Zechariah 7:5

New American Bible - revised edition

Say to all the people of the land and to the priests: When you fasted and lamented in the fifth and in the seventh month these seventy years, was it really for me that you fasted?

Cross References

2 Kings 25:23

Hearing that the king of Babylon had appointed Gedaliah over them, all the army commanders and the troops came to him at Mizpah: Ishmael, son of Nethaniah, Johanan, son of Kareah, Seraiah, son of Tanhumeth the Netophathite, and Jaazaniah, son of the Maakite, each with his troops.

2 Kings 25:25

But in the seventh month Ishmael, son of Nethaniah, son of Elishama, of royal descent, came with ten others, attacked Gedaliah and killed him, along with the Judahites and Chaldeans who were in Mizpah with him.

Isaiah 43:23

You did not bring me sheep for your burnt offerings, nor honor me with your sacrifices. I did not exact from you the service of offerings, nor weary you for frankincense.

Isaiah 58:3

“Why do we fast, but you do not see it? afflict ourselves, but you take no note?” See, on your fast day you carry out your own pursuits, and drive all your laborers.

Jeremiah 25:11

This whole land shall be a ruin and a waste. Seventy years these nations shall serve the king of Babylon;

Jeremiah 29:10

For thus says the Lord: Only after seventy years have elapsed for Babylon will I deal with you and fulfill for you my promise to bring you back to this place.

Jeremiah 52:12

On the tenth day of the fifth month, this was in the nineteenth year of Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, Nebuzaradan, captain of the bodyguard, came to Jerusalem as the representative of the king of Babylon.

Daniel 9:2

in the first year of his reign, I, Daniel, perceived in the books the number of years the Lord had decreed to the prophet Jeremiah: Jerusalem was to lie in ruins for seventy years.

Hosea 7:14

They have not cried to me from their hearts when they wailed upon their beds; For wheat and wine they lacerated themselves; they rebelled against me.

Zechariah 1:12

Then the angel of the Lord replied, “Lord of hosts, how long will you be without mercy for Jerusalem and the cities of Judah that have felt your anger these seventy years?”

Zechariah 7:3

and to ask the priests of the house of the Lord of hosts, and the prophets, “Must I weep and abstain in the fifth month as I have been doing these many years?”

Zechariah 7:4

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

Zechariah 7:6

When you were eating and drinking, was it not for yourselves that you ate and for yourselves that you drank?

Zechariah 8:19

Thus says the Lord of hosts: The fast days of the fourth, the fifth, the seventh, and the tenth months will become occasions of joy and gladness, and happy festivals for the house of Judah. So love faithfulness and peace!

Matthew 23:5

All their works are performed to be seen. They widen their phylacteries and lengthen their tassels.

Matthew 6:16

“When you fast, do not look gloomy like the hypocrites. They neglect their appearance, so that they may appear to others to be fasting. Amen, I say to you, they have received their reward.

Matthew 6:2

When you give alms, do not blow a trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets to win the praise of others. Amen, I say to you, they have received their reward.

Matthew 6:5

“When you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, who love to stand and pray in the synagogues and on street corners so that others may see them. Amen, I say to you, they have received their reward.

1 Corinthians 10:31

So whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do everything for the glory of God.

2 Corinthians 5:15

He indeed died for all, so that those who live might no longer live for themselves but for him who for their sake died and was raised.

Colossians 3:23

Whatever you do, do from the heart, as for the Lord and not for others,