Zechariah 7:4
2 Now the people of Bethel had sent Sharezer and Regem-melech, along with their men, to plead before the LORD
3 by asking the priests of the house of the LORD of Hosts, as well as the prophets, “Should I weep and fast in the fifth month, as I have done these many years?”
Then the word of the LORD of Hosts came to me, saying,
5 “Ask all the people of the land and the priests, ‘When you fasted and mourned in the fifth and seventh months for these seventy years, was it really for Me that you fasted?
6 And when you were eating and drinking, were you not doing so simply for yourselves?
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Then the word of the LORD of Hosts came to me, saying,
- KJV
- Then came the word of the LORD of hosts unto me, saying,
- WEB
- Then the word of the LORD of Armies came to me, saying,
- ASV
- Then came the word of Jehovah of hosts unto me, saying,
- DARBY
- And the word of Jehovah of hosts came unto me, saying,
- BLB
- And the word of YHWH of Hosts came to me, saying,
- ÅB
- Da kom Herrens, hærskarenes Guds ord til meg, og det lød så:
- OTB
- Da kom Herrens ord til meg, og sa,
- B1930
- Da kom Herrens, hærskarenes Guds ord til mig, og det lød så:
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Isaiah 10:16
Therefore the Lord GOD of Hosts will send a wasting disease among Assyria’s stout warriors, and under his pomp will be kindled a fire like a burning flame.
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