Zechariah 8:19

The Scriptures 2009

“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 Yehuḏah – and they shall love the truth and the peace.’

Cross References

2 Kings 25:1

And it came to be in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth new moon, on the tenth of the new moon, that Neḇuḵaḏnetstsar sovereign of Baḇel and all his army came against Yerushalayim and encamped against it, and they built a siege wall against it all around.

2 Kings 25:25

And in the seventh new moon it came to be that Yishma‛ĕl son of Nethanyah, son of Elishama, of the seed of the reign, came with ten men and struck Geḏalyahu that he died, and the Yehuḏim, and the Kasdim who were with him at Mitspah.

Esther 8:17

And in every province and in every city where the sovereign’s command and decree came, the Yehuḏim had joy and gladness, a feast and a good day. And many of the people of the land were becoming Yehuḏim, for the fear of the Yehuḏim had fallen upon them.

Esther 9:22

as the days on which the Yehuḏim had rest from their enemies, as the new moon which was turned from sorrow to joy for them, and from mourning to a good day, that they should make them days of feasting and joy, of sending portions to one another and gifts to the poor.

Psalm 30:11

You have turned my mourning into dancing for me; You have torn off my sackcloth and girded me with gladness,

Psalm 34:15

Ayin The eyes of יהוה are on the righteous, And His ears unto their cry.

Isaiah 12:1

And in that day you shall say, “I thank You יהוה, though You were enraged with me, Your displeasure has turned back, and You have comforted me.

Isaiah 35:10

And the ransomed of יהוה shall return and enter Tsiyon with singing, with everlasting joy on their heads. They shall obtain joy and gladness, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away.

Isaiah 51:11

And let the ransomed of יהוה return. And they shall come to Tsiyon with singing, with everlasting joy on their heads. Let them attain joy and gladness; sorrow and sighing shall flee away.

Jeremiah 36:6

“But you shall enter, and shall read from the scroll which you have written from my mouth, the words of יהוה, in the hearing of the people in the House of יהוה on the day of fasting. And also read them in the hearing of all Yehuḏah who come from their cities.

Jeremiah 39:2

In the eleventh year of Tsiḏqiyahu, in the fourth new moon, on the ninth day of the new moon, the city was broken into.

Jeremiah 52:4

And it came to be in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth new moon, on the tenth of the new moon, that Neḇuḵaḏretstsar sovereign of Baḇel and all his army came against Yerushalayim and encamped against it. And they built a siege wall against it all around.

Ezekiel 18:8

if he does not lend on interest or take increase, turns back his hand from unrighteousness, executes right-ruling in truth between man and man,

Ezekiel 24:1

And in the ninth year, in the tenth new moon, on the tenth of the new moon, the word of יהוה came to me, saying,

Zechariah 7:3

speaking to the priests who belonged to the House of יהוה of hosts, and to the prophets, saying, “Should I weep in the fifth new moon and fast as I have done for so many years?”

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 8:16

These are the words you should do: speak the truth to one another, judge with truth and right-ruling for peace in your gates.

Zechariah 8:18

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

Zechariah 8:3

“Thus said יהוה, ‘I shall return to Tsiyon, and I shall dwell in the midst of Yerushalayim. And Yerushalayim shall be called: City of the Truth, and the Mountain of יהוה of hosts, the Set-apart Mountain.’

Revelation 22:15

“But outside are the dogs and those who enchant with drugs, and those who whore, and the murderers, and the idolaters, and all who love and do falsehood.