Zechariah 7:3 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

³ by asking the priests who were at the house of the Lord of Armies as well as the prophets, ‘Should we mourn and fast in the fifth month as we have done these many years? ’

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

³ and to speak unto the priests which were in the house of the LORD of hosts, and to the prophets, saying, Should I weep in the fifth month, separating myself, as I have done these so many years?

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³ And to speak to the priests of the house of the Lord of hosts and to the prophets, saying, [Now that I am returned from exile] should I weep in the fifth month, separating myself as I have done these so many years [in Babylon]?

American Standard Version (1901)

³ and to speak unto the priests of the house of Jehovah of hosts, and to the prophets, saying, Should I weep in the fifth month, separating myself, as I have done these so many years?

Common English Bible

³ saying to the priests who were in the house of the LORD of heavenly forces and to the prophets: “Should I weep in the fifth month and abstain as I have done for a number of years?”

Catholic Public Domain Version

³ to speak to the priests of the house of the Lord of hosts and to the prophets, saying: "Must there be weeping with me in the fifth month, and must I sanctify myself, as I have now done for many years?"

Zechariah 7:3 Cross References

Ezra 3:10

When the builders had laid the foundation of the Lord’s temple, the priests, dressed in their robes and holding trumpets, and the Levites descended from Asaph,  holding cymbals, took their positions to praise the Lord, as King David of Israel had instructed.

Ecclesiastes 3:4

a time to weep and a time to laugh; a time to mourn and a time to dance;

Hosea 4:6

My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. Because you have rejected knowledge, I will reject you  from serving as my priest. Since you have forgotten the law of your God, I will also forget your sons.

Joel 2:17

Let the priests,  the  Lord’s ministers, weep between the portico and the altar. Let them say, ‘Have pity on your people,  Lord, and do not make your inheritance a disgrace, an object of scorn among the nations. Why should it be said among the peoples, “Where is their God? ” ’

Haggai 2:11

‘This is what the Lord of Armies says: Ask the priests for a ruling.

Zechariah 7:4

Then the word of the Lord of Armies came to me:

Zechariah 7:5

‘Ask all the people of the land and the priests: When you fasted and lamented in the fifth and in the seventh months for these seventy years, did you really fast for me?

Zechariah 8:19

The Lord of Armies says this: ‘The fast of the fourth month,  the fast of the fifth, the fast of the seventh, and the fast of the tenth  will become times of joy, gladness, and cheerful festivals for the house of Judah. Therefore, love truth and peace.’

Malachi 2:7

For the lips of a priest should guard knowledge, and people should desire instruction from his mouth, because he is the messenger of the Lord of Armies.

Matthew 9:15

Jesus said to them, ‘Can the wedding guests   be sad while the groom is with them? The time   will come when the groom will be taken away from them, and then they will fast.

1 Corinthians 7:5

Do not deprive  one another #– #except when you agree for a time, to devote yourselves to  prayer. Then come together again; otherwise, Satan may tempt you because of your lack of self-control.

Deuteronomy 33:10

They will teach your ordinances to Jacob and your instruction to Israel; they will set incense before you and whole burnt offerings on your altar.