Zechariah 8:19

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

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.’

Cross References

Jeremiah 39:2

In the fourth month of Zedekiah’s eleventh year, on the ninth day of the month, the city was breached.

Zechariah 8:16

These are the things you must do: Speak truth to one another; make true and sound decisions within your city gates.

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 7:3

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? ’

Jeremiah 52:4

In the ninth year of Zedekiah’s reign, on the tenth day of the tenth month, King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon advanced against Jerusalem with his entire army. They laid siege to the city and built a siege wall against it all round.

2 Kings 25:25

In the seventh month, however, Ishmael son of Nethaniah, son of Elishama, of the royal family, came with ten men and struck down Gedaliah, and he died. Also, they killed the Judeans and the Chaldeans who were with him at Mizpah.

Isaiah 35:10

and the ransomed of the  Lord will return and come to Zion with singing, crowned with unending joy. Joy and gladness will overtake them, and sorrow and sighing will flee.

Isaiah 12:1

On that day you will say: ‘I will give thanks to you, Lord, although you were angry with me. Your anger has turned away, and you have comforted me.

Esther 9:22

because during those days the Jews gained relief from  their enemies. That was the month when their sorrow was turned into rejoicing and their mourning into a holiday.  They were to be days of feasting,  rejoicing, and of sending gifts to one another and to the poor.

Revelation 22:15

Outside are the dogs,   the sorcerers, the sexually immoral, the murderers, the idolaters, and everyone who loves and practises falsehood.

Isaiah 51:11

And the ransomed of the  Lord will return and come to Zion with singing, crowned with unending joy. Joy and gladness will overtake them, and sorrow and sighing will flee.

Esther 8:17

In every province and every city where the king’s command and edict reached, gladness and joy took place among the Jews. There was a celebration and a holiday.  , And many of the ethnic groups of the land professed themselves to be Jews because fear of the Jews  had overcome them.

Jeremiah 36:6

so you must go and read from the scroll #– #which you wrote at my dictation   #– #the words of the Lord in the hearing of the people at the temple of the Lord on a day of fasting. Read his words in the hearing of all the Judeans who are coming from their cities.

Zechariah 8:3

The Lord says this: ‘I will return to Zion and live in Jerusalem. Then Jerusalem will be called the Faithful City;  the mountain of the Lord of Armies will be called the Holy Mountain.’

Zechariah 8:18

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

2 Kings 25:1

In the ninth year  of Zedekiah’s reign,  on the tenth day of the tenth month, King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon advanced against Jerusalem with his entire army.  They laid siege to the city and built a siege wall against it all round.

Ezekiel 18:8

He doesn’t lend at interest or for profit  but keeps his hand from injustice and carries out true justice between men.

Ezekiel 24:1

The word of the Lord came to me in the ninth year, in the tenth month, on the tenth day of the month: