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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?

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ASV

Speak unto all the people of the land, and to the priests, saying, When ye fasted and mourned in the fifth and in the seventh month, even these seventy years, did ye at all fast unto me, even to me?

KJV

Speak unto all the people of the land, and to the priests, saying, When ye fasted and mourned in the fifth and seventh month, even those seventy years, did ye at all fast unto me, even to me?

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19 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
אֱמֹר֙'e.MorsayH559 →
אֶל־'el-toH413 →
כָּל־kol-allH3605 →
עַ֣ם'am[the] people ofH5971 →
הָאָ֔רֶץha.'A.retzthe landH776 →
וְאֶל־ve.'el-and toH413 →
הַכֹּהֲנִ֖יםha.ko.ha.Nimthe priestsH3548 →
לֵאמֹ֑רle.Mor<to> sayingH559 →
כִּֽי־ki-thatH3588 →
צַמְתֶּ֨םtzam.Temyou fastedH6684 →
וְסָפ֜וֹדve.sa.Fodand you mournedH5594 →
בַּחֲמִישִׁ֣יba.cha.mi.Shiin the fifth [month]H2549 →
וּבַשְּׁבִיעִ֗יu.va.she.vi.'Iand in the seventh [month]H7637 →
וְזֶה֙ve.Zehand thisH2088 →
שִׁבְעִ֣יםshiv.'ImseventyH7657 →
שָׁנָ֔הsha.Nahyear[s]H8141 →
הֲצ֥וֹםha.Tzom¿ really <to fast>H6684 →
צַמְתֻּ֖נִיtzam.Tu.nidid you fast for meH6684 →
אָֽנִי׃'A.nimeH589 →

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Daniel 9:2in the first year of his reign, I, Daniel, understood from the sacred books, according to the word of the LORD to Jeremiah the prophet, that the desolation of Jerusalem would last seventy years.Jeremiah 29:10For this is what the LORD says: “When Babylon’s seventy years are complete, I will attend to you and confirm My promise to restore you to this place.Isaiah 58:5Is this the fast I have chosen: a day for a man to deny himself, to bow his head like a reed, and to spread out sackcloth and ashes? Will you call this a fast and a day acceptable to the LORD?Joel 2:12“Yet even now,” declares the LORD, “return to Me with all your heart, with fasting, weeping, and mourning.”Zechariah 1:12Then the angel of the LORD said, “How long, O LORD of Hosts, will You withhold mercy from Jerusalem and the cities of Judah, with which You have been angry these seventy years?”Isaiah 58:4–6You fast with contention and strife to strike viciously with your fist. You cannot fast as you do today and have your voice be heard on high.1 Corinthians 10:31So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all to the glory of God.Matthew 5:16–18In the same way, let your light shine before men, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father in heaven.2 Kings 25:25In 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.Hosea 7:14They do not cry out to Me from their hearts when they wail upon their beds. They slash themselves for grain and new wine, but turn away from Me.Matthew 6:1“Be careful not to perform your righteous acts before men to be seen by them. If you do, you will have no reward from your Father in heaven.Matthew 6:5And when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites. For they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by men. Truly I tell you, they already have their full reward.Matthew 6:2So when you give to the needy, do not sound a trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and on the streets, to be honored by men. Truly I tell you, they already have their full reward.Romans 14:17–18For the kingdom of God is not a matter of eating and drinking, but of righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit.Romans 14:6–9He who observes a special day does so to the Lord; he who eats does so to the Lord, for he gives thanks to God; and he who abstains does so to the Lord and gives thanks to God.Zechariah 7:3by 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?”Isaiah 1:11–12“What good to Me is your multitude of sacrifices?” says the LORD. “I am full from the burnt offerings of rams and the fat of well-fed cattle; I take no delight in the blood of bulls and lambs and goats.Zechariah 7:6And when you were eating and drinking, were you not doing so simply for yourselves?

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