Zechariah 8:19

New American Bible - revised edition

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!

Cross References

2 Kings 25:1

In the tenth month of the ninth year of Zedekiah’s reign, on the tenth day of the month, Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, and his whole army advanced against Jerusalem, encamped around it, and built siege walls on every side.

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.

Psalm 30:11

Hear, O Lord, have mercy on me; Lord, be my helper.”

Psalm 34:15

Turn from evil and do good; seek peace and pursue it.

Isaiah 12:1

On that day, you will say: I give you thanks, O Lord; though you have been angry with me, your anger has abated, and you have consoled me.

Isaiah 35:10

And the ransomed of the Lord shall return, and enter Zion singing, crowned with everlasting joy; They meet with joy and gladness, sorrow and mourning flee away.

Isaiah 51:11

Those whom the Lord has ransomed will return and enter Zion singing, crowned with everlasting joy; They will meet with joy and gladness, sorrow and mourning will flee.

Jeremiah 36:6

So you yourself must go. On a fast day in the hearing of the people in the Lord’s house, read the words of the Lord from the scroll you wrote at my dictation; read them also to all the people of Judah who come up from their cities.

Jeremiah 39:2

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

Jeremiah 52:4

In the tenth month of the ninth year of his reign, on the tenth day of the month, Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, and his entire army advanced against Jerusalem, encamped around it, and built siege walls on every side.

Ezekiel 18:8

if he does not lend at interest or exact usury; if he refrains from evildoing and makes a fair judgment between two opponents;

Ezekiel 24:1

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

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 7:5

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?

Zechariah 8:16

These then are the things you must do: Speak the truth to one another; judge with honesty and complete justice in your gates.

Zechariah 8:18

The word of the Lord of hosts came to me:

Zechariah 8:3

Thus says the Lord: I have returned to Zion, and I will dwell within Jerusalem; Jerusalem will be called the faithful city, and the mountain of the Lord of hosts, the holy mountain.

Revelation 22:15

Outside are the dogs, the sorcerers, the unchaste, the murderers, the idol-worshipers, and all who love and practice deceit.