Zechariah 7:2

Zechariah 7:2

Obedience Better than Fasting

1 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,

2 when¹ the people sent Sherezer, with Regem-Melech and his men, to the house of God,⁴ to pray before the Lord,

3 and to ^aask the priests who were in the house of the Lord of hosts, and the prophets, saying, “Should I weep in ^bthe fifth month and fast as I have done for so many years?”

4 Then the word of the Lord of hosts came to me, saying,

Commentaries:

John Wesley's Notes

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When they - The captives who still continued in Babylon. The house of God - The temple, which now half built began to be frequented. Regem - melech - It appears not who these were, but no doubt they were eminent in dignity and piety. Their men - The train of friends that accompanied them. To pray - To intreat the Lord for pardon of what was past, acceptance of them at present, and an answer to their enquiry.

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