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Verse Zechariah 7:6. _AND WHEN YE DID EAT_] They had not observed
those fasts as they should have done. They deplored the loss of their
temple, and its riches, c., but they did not _humble themselves_...
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AND WHEN YE EAT AND WHEN YE DRINK, IS IT NOT YE WHO EAT AND YE WHO
DRINK? - Conversely now that, after your return, ye feast for joy,
this is no religious act; ye have all the good of it, there is no...
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II. QUESTIONS CONCERNING CERTAIN FASTS
CHAPTER 7
_ 1. The question (Zechariah 7:1) _
2. The reproof (Zechariah 7:4)
3. The lessons of the past (Zechariah 7:8)...
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ZECHARIAH 7:1 F. The original account of the question about the
fasting and Zechariah's answer has been considerably amplified by the
insertion of other prophecies, probably later compositions, though...
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WHEN YE DID EAT, &C. Or, was it not ye that were the eaters, and ye
the drinkers?
FOR YOURSELVES. Not "before the Lord: or for His glory. See
Deuteronomy 12:7. Deu 14:26. 1 Chronicles 29:22. and compa...
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The Answer. First Section
5. _seventh month_ This fast appears to have been observed during the
captivity, because in the seventh month "the murder of Gedaliah, _whom
the king of Babylon made governo...
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_did eat and … did drink_ Rather, EAT AND DRINK, as R. V.
_did not ye eat for yourselves_, &c.?] Lit. IS IT NOT YOU WHO ARE
EATING, AND YOU WHO ARE DRINKING? i.e. is it not simply an act
terminating...
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DISCOURSE: 1248
OUTWARD SERVICES VAIN WITHOUT OBEDIENCE
Zechariah 7:4. Then came the word of the Lord of Hosts unto me,
saying, Speak unto all the people of the land, and to the priests,
saying, When...
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THE FIRST ANSWERING STATEMENT. Zechariah 7:4-7
RV. Then came the word of Jehovah of hosts unto me, saying, Speak unto
all the people of the land, and to the priests, saying, When ye fasted
and mourned...
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And when ye did eat, and when ye did drink, did not ye eat for
yourselves, and drink for yourselves?
AND WHEN YE DID EAT, AND WHEN YE DID DRINK, DID NOT YE EAT FOR
YOURSELVES, AND DRINK FOR YOURSE...
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WARNINGS FROM THE PAST
Chs.7 and 8 go together, and were spoken on a date (fourth day of the
ninth month in the fourth year of Darius) two years later than the
series of visions described above, viz....
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GOD REMEMBERS HIS PROMISES
ZECHARIAH
_GORDON CHURCHYARD_
CHAPTER 7
V1 The word of the *LORD came to Zechariah on the fourth day of the
9th month (called) Kislev. This happened in the fourth year...
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(4-7) The people (as in Isaiah 58:3) are rebuked for the hypocritical,
or merely formal, nature of their fasts. The prophet does not, even
further on, give any direct answer to their inquiry. He seems...
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וְ כִ֥י תֹאכְל֖וּ וְ כִ֣י תִשְׁתּ֑וּ
הֲ
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Zechariah 8:1
"THE SEED OF PEACE"
Zechariah 7:1; Zechariah 8:1
THE Visions have revealed the removal of the guilt of the land, the
restoration of Israel to their standing before God, the revival of...
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THE PENALTY OF INJUSTICE AND CRUELTY
Zechariah 7:1-14
During their captivity the Jews observed four feasts. That of the 10th
month recalled the first enclosure of Jerusalem by the enemies' lines;
of...
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The third message of Zechariah was uttered nearly two years later. It
was a fourfold answer to an inquiry made by the people concerning the
necessity for observing certain fasts.
The history of these...
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_Yourselves, to gratify the senses more than from necessity, and
without doing it for God's glory. (Haydock)_...
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When they had sent unto the house of God Sherezer, and Regem-melech,
and their men, to pray before the Lord, 3 And to speak unto the
priests which were in the house of the Lord of hosts, and to the
pr...
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Lectures on the Minor Prophets.
W. Kelly.
Zechariah was plainly a contemporary of Haggai. Like him he dates his
prophecies from the second imperial power of the Gentiles; but he goes
a great deal far...
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By saying, that _to themselves they did eat and drink_, he intimates
that to eat and to drink, or to abstain from eating and drinking, are
things wholly unconnected with the worship of God. Another se...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 7, 8, 9, AND 10.
The prophecy, from chapter 7 to the end of the book, has for its
special object the introduction of the Messiah in Israel, with the
consequen...
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AND WHEN YE DID EAT, AND WHEN YE DID DRINK,.... Either at common
meals, or at their festivals:
DID NOT YE EAT [FOR YOURSELVES], AND DRINK [FOR YOURSELVES]? merely
and only for their own refreshment a...
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And when ye did eat, and when ye did drink, did not ye eat [for
yourselves], and drink [for yourselves]?
Ver. 6. _And when ye did eat, and when ye did drink_] _q.d._ In all
your actions, natural, civ...
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_Then came the word of the Lord unto me_ When these men had proposed
their case, and were expecting the priests' answer, God commissioned
his prophet to give them the answer contained in the subsequen...
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THE QUESTION PROPOSED...
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And when ye did eat, and when ye did drink, did not ye eat for
yourselves and drink for yourselves? Both their fasting and their
feasting, so the Lord reminds them, was conducted without regard to
Him...
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A QUESTION ANSWERED NEGATIVELY
(vv. 1-7)
The visions and prophecies of the first six Chapter s are connected
with the eighth month of the second year of the reign of Darius
(Zechariah 1:1). It is tw...
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DID NOT YE:
Or, be not ye they that etc....
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1-7 If we truly desire to know the will of God in doubtful matters,
we must not only consult his word and ministers, but seek his
direction by fervent prayer. Those who would know God's mind should
c...
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I was as little minded by you in your fasts as in your feasts, and I
was as little pleased with your fasts as feasts; self was all in both,
you looked no higher. Such fasting commends none to God; you...
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Zechariah 7:6 eat H398 (H8799) drink H8354 (H8799) eat H398 (H8802)
drink H8354 (H8802)
did not ye ea
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FURTHER PROPHECIES OF ZECHARIAH (ZECHARIAH 7:1 TO ZECHARIAH 8:23)
These prophecies occur approximately two years after the previous ones
demonstrating that Zechariah's ministry continued. It would ap...
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YHWH CHARGES THEM WITH FALSE MOTIVES IN THEIR FASTING (ZECHARIAH 7:4).
Zechariah 7:4
‘Then came the word of YHWH of Hosts to me saying, “Speak to all
the people of the land and the priests saying, ‘W...
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QUESTIONS ABOUT FASTING (ZECHARIAH 7:1).
There may be a contrast intended here between those who had come from
Babylon seeking news about the Branch, bringing gold and silver for
his crown, who had ha...
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Zechariah 7:1. _And it came to pass in the fourth year of king Darius,
that the word of the LORD came unto Zechariah in the fourth day of the
ninth month, even in Chisleu;_
God's prophets were not al...
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CONTENTS: The mission from Babylon, and Jehovah's answer to the
question of fasts. Why prayer was not answered.
CHARACTERS: God, Holy Spirit, Darius, Zechariah, Sherezer,
Regemmelich.
CONCLUSION: Wh...
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Zechariah 7:1. _In the fourth year of Darius_ Hystaspes, _in the ninth
month,_ the end of November, a deputation went from Babylon to
Jerusalem, a long journey in the beginning of winter, to enquire i...
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_Did ye at all fast unto Me, even to Me?_
REBUKE OF MERE CEREMONIES
God had, through successive ages, exhorted the Jews to true
repentance, and condemned their dissimulation, that they might not
thin...
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ZECHARIAH 7:1 From Fasts to Feasts. This section mentions fasts that
commemorate the destruction of Jerusalem, which will be transformed
into feasts celebrating its renewal. The renewal gives the peop...
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CRITICAL NOTES.] The Didactic part. Replies to questions relative to
fasts observed by the Jews, but which they supposed no longer binding
after restoration to prosperity. FOURTH] Two years, nearly, a...
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EXPOSITION
VERSE 1-8:23
Part II. THE ANSWER TO A QUESTION CONCERNING THE OBSERVANCE OF CERTAIN
FASTS.
ZECHARIAH 7:1
§ 1. A deputation comes fr
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Now some men came to Zechariah with a question. While they were in
Babylon they had been observing a couple of days of fasting. The
day... they commemorated the day that the temple was destroyed by th...
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1 Chronicles 29:22; 1 Corinthians 10:31; 1 Corinthians 11:20; 1
Corinthians 11:21;...
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For yourselves — I was as little minded by you in your fasts, as in
your feasts....