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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?
Zechariah 7:5 — KJV
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Zechariah 7:5
King James Version (KJV)
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Zechariah 7:5
Verse 5 of 14
Commentary
Commentary on Zechariah 7:5
Theological / DevotionalAll the people. The answer was of concern to all, not to those of Bethel only.
Seventh month. According to tradition this fast commemorated the murder of Gedaliah (see 2 Kings 25:22-26).
Seventy years. From 586 B.C., the year of the destruction of Jerusalem (2 Kings 25:1-4), to the present date (see on Zech. 7:1) was approximately 70 years (see Vol. Ill, pp. 99, 100). That is, if reckoned by a fall-to-fall year, it was 587/586 to 518/517, 70 years inclusive (see Vol. Ill, p. 99).
Unto me. The fasts were a human invention and fulfilled no divine command. Evidently they were not prompted by true repentance for the sins that had brought destruction to the city and country.
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