Zechariahchapter 7
14 verses · Zechariah · 520 to 518 BC · The Twelve
Original Language
Zechariah 7— Hebrew word study · with the Hebrew tradition
In Jewish life
Jewish practice and Jewish teaching both have something to say about Zechariah 7. Three things follow: where it is read, what is done because of it, and how the rabbis have taught it. The purpose is to inform a Christian reader what Jews believe and how Judaism was and is practised.
The reading
The yearly cycle does not read Zechariah 7. The Haftarah is drawn from the Prophets a passage at a time rather than continuously, so most chapters of most prophetic books are never read in the service, and this is one of them.
The verse numbers here are the ones a Hebrew Bible carries, which differ from an English Bible by a verse or two in several places. The Sephardi reading is named only where this site records a difference; communities vary beyond what is listed. What these books are, and how a Christian reader meets them →
Where the rabbis cite this chapter
2 rows sit beside their verses in the text, on 2 verses of this chapter. No row that speaks to the chapter as a whole is recorded. Every quote links to its full source.
Texts and citation data: Sefaria (sefaria.org); excerpts follow each version’s license, and every passage opens at its source.
How to read a word below: the Hebrewword, then how it sounds, then what it means, then its number in Strong’s concordance, a widely used lookup this site follows (H for Hebrew and Aramaic, G for Greek). Square brackets hold a word the English supplies that the Hebrew does not, angle brackets mark the Hebrew’s own grammatical elements that English renders as separate words, and the mark ס or פ is where the Hebrew manuscripts end a paragraph.
When you fasted, was it really for me?1
Zechariah 7:1· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
Zechariah 7:2· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
Zechariah 7:3· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
Zechariah 7:4· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
Zechariah 7:5· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
Zechariah 7:6· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
Zechariah 7:7· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
Execute true judgment — hearts made hard as adamant8
Zechariah 7:8· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
Zechariah 7:9· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
Zechariah 7:10· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
Zechariah 7:11· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
Zechariah 7:12· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
Rashi on Zechariah 7:12
shamir A worm stronger than flint. They would show it to the stone, which would split.
Read it in full at Sefaria · The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg
Zechariah 7:13· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
Rashi on Zechariah 7:13
And it came about; as He called and they did not hearken the Lord said concerning them in those days: So shall they call and I will not hearken.
Read it in full at Sefaria · The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg
Zechariah 7:14· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible