Zechariah 7:4

Good News Translation

This is the message of the Lord that came to me.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Then the word of the Lord of Armies came to me:

Hebrew Names Version
Then the word of the LORD of Hosts came to me, saying,

King James Version (1611)
Then came the word of the Lord of hosts vnto me, saying,

King James Version
Then came the word of the Lord of hosts unto me, saying,

English Standard Version
Then the word of the Lord of hosts came to me:

New American Standard Bible
Then the word of the LORD of armies came to me, saying,

New Century Version
The Lord All-Powerful spoke his word to me, saying,

Amplified Bible
Then the word of the LORD of hosts came to me (Zechariah), saying,

Geneva Bible (1587)
Then came the word of the Lord of hostes vnto me, saying,

New American Standard Bible (1995)
Then the word of the LORD of hosts came to me, saying,

Legacy Standard Bible
Then the word of Yahweh of hosts came to me, saying,

Berean Standard Bible
Then the word of the LORD of Hosts came to me, saying,

Contemporary English Version
It was then that the Lord All-Powerful told me to say to everyone in the country, including the priests: For seventy years you have gone without eating during the fifth and seventh months of the year. But did you really do it for me?

Complete Jewish Bible
It was then that this message came to me from Adonai -Tzva'ot:

Darby Translation
And the word of Jehovah of hosts came unto me, saying,

Easy-to-Read Version
I received this message from the Lord All-Powerful:

George Lamsa Translation
Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

Lexham English Bible
And the word of Yahweh of hosts came to me, saying,

Literal Translation
The Word of Jehovah of Hosts was to me, saying,

American Standard Version
Then came the word of Jehovah of hosts unto me, saying,

Bible in Basic English
Then the word of the Lord of armies came to me, saying

JPS Old Testament (1917)
Then came the word of the LORD of hosts unto me, saying:

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Then came the worde of the Lorde of hoastes vnto me, saying:

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And the word of the Lord of hosts came to me, saying,

English Revised Version
Then came the word of the LORD of hosts unto me, saying,

World English Bible
Then the word of Yahweh of Hosts came to me, saying,

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And the word of the Lord was maad to me,

Update Bible Version
Then the word of Yahweh of hosts came to me, saying,

Webster's Bible Translation
Then came the word of the LORD of hosts to me, saying,

New English Translation
The word of the Lord who rules over all then came to me,

New King James Version
Then the word of the LORD of hosts came to me, saying,

New Living Translation
The Lord of Heaven's Armies sent me this message in reply:

New Life Bible
Then the Word of the Lord of All came to me saying,

New Revised Standard
Then the word of the Lord of hosts came to me:

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Then came the word of Yahweh of hosts unto me, saying:

Douay-Rheims Bible
And the word of the Lord of hosts came to me, saying:

Revised Standard Version
Then the word of the LORD of hosts came to me;

Young's Literal Translation
And there is a word of Jehovah of Hosts unto me, saying:

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Then came the worde of the LORDE of hoostes vnto me, sayenge:

THE MESSAGE
God -of-the-Angel-Armies gave me this Message for them, for all the people and for the priests: "When you held days of fasting every fifth and seventh month all these seventy years, were you doing it for me? And when you held feasts, was that for me? Hardly. You're interested in religion, I'm interested in people.

Contextual Overview

¹ In the fourth year that Darius was emperor, on the fourth day of the ninth month (the month of Kislev), the Lord gave me a message. ² The people of Bethel had sent Sharezer and Regemmelech and their men to the Temple of the Lord Almighty to pray for the Lord 's blessing ³ and to ask the priests and the prophets this question: "Should we continue to mourn because of the destruction of the Temple, by fasting in the fifth month as we have done for so many years now?" ⁴ This is the message of the Lord that came to me. ⁵ He said, "Tell the people of the land and the priests that when they fasted and mourned in the fifth and seventh months during these seventy years, it was not in honor of me. ⁶ And when they ate and drank, it was for their own satisfaction." ⁷ This is what the Lord said through the earlier prophets at the time when Jerusalem was prosperous and filled with people and when there were many people living not only in the towns around the city but also in the southern region and in the western foothills.

Bible Verse Review
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Lord of hosts: Isaiah 10:16

Cross-References

Genesis 2:5
there were no plants on the earth and no seeds had sprouted, because he had not sent any rain, and there was no one to cultivate the land;

Genesis 6:3
Then the Lord said, "I will not allow people to live forever; they are mortal. From now on they will live no longer than 120 years."

Genesis 6:7
that he said, "I will wipe out these people I have created, and also the animals and the birds, because I am sorry that I made any of them."

Genesis 6:13
God said to Noah, "I have decided to put an end to all people. I will destroy them completely, because the world is full of their violent deeds.

Genesis 6:17
I am going to send a flood on the earth to destroy every living being. Everything on the earth will die,

Genesis 7:10
Seven days later the flood came.

Genesis 7:11
When Noah was six hundred years old, on the seventeenth day of the second month all the outlets of the vast body of water beneath the earth burst open, all the floodgates of the sky were opened,

Genesis 7:12
and rain fell on the earth for forty days and nights.

Genesis 7:17
The flood continued for forty days, and the water became deep enough for the boat to float.

Genesis 7:21
Every living being on the earth died—every bird, every animal, and every person.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Then came the word of the Lord of hosts unto me, saying. Upon the sending of this embassy, and upon putting this question.