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Zechariah 7:6

Integrity

4 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?

And when you were eating and drinking, were you not doing so simply for yourselves?

7 Are these not the words that the LORD proclaimed through the earlier prophets, when Jerusalem and its surrounding towns were populous and prosperous, and the Negev and the foothills were inhabited?’”

8 Then the word of the LORD came to Zechariah, saying,

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BSB
And when you were eating and drinking, were you not doing so simply for yourselves?
KJV
And when ye did eat, and when ye did drink, did not ye eat for yourselves, and drink for yourselves?
WEB
When you eat and when you drink, don’t you eat for yourselves and drink for yourselves?
ASV
And when ye eat, and when ye drink, do not ye eat for yourselves, and drink for yourselves?
DARBY
And when ye ate, and when ye drank, was it not you that were eating and drinking?
BLB
For when you⁺ were eating and when you⁺ were drinking, [was it] not [for] yourselves [that] you were eating and [for] yourselves [that] you were drinking?
ÅB
Og når dere spiser og drikker, er det da ikke dere selv som spiser, og dere selv som drikker?
OTB
Og når dere spiser og drikker, er det ikke for dere selv dere spiser og drikker?
B1930
Og når I eter og drikker, er det da ikke I selv som eter, og I selv som drikker?

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • 1 Corinthians 11:20–21

    Now then, when you come together, it is not the Lord’s Supper you eat.

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  • 1 Corinthians 11:26–29

    For as often as you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death until He comes.

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  • Hosea 8:13

    Though they offer sacrifices as gifts to Me, and though they eat the meat, the LORD does not accept them. Now He will remember their iniquity and punish their sins: They will return to Egypt.

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  • Colossians 3:17

    And whatever you do, in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through Him.

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  • Deuteronomy 12:7

    There, in the presence of the LORD your God, you and your households shall eat and rejoice in all you do, because the LORD your God has blessed you.

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  • Deuteronomy 14:26

    Then you may spend the money on anything you desire: cattle, sheep, wine, strong drink, or anything you wish. You are to feast there in the presence of the LORD your God and rejoice with your household.

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  • 1 Corinthians 10:31

    So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all to the glory of God.

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  • Hosea 9:4

    They will not pour out wine offerings to the LORD, and their sacrifices will not please Him, but will be to them like the bread of mourners; all who eat will be defiled. For their bread will be for themselves; it will not enter the house of the LORD.

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