Zechariah 8:19

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17 ^aLet none of you think evil in¹ your heart against your neighbor;
And do not love a false oath.
For all these are things that I hate,’
Says the Lord.”

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

19 “Thus says the Lord of hosts:
^a‘The fast of the fourth month,
^bThe fast of the fifth,
^cThe fast of the seventh,
^dAnd the fast of the tenth,
Shall be ^ejoy and gladness and cheerful feasts
For the house of Judah.
^fTherefore love truth and peace.’

20 “Thus says the Lord of hosts:
‘Peoples shall yet come,
Inhabitants of many cities;

21 The inhabitants of one city shall go to another, saying,
^a“Let us continue to go and pray before the Lord,
And seek the Lord of hosts.
I myself will go also.”

22 Yes, ^amany peoples and strong nations
Shall come to seek the Lord of hosts in Jerusalem,
And to pray before the Lord.’

23 “Thus says the Lord of hosts: ‘In those days ten men ^afrom every language of the nations shall ^bgrasp the sleeve of a Jewish man, saying, “Let us go with you, for we have heard ^cthat God is with you.” ’ ”

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Zechariah 8:19

The 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 national sorrow were to be turned late exuberant joy, "joy and gladness and cheerful feasts" Esther 8:17; Esther 9:19, Esther 9:22; Ecclesiastes 7:14, for the sorrows, which they commemorated, were but the harbingers of joy, when the chastisements were ended; only He adds, love the truth and peace; for such love whereby they would be Israelites indeed, in whose spirits is no guile, were the conditions of their participating the blessings of the Gospel, of which he goes on to speak;

Other Barnes' Notes entries containing Zechariah 8:19:

Leviticus 16:29
Ezekiel 24:1
Zechariah 8:1
Matthew 6:16

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