1 In the fourth year of Darius the king (the word of the LORD came to Zechariah), on the fourth day of Chislev, the ninth month,
2 Bethelsarezer sent Regemmelech and his men to implore favor of the LORD
3 and to ask the priests of the house of the LORD of hosts, and the prophets, "Must I mourn and abstain in the fifth month as I have been doing these many years?"
4 Thereupon this word of the LORD of hosts came to me:
5 Say to all the people of the land and to the priests: When you fasted and mourned in the fifth and in the seventh month these seventy years, was it really for me that you fasted?
6 And when you were eating and drinking, was it not for yourselves that you ate, and for yourselves that you drank?
7 Were not these the words which the LORD spoke through the former prophets, when Jerusalem and the surrounding cities were inhabited and at peace, when the Negeb and the foothills were inhabited?
8 (This word of the LORD came to Zechariah:
9 Thus says the LORD of hosts:) Render true judgment, and show kindness and compassion toward each other.
10 Do not oppress the widow or the orphan, the alien or the poor; do not plot evil against one another in your hearts.
11 But they refused to listen; they stubbornly turned their backs and stopped their ears so as not to hear.
12 And they made their hearts diamondhard so as not to hear the teaching and the message that the LORD of hosts had sent by his spirit through the former prophets.
13 Then the LORD of hosts in his great anger said that, as they had not listened when he called, so he would not listen when they called,
14 but would scatter them with a whirlwind among all the nations that they did not know. Thus the land was left desolate after them with no one traveling to and fro; they made the pleasant land into a desert.
Versículos relacionados com Zechariah, 7:
Zacarias 7 deals with the questioning of Jews about the continuity of the fasts in the fourth, fifth, seventh and tenth months of the year. The prophet Zechariah answers this question with a message from God, which emphasizes the importance of justice, mercy, and compassion, above religious rituals. Below are five verses related to the topics covered in Zechariah 7, in order of proximity to the chapter:
Proverbs 21:3: "Practicing justice and judgment is more acceptable to the Lord than to offer you sacrifices." This verse highlights the importance of justice, which is a central theme in Zechariah 7.
Isaiah 58:6-7: "This is not the fast I chose, that he leaves the ligasures of wickedness, undo the jug's bandages, and leaves the broken free, and that shatters all yoke? Your bread with the hungry, and collect at home the helpless poor? And when you see the naked, the cubes, and do not hide from your flesh? " This verse emphasizes the importance of mercy and compassion, which are values that Zacharias 7 highlights as more important than fasting.
Matthew 23:23: "Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For that dizimal mint, dill and cumin, and despise the most important of the law, judgment, mercy and faith, but you must do it These things, not omit those. " This verse highlights the importance of justice, mercy and faith, which are values emphasized in Zechariah 7.
1 John 3:17: "But if anyone has this world and comes to his brother to have a need, and close his heart, how will the love of God be in him?" This verse highlights the importance of compassion and love for others, which are values highlighted in Zechariah 7.
Luke 6:36: "thirst for merciful, as well as your Father is merciful." This verse emphasizes the importance of mercy and compassion, which are values highlighted in Zechariah 7.
Rozdziały: