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Zechariah 8:19

“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.”

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ASV

Thus saith Jehovah 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 truth and peace.

KJV

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.

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22 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
כֹּֽה־koh-thusH3541 →
אָמַ֞ר'a.Marhe saysH559 →
יְהוָ֣הYah.wehYahwehH3068 →
צְבָא֗וֹתtze.va.'otof hostsH6635 →
צ֣וֹםTzom[the] fast ofH6685 →
הָרְבִיעִ֡יha.re.vi.'Ithe fourth [month]H7243 →
וְצ֣וֹםve.Tzomand [the] fast ofH6685 →
הַחֲמִישִׁי֩ha.cha.mi.Shithe fifth [month]H2549 →
וְצ֨וֹםve.Tzomand [the] fast ofH6685 →
הַשְּׁבִיעִ֜יha.she.vi.'Ithe seventh [month]H7637 →
וְצ֣וֹםve.Tzomand [the] fast ofH6685 →
הָעֲשִׂירִ֗יha.'a.si.Rithe tenth [month]H6224 →
יִהְיֶ֤הyih.Yehit will becomeH1961 →
לְבֵית־le.veit-for [the] house ofH1004 →
יְהוּדָה֙ye.hu.DahJudahH3063 →
לְשָׂשׂ֣וֹןle.sa.Son<into> joyH8342 →
וּלְשִׂמְחָ֔הu.le.sim.Chahand <into> gladnessH8057 →
וּֽלְמֹעֲדִ֖יםu.le.mo.'a.Dimand <into> appointed feastsH4150 →
טוֹבִ֑יםto.VimgoodH2896 →
וְהָאֱמֶ֥תve.ha.'e.Metand <the> truthH571 →
וְהַשָּׁל֖וֹםve.ha.sha.Lomand <the> peaceH7965 →
אֱהָֽבוּ׃ פ'e.Ha.vuloveH157 →

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Zechariah 8:16These are the things you must do: Speak truth to one another, render true and sound judgments in your gates,Jeremiah 39:2And on the ninth day of the fourth month of Zedekiah’s eleventh year, the city was breached.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 7:3by 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?”Psalms 30:11You turned my mourning into dancing; You peeled off my sackcloth and clothed me with joy,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.Jeremiah 52:4So 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.Jeremiah 31:13Then the maidens will rejoice with dancing, young men and old as well. I will turn their mourning into joy, and give them comfort and joy for their sorrow.2 Kings 25:3–4By the ninth day of the fourth month, the famine in the city was so severe that the people of the land had no food.Luke 1:74–75deliverance from hostile hands, that we may serve Him without fear,Isaiah 12:1In 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.Jeremiah 52:12–15On 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 35:10So 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.Jeremiah 30:19Thanksgiving will proceed from them, a sound of celebration. I will multiply them, and they will not be decreased; I will honor them, and they will not be belittled.Jeremiah 52:12On 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.Jeremiah 52:6–7By the ninth day of the fourth month, the famine in the city was so severe that the people of the land had no food.Esther 9:22as the days on which the Jews gained rest from their enemies and the month in which their sorrow turned to joy and their mourning into a holiday. He wrote that these were to be days of feasting and joy, of sending gifts to one another and to the poor.Titus 2:11–12For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation to everyone.

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Zechariah's Vision of Four Chariots — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
Zechariah's Vision of Four Chariots — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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