Zechariah 7:3 - The Scriptures 1998

³ speaking to the priests who belonged to the House of יהוה  of hosts, and to the prophets, saying, “Should I weep in the fifth month and fast as I have done for so 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

And when the builders laid the foundation of the Hĕ

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 have perished for lack of knowledge. Because you have rejected knowledge, I reject you from being priest for Me. Since you have forgotten the Torah of your Elohim, I also forget your children.

Joel 2:17

Let the priests, servants of יהוה, weep between the porch and the altar. And let them say, “Spare Your people, O יהוה, and do not give Your inheritance to reproach, for the gentiles to rule over them. Why should they say among the peoples, ‘Where is their Elohim?’ ”

Haggai 2:11

“Thus said יהוה  of hosts, ‘Now, ask the priests concerning the Torah, saying,

Zechariah 7:4

Then the word of יהוה  of hosts came to me, saying,

Zechariah 7:5

“Speak to all the people of the land, and to the priests, saying, ‘When you fasted and lamented in the fifth and seventh months all these seventy years, did you truly fast for Me – for Me?

Zechariah 8:19

“Thus said יהוה  of hosts, ‘The fast of the fourth, and the fast of the fifth, and the fast of the seventh, and the fast of the tenth months, are to be joy and gladness, and pleasant appointed times for the house of Yehuḏ

Malachi 2:7

“For the lips of a priest should guard knowledge, and they seek the Torah from his mouth, for he is the messenger of יהוה  of hosts.

Matthew 9:15

And יהושע  said to them, “Are the friends of the bridegroom able to mourn as long as the bridegroom is with them? But the days shall come when the bridegroom is taken away from them, and then they shall fast.

1 Corinthians 7:5

Do not deprive one another except with agreement for a time, to give yourselves to fasting and prayer. And come together again so that Satan does not try you because of your lack of self-control.

Deuteronomy 33:10

“They teach Your right-rulings to Yaʽ