being "unto the Lord" (Rom 14:6). |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
Speak unto all the people of the land - They of Bethel had spoken as one man, as Edom said to Israel, "Thou shalt not pass by me" Num 20:18; and "the men of Israel said to the Hivite; Perhaps thou dwellest in the midst of me, and how shall I make a league with thee?" Jos 9:7. God gives the answer not to them only, but to all like-minded with them, "all the people of the land," the whole population (in our language); as Jeremiah says, "ye and your fathers, your kings and your princes and all the people of the land" Jer 44:21, and, "the scribe who mustered the people of the land." Jer 52:25.
When ye fasted and that, mourning - It was no mere abstinence from food (severe as the Jewish fasts were, one unbroken abstinence from evening to evening) but with real mourning, the word being used only of mourning for the dead (Gen 23:2; Gen 50:10; Sa1 25:1; Sa1 28:3; Sa2 1:12; Sa2 3:31; Sa2 11:26; Kg1 13:29-30; Kg1 14:13, Kg1 14:18; Ecc 12:5; Jer 16:4-6; Jer 22:18; (twice); Jer 25:33; Jer 34:5; Eze 24:16, Eze 24:23; Zac 12:10, Zac 12:12), or, in a few instances, , for a very great public calamity; probably with beating on the breast.
In the seventh month - The murder of Gedaliah, "whom the king of Babylon made governor of the land," completed the calamities of Jerusalem, in the voluntary, but prohibited exile to Egypt, for fear lest the murder should be avenged on them Jer. 41-43.
Did ye at all fast unto Me, Me? - God emphatically rejects such fasting as their's had been, as something, unutterably alien from Him, "to Me, Me!" Yet the fasting and mourning had been real, but irreligious, like remorse for ill-deeds, which has self only for its ground. He prepares the way for His answer by correcting the error of the question. Osorius: "Ye fasted to yourselves, not to Me. For ye mourned your sorrows, not your misdeeds; and your public fast was undertaken, not for My glory, but out of feeling for your own grief. But nothing can be pleasing to God, which is not referred to His glory. But those things alone can be referred to His glory, which are done with righteousness and devotion." |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| Unto all the people - By their messengers. And seventh - For the murder of Gedaliah, slain by Ishmael. Even to me - You pleased yourselves in it, not me; you wept more for the inconveniences of the thing than the sinfulness of it. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| When ye fasted and mourned in the fifth - month - This they did in the remembrance of the burning of the temple, on the tenth day of that month; and on the seventh month, on the third of which month they observed a fast for the murder of Gedaliah, and the dispersion of the remnant of the people which were with him. See Jer 41:1, and Kg2 25:25. |
6 He that regardeth [5426] the day [2250], regardeth [5426] it unto the Lord [2962]; and [2532] he that regardeth [5426] not [3361] the day [2250], to the Lord [2962] he doth [5426] not [3756] regard [5426] it. He that eateth [2068], eateth [2068] to the Lord [2962], for [1063] he giveth God [2316] thanks [2168]; and [2532] he that eateth [2068] not [3361], to the Lord [2962] he eateth [2068] not [3756], and [2532] giveth God [2316] thanks [2168].
3 Wherefore have we fasted [06684], say they, and thou seest [07200] not? wherefore have we afflicted [06031] our soul [05315], and thou takest no knowledge [03045]? Behold, in the day [03117] of your fast [06685] ye find [04672] pleasure [02656], and exact [05065] all your labours [06092].
4 Behold, ye fast [06684] for strife [07379] and debate [04683], and to smite [05221] with the fist [0106] of wickedness [07562]: ye shall not fast [06684] as ye do this day [03117], to make your voice [06963] to be heard [08085] on high [04791].
5 Is it such a fast [06685] that I have chosen [0977]? a day [03117] for a man [0120] to afflict [06031] his soul [05315]? is it to bow down [03721] his head [07218] as a bulrush [0100], and to spread [03331] sackcloth [08242] and ashes [0665] under him? wilt thou call [07121] this [02088] a fast [06685], and an acceptable [07522] day [03117] to the LORD [03068]?
6 Is not this the fast [06685] that I have chosen [0977]? to loose [06605] the bands [02784] of wickedness [07562], to undo [05425] the heavy [04133] burdens [092], and to let the oppressed [07533] go [07971] free [02670], and that ye break [05423] every yoke [04133]?
7 Is it not to deal [06536] thy bread [03899] to the hungry [07457], and that thou bring [0935] the poor [06041] that are cast out [04788] to thy house [01004]? when thou seest [07200] the naked [06174], that thou cover [03680] him; and that thou hide [05956] not thyself from thine own flesh [01320]?
1 Now it came to pass in the seventh [07637] month [02320], that Ishmael [03458] the son [01121] of Nethaniah [05418] the son [01121] of Elishama [0476], of the seed [02233] royal [04410], and the princes [07227] of the king [04428], even ten [06235] men [0582] with him, came [0935] unto Gedaliah [01436] the son [01121] of Ahikam [0296] to Mizpah [04709]; and there they did eat [0398] bread [03899] together [03162] in Mizpah [04708].
2 Then arose [06965] Ishmael [03458] the son [01121] of Nethaniah [05418], and the ten [06235] men [0582] that were with him, and smote [05221] Gedaliah [01436] the son [01121] of Ahikam [0296] the son [01121] of Shaphan [08227] with the sword [02719], and slew [04191] him, whom the king [04428] of Babylon [0894] had made governor [06485] over the land [0776].
3 Ishmael [03458] also slew [05221] all the Jews [03064] that were with him, even with Gedaliah [01436], at Mizpah [04709], and the Chaldeans [03778] that were found [04672] there, and the men [0582] of war [04421].
25 But it came to pass in the seventh [07637] month [02320], that Ishmael [03458] the son [01121] of Nethaniah [05418], the son [01121] of Elishama [0476], of the seed [02233] royal [04410], came [0935], and ten [06235] men [0582] with him, and smote [05221] Gedaliah [01436], that he died [04191], and the Jews [03064] and the Chaldees [03778] that were with him at Mizpah [04709].
26 And all the people [05971], both small [06996] and great [01419], and the captains [08269] of the armies [02428], arose [06965], and came [0935] to Egypt [04714]: for they were afraid [03372] of [06440] the Chaldees [03778].
12 And the land [0776] shall mourn [05594], every [04940] family [04940] apart [0905]; the family [04940] of the house [01004] of David [01732] apart, and their wives [0802] apart; the family [04940] of the house [01004] of Nathan [05416] apart, and their wives [0802] apart;
10 And I will pour [08210] upon the house [01004] of David [01732], and upon the inhabitants [03427] of Jerusalem [03389], the spirit [07307] of grace [02580] and of supplications [08469]: and they shall look [05027] upon me whom they have pierced [01856], and they shall mourn [04553] for him, as one mourneth [05594] for his only [03173] son, and shall be in bitterness [04843] for him, as one that is in bitterness [04843] for his firstborn [01060].
23 And your tires [06287] shall be upon your heads [07218], and your shoes [05275] upon your feet [07272]: ye shall not mourn [05594] nor weep [01058]; but ye shall pine away [04743] for your iniquities [05771], and mourn [05098] one [0376] toward another [0251].
16 Son [01121] of man [0120], behold, I take away [03947] from thee the desire [04261] of thine eyes [05869] with a stroke [04046]: yet neither shalt thou mourn [05594] nor weep [01058], neither shall thy tears [01832] run down [0935].
5 But thou shalt die [04191] in peace [07965]: and with the burnings [04955] of thy fathers [01], the former [07223] kings [04428] which were before [06440] thee, so shall they burn [08313] odours for thee; and they will lament [05594] thee, saying, Ah [01945] lord [0113]! for I have pronounced [01696] the word [01697], saith [05002] the LORD [03068].
33 And the slain [02491] of the LORD [03068] shall be at that day [03117] from one end [07097] of the earth [0776] even unto the other end [07097] of the earth [0776]: they shall not be lamented [05594], neither gathered [0622], nor buried [06912]; they shall be dung [01828] upon [06440] the ground [0127].
18 Therefore thus saith [0559] the LORD [03068] concerning Jehoiakim [03079] the son [01121] of Josiah [02977] king [04428] of Judah [03063]; They shall not lament [05594] for him, saying, Ah [01945] my brother [0251]! or, Ah [01945] sister [0269]! they shall not lament [05594] for him, saying, Ah [01945] lord [0113]! or, Ah [01945] his glory [01935]!
4 They shall die [04191] of grievous [08463] deaths [04463]; they shall not be lamented [05594]; neither shall they be buried [06912]; but they shall be as dung [01828] upon the face [06440] of the earth [0127]: and they shall be consumed [03615] by the sword [02719], and by famine [07458]; and their carcases [05038] shall be meat [03978] for the fowls [05775] of heaven [08064], and for the beasts [0929] of the earth [0776].
5 For thus saith [0559] the LORD [03068], Enter [0935] not into the house [01004] of mourning [04798], neither go [03212] to lament [05594] nor bemoan [05110] them: for I have taken away [0622] my peace [07965] from this people [05971], saith [05002] the LORD [03068], even lovingkindness [02617] and mercies [07356].
6 Both the great [01419] and the small [06996] shall die [04191] in this land [0776]: they shall not be buried [06912], neither shall men lament [05594] for them, nor cut [01413] themselves, nor make themselves bald [07139] for them:
5 Also when they shall be afraid [03372] of that which is high [01364], and fears [02849] shall be in the way [01870], and the almond tree [08247] shall flourish [05006], and the grasshopper [02284] shall be a burden [05445], and desire [035] shall fail [06565]: because man [0120] goeth [01980] to his long [05769] home [01004], and the mourners [05594] go about [05437] the streets [07784]:
18 And they buried [06912] him; and all Israel [03478] mourned [05594] for him, according to the word [01697] of the LORD [03068], which he spake [01696] by the hand [03027] of his servant [05650] Ahijah [0281] the prophet [05030].
13 And all Israel [03478] shall mourn [05594] for him, and bury [06912] him: for he only of Jeroboam [03379] shall come [0935] to the grave [06913], because in him there is found [04672] some good [02896] thing [01697] toward the LORD [03068] God [0430] of Israel [03478] in the house [01004] of Jeroboam [03379].
29 And the prophet [05030] took up [05375] the carcase [05038] of the man [0376] of God [0430], and laid [03240] it upon the ass [02543], and brought it back [07725]: and the old [02205] prophet [05030] came [0935] to the city [05892], to mourn [05594] and to bury [06912] him.
30 And he laid [03240] his carcase [05038] in his own grave [06913]; and they mourned [05594] over him, saying, Alas [01945], my brother [0251]!
26 And when the wife [0802] of Uriah [0223] heard [08085] that Uriah [0223] her husband [0376] was dead [04191], she mourned [05594] for her husband [01167].
31 And David [01732] said [0559] to Joab [03097], and to all the people [05971] that were with him, Rend [07167] your clothes [0899], and gird [02296] you with sackcloth [08242], and mourn [05594] before [06440] Abner [074]. And king [04428] David [01732] himself followed [01980] [0310] the bier [04296].
12 And they mourned [05594], and wept [01058], and fasted [06684] until even [06153], for Saul [07586], and for Jonathan [03083] his son [01121], and for the people [05971] of the LORD [03068], and for the house [01004] of Israel [03478]; because they were fallen [05307] by the sword [02719].
3 Now Samuel [08050] was dead [04191], and all Israel [03478] had lamented [05594] him, and buried [06912] him in Ramah [07414], even in his own city [05892]. And Saul [07586] had put away [05493] those that had familiar spirits [0178], and the wizards [03049], out of the land [0776].
1 And Samuel [08050] died [04191]; and all the Israelites [03478] were gathered together [06908], and lamented [05594] him, and buried [06912] him in his house [01004] at Ramah [07414]. And David [01732] arose [06965], and went down [03381] to the wilderness [04057] of Paran [06290].
10 And they came [0935] to the threshingfloor [01637] of Atad [0329], which is beyond [05676] Jordan [03383], and there they mourned [05594] with a great [01419] and very [03966] sore [03515] lamentation [04553]: and he made [06213] a mourning [060] for his father [01] seven [07651] days [03117].
2 And Sarah [08283] died [04191] in Kirjatharba [07153]; the same is Hebron [02275] in the land [0776] of Canaan [03667]: and Abraham [085] came [0935] to mourn [05594] for Sarah [08283], and to weep [01058] for her.
25 He took [03947] also out of the city [05892] an [0259] eunuch [05631], which had the charge [06496] of the men [0582] of war [04421]; and seven [07651] men [0582] of them that were near [07200] the king's [04428] person [06440], which were found [04672] in the city [05892]; and the principal [08269] scribe [05608] of the host [06635], who mustered [06633] the people [05971] of the land [0776]; and threescore [08346] men [0376] of the people [05971] of the land [0776], that were found [04672] in the midst [08432] of the city [05892].
21 The incense [07002] that ye burned [06999] in the cities [05892] of Judah [03063], and in the streets [02351] of Jerusalem [03389], ye, and your fathers [01], your kings [04428], and your princes [08269], and the people [05971] of the land [0776], did not the LORD [03068] remember [02142] them, and came [05927] it not into his mind [03820]?
7 And the men [0376] of Israel [03478] said [0559] unto the Hivites [02340], Peradventure [0194] ye dwell [03427] among [07130] us; and how shall we make [03772] a league [01285] with you?
18 And Edom [0123] said [0559] unto him, Thou shalt not pass [05674] by me, lest I come out [03318] against [07125] thee with the sword [02719].
25 But it came to pass in the seventh [07637] month [02320], that Ishmael [03458] the son [01121] of Nethaniah [05418], the son [01121] of Elishama [0476], of the seed [02233] royal [04410], came [0935], and ten [06235] men [0582] with him, and smote [05221] Gedaliah [01436], that he died [04191], and the Jews [03064] and the Chaldees [03778] that were with him at Mizpah [04709].
1 Now it came to pass in the seventh [07637] month [02320], that Ishmael [03458] the son [01121] of Nethaniah [05418] the son [01121] of Elishama [0476], of the seed [02233] royal [04410], and the princes [07227] of the king [04428], even ten [06235] men [0582] with him, came [0935] unto Gedaliah [01436] the son [01121] of Ahikam [0296] to Mizpah [04709]; and there they did eat [0398] bread [03899] together [03162] in Mizpah [04708].