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the Week of Proper 24 / Ordinary 29
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New Living Translation

Zechariah 7:4

The Lord of Heaven's Armies sent me this message in reply:

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Impenitence;   Prophecy;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Zechariah;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Feasts and Festivals of Israel;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Fast;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Fasting;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Zechariah, Book of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Fasting;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Sherezer ;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Fasts;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Intercession;   Zechariah, Book of;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Fasting and Fast-Days;   Haggai;  

Parallel Translations

Easy-to-Read Version
I received this message from the Lord All-Powerful:
New American Standard Bible
Then the word of the LORD of armies came to me, saying,
New Century Version
The Lord All-Powerful spoke his word to me, saying,
Update Bible Version
Then the word of Yahweh of hosts came to me, saying,
Webster's Bible Translation
Then came the word of the LORD of hosts to me, saying,
Amplified Bible
Then the word of the LORD of hosts came to me (Zechariah), saying,
English Standard Version
Then the word of the Lord of hosts came to me:
World English Bible
Then the word of Yahweh of Hosts came to me, saying,
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And the word of the Lord was maad to me,
English Revised Version
Then came the word of the LORD of hosts unto me, saying,
Berean Standard Bible
Then the word of the LORD of Hosts came to me, saying,
Contemporary English Version
It was then that the Lord All-Powerful told me to say to everyone in the country, including the priests: For seventy years you have gone without eating during the fifth and seventh months of the year. But did you really do it for me?
American Standard Version
Then came the word of Jehovah of hosts unto me, saying,
Bible in Basic English
Then the word of the Lord of armies came to me, saying
Complete Jewish Bible
It was then that this message came to me from Adonai -Tzva'ot:
Darby Translation
And the word of Jehovah of hosts came unto me, saying,
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Then came the word of the LORD of hosts unto me, saying:
King James Version (1611)
Then came the word of the Lord of hosts vnto me, saying,
New Life Bible
Then the Word of the Lord of All came to me saying,
New Revised Standard
Then the word of the Lord of hosts came to me:
Geneva Bible (1587)
Then came the word of the Lord of hostes vnto me, saying,
George Lamsa Translation
Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Then came the word of Yahweh of hosts unto me, saying:
Douay-Rheims Bible
And the word of the Lord of hosts came to me, saying:
Revised Standard Version
Then the word of the LORD of hosts came to me;
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Then came the worde of the Lorde of hoastes vnto me, saying:
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And the word of the Lord of hosts came to me, saying,
Good News Translation
This is the message of the Lord that came to me.
Christian Standard Bible®
Then the word of the Lord of Armies came to me:
Hebrew Names Version
Then the word of the LORD of Hosts came to me, saying,
King James Version
Then came the word of the Lord of hosts unto me, saying,
Lexham English Bible
And the word of Yahweh of hosts came to me, saying,
Literal Translation
The Word of Jehovah of Hosts was to me, saying,
Young's Literal Translation
And there is a word of Jehovah of Hosts unto me, saying:
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Then came the worde of the LORDE of hoostes vnto me, sayenge:
THE MESSAGE
God -of-the-Angel-Armies gave me this Message for them, for all the people and for the priests: "When you held days of fasting every fifth and seventh month all these seventy years, were you doing it for me? And when you held feasts, was that for me? Hardly. You're interested in religion, I'm interested in people.
New English Translation
The word of the Lord who rules over all then came to me,
New King James Version
Then the word of the LORD of hosts came to me, saying,
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Then the word of the LORD of hosts came to me, saying,
Legacy Standard Bible
Then the word of Yahweh of hosts came to me, saying,

Contextual Overview

1 On December 7 of the fourth year of King Darius's reign, another message came to Zechariah from the Lord . 2 The people of Bethel had sent Sharezer and Regemmelech, along with their attendants, to seek the Lord 's favor. 3 They were to ask this question of the prophets and the priests at the Temple of the Lord of Heaven's Armies: "Should we continue to mourn and fast each summer on the anniversary of the Temple's destruction, as we have done for so many years?" 4 The Lord of Heaven's Armies sent me this message in reply: 5 "Say to all your people and your priests, ‘During these seventy years of exile, when you fasted and mourned in the summer and in early autumn, was it really for me that you were fasting? 6 And even now in your holy festivals, aren't you eating and drinking just to please yourselves? 7 Isn't this the same message the Lord proclaimed through the prophets in years past when Jerusalem and the towns of Judah were bustling with people, and the Negev and the foothills of Judah were well populated?'"

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Lord of hosts: Isaiah 10:16

Cross-References

Genesis 2:5
neither wild plants nor grains were growing on the earth. For the Lord God had not yet sent rain to water the earth, and there were no people to cultivate the soil.
Genesis 6:3
Then the Lord said, "My Spirit will not put up with humans for such a long time, for they are only mortal flesh. In the future, their normal lifespan will be no more than 120 years."
Genesis 6:7
And the Lord said, "I will wipe this human race I have created from the face of the earth. Yes, and I will destroy every living thing—all the people, the large animals, the small animals that scurry along the ground, and even the birds of the sky. I am sorry I ever made them."
Genesis 6:13
So God said to Noah, "I have decided to destroy all living creatures, for they have filled the earth with violence. Yes, I will wipe them all out along with the earth!
Genesis 6:17
"Look! I am about to cover the earth with a flood that will destroy every living thing that breathes. Everything on earth will die.
Genesis 7:10
After seven days, the waters of the flood came and covered the earth.
Genesis 7:11
When Noah was 600 years old, on the seventeenth day of the second month, all the underground waters erupted from the earth, and the rain fell in mighty torrents from the sky.
Genesis 7:12
The rain continued to fall for forty days and forty nights.
Genesis 7:17
For forty days the floodwaters grew deeper, covering the ground and lifting the boat high above the earth.
Genesis 7:21
All the living things on earth died—birds, domestic animals, wild animals, small animals that scurry along the ground, and all the people.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Then came the word of the Lord of hosts unto me, saying. Upon the sending of this embassy, and upon putting this question.


 
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