Zechariah 7:4 - Forerunner Commentary

Zechariah 7:4

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,

5 “Say to all the people of the land, and to the priests: ‘When you ^afasted and mourned in the fifth ^band seventh months ^cduring those seventy years, did you really fast ^dfor Me—for Me?

6 ^aWhen you eat and when you drink, do you not eat and drink for yourselves?

7 Should you not have obeyed the words which the Lord proclaimed through the ^aformer prophets when Jerusalem and the cities around it were inhabited and prosperous, and ^bthe South and the Lowland were inhabited?’ ”

Disobedience Resulted in Captivity

8 Then the word of the Lord came to Zechariah, saying,

Verse Comparison: Zechariah 7:4

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American Standard Version
Then came the word of Jehovah of hosts unto me, saying,

Amplified® Bible
Then came the word of the Lord of hosts to me [Zechariah], saying,

Contemporary English Version
It was then that the LORD All-Powerful told me to say to everyone in the country, including the priests: For seventy years you have gone without eating during the fifth and seventh months of the year. But did you really do it for me?

Darby English Version
And the word of Jehovah of hosts came unto me, saying,

Good News Bible
This is the message of the LORD that came to me.

King James Version
Then came the word of the LORD of hosts unto me, saying,

New American Standard Bible
Then the word of the LORD of hosts came to me, saying,

New International Version
Then the word of the LORD Almighty came to me:

New King James Version
Then the word of the LORD of hosts came to me, saying,

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
Then the word of the LORD of hosts came to me, saying,

Revised Standard Version
Then the word of the LORD of hosts came to me;

Young's Literal Translation
And there is a word of Jehovah of Hosts unto me, saying:

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