Zechariah 8:19

Translations

Modern

“This is what the LORD of Hosts says: The fasts of the fourth, the fifth, the seventh, and the tenth months will become times of joy and gladness, cheerful feasts for the house of Judah. Therefore you are to love both truth and peace.”

Traditional

Thus saith the Lord of hosts; The fast of the fourth month, and the fast of the fifth, and the fast of the seventh, and the fast of the tenth, shall be to the house of Judah joy and gladness, and cheerful feasts; therefore love the truth and peace.

Literal

“Thus says YHWH of Hosts: The fast of the fourth month, and the fast of the fifth, and the fast of the seventh, and the fast of the tenth, will be for the house of Judah as joy and gladness, and cheerful feasts. And love the truth and the peace.”

Latin

Hæc dicit Dominus exercituum: Jejunium quarti, et jejunium quinti, et jejunium septimi, et jejunium decimi erit domui Juda in gaudium et lætitiam et in solemnitates præclaras. Veritatem tantum et pacem diligite.

Original

Hebrew

English

“This is what the LORD of Hosts says: The fasts of the fourth, the fifth, the seventh, and the tenth months will become times of joy and gladness, cheerful feasts for the house of Judah. Therefore you are to love both truth and peace.”

Notes

Zechariah 8:19

Here, the Lord gives a clear answer to the question asked by the messengers from Bethel (Zechariah 7:2–3).
The early summer fast remembered when Jerusalem's walls were breached (2 Kings 25:3–4; Jeremiah 52:6–7). The midsummer fast mourned the burning of Solomon's temple (2 Kings 25:8–10; Jeremiah 52:12–14). The autumn fast marked the assassination of Gedaliah, the governor of Jerusalem (2 Kings 25:22–25; Jeremiah 41:1–3) or the day of atonement (Leviticus 23:26–32). The winter fast recalled the start of the siege of Jerusalem (2 Kings 25:1; Jeremiah 52:4).
The fasts will become feasts when God restores Israel and shows His glory to the nations (Isaiah 65:18–19).

Zechariah 8:1–23

This part of Zechariah’s sermons links to the previous section through fasting and the ethical demands of a covenant with the Lord (Zechariah 7:8–10; 8:16–17). Questions about fasting in 7:2–7 are answered in 8:18–19. The tone and message shift from warning and judgment to encouragement and renewal. Fasting will change to feasting (Zechariah 8:19).

Zechariah 7:1–8:23

These sermons provide a transition between the visions of the present (chapters 1–6) and those of the near future (chapters 9–11) and the more distant future (chapters 12–14).

Chapter 7 talks about fasting due to past disasters. Chapter 8 focuses on feasting for future blessings.

Events

Prophecies of Zechariahc. 520 BC

Related verses

Jeremiah 39:2
And on the ninth day of the fourth month of Zedekiah’s eleventh year, the city was breached.
Zechariah 8:16
These are the things you must do: Speak truth to one another, render true and sound judgments in your gates,
Zechariah 7:5
“Ask all the people of the land and the priests, ‘When you fasted and mourned in the fifth and seventh months for these seventy years, was it really for Me that you fasted?
Zechariah 7:3
…by asking the priests of the house of the LORD of Hosts, as well as the prophets, “Should I weep and fast in the fifth month, as I have done these many years?”
Psalm 30:11
You turned my mourning into dancing; You peeled off my sackcloth and clothed me with joy,
2 Kings 25:25
In the seventh month, however, Ishmael son of Nethaniah, the son of Elishama, who was a member of the royal family, came with ten men and struck down and killed Gedaliah, along with the Judeans and Chaldeans who were with him at Mizpah.
Jeremiah 52:4
So in the ninth year of Zedekiah’s reign, on the tenth day of the tenth month, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon marched against Jerusalem with his entire army. They encamped outside the city and built a siege wall all around it.
Luke 1:74–75
…deliverance from hostile hands, that we may serve Him without fear,
2 Kings 25:3–4
By the ninth day of the fourth month, the famine in the city was so severe that the people of the land had no food.
Jeremiah 52:12–15
On the tenth day of the fifth month, in the nineteenth year of Nebuchadnezzar’s reign over Babylon, Nebuzaradan captain of the guard, a servant of the king of Babylon, entered Jerusalem.
Isaiah 12:1
In that day you will say: “O LORD, I will praise You. Although You were angry with me, Your anger has turned away, and You have comforted me.
Isaiah 35:10
So the redeemed of the LORD will return and enter Zion with singing, crowned with everlasting joy. Gladness and joy will overtake them, and sorrow and sighing will flee.

Parallels

Micah 4:6–13

People

Judah: Israelite tribe, kingdom, and province LORD: Names or title used to refer to God

Glossary

Zechariah, Book of

Topics

Fasting: Unclassified Scriptures Relating To Feasts: (Instituted by Moses): Kept with Rejoicing Gentiles: Prophecies of the Conversion of Months: Names of the Twelve: Fourth, Tammuz Peace: Saints should Love Peace: Social Spiritual Peace: we should Love Truth: Love

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