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Jerome's Latin Vulgate
Zachariæ 8:19
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Hc dicit Dominus exercituum : Jejunium quarti, et jejunium quinti, et jejunium septimi, et jejunium decimi erit domui Juda in gaudium et ltitiam et in solemnitates prclaras. Veritatem tantum et pacem diligite.
"Haec dicit Dominus exercituum: Ieiunium quarti et ieiunium quinti et ieiunium septimi et ieiunium decimi erit domui Iudae in gaudium et laetitiam et in sollemnitates praeclaras; veritatem tantum et pacem diligite.
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
the fourth: 2 Kings 25:3, 2 Kings 25:4, Jeremiah 39:2, Jeremiah 52:6, Jeremiah 52:7
the fifth: Zechariah 7:3, Jeremiah 52:12-15
the seventh: Zechariah 7:5, 2 Kings 25:25, Jeremiah 41:1-3
the tenth: Jeremiah 52:4
joy: Esther 8:17, Esther 9:22, Psalms 30:11, Isaiah 12:1, Isaiah 35:10, Isaiah 51:11, Jeremiah 31:12, Jeremiah 31:13
feasts: Heb. solemn, or, set times
therefore: Zechariah 8:16, Luke 1:74, Luke 1:75, Titus 2:11, Titus 2:12, Revelation 22:15
Reciprocal: 2 Kings 20:19 - peace and truth 2 Kings 25:8 - in the fifth month Esther 9:30 - words of peace Isaiah 39:8 - For Jeremiah 1:3 - in the fifth Jeremiah 30:19 - out Jeremiah 33:11 - the voice of them Jeremiah 36:9 - they Jeremiah 39:1 - the ninth Ezekiel 36:38 - as the flock Hosea 2:14 - and speak Zephaniah 2:3 - all Zechariah 1:13 - with good Ephesians 4:25 - speak 2 John 1:3 - in truth
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Thus saith the Lord of hosts,.... What follows is a full answer to the question in Zechariah 7:3:
The fast of the fourth [month]; the month Tammuz, which answers to June: this fast was kept on the ninth day of the month, on account of the city of Jerusalem being broken up on that day o, as it is said,
2 Kings 25:3 though Kimchi says this was on the seventeenth day of that month, as also says the Misna p; on which day a fast was kept likewise, for the breaking of the two tables of the law on that day: the reconciliation of this with the above Scriptures is attempted in the Talmud q by observing, that the Scripture speaks of the first temple, the Misna of the second temple:
and the fast of the fifth; the month Ab, which answers to July, on the tenth of which the city was burnt, Jeremiah 52:12 but the fast on account of it was kept on the ninth day; Jeremiah 52:12- : on which day the Jews say that both the first and second temple were destroyed, Bither was taken, and the city ploughed r:
and the fast of the seventh; the month Tisri, which answers to September; on the third of this month a fast was kept on account of the murder of Gedaliah; see Zechariah 7:5 and on the tenth day of the same was the day of atonement, which was the grand fast; see Acts 27:9:
and the fast of the tenth; the month Tebet; which answers to December, on the tenth day of which the city of Jerusalem was besieged by Nebuchadnezzar; and this fast was kept on that account,
Jeremiah 52:4 now of all these fasts the Lord by the prophet says, they
shall be to the house of Judah joy and gladness, and cheerful feasts; that is, there shall be no occasion for them; but, on the contrary, such plenty of good things, both temporal and spiritual, shall be had, that, instead of them, rather festivals should be kept with the greatest cheerfulness, joy, and gladness. So Maimonides s says, that all these fasts shall cease in the times of the Messiah, with all others, which will be times of joy and gladness.
Therefore love the truth and peace; love to speak truth, and execute the judgment of peace, Zechariah 8:16 or express by words and deeds love to Christ, who is the way, the truth, and the life; and also is our Peace, the Peacemaker, and Peace giver; and on these accounts, as well as on others, is greatly to be loved: likewise the Gospel, which is the word of truth, and the Gospel of peace; which contains nothing but truth, and is the ministry of reconciliation, and is to be loved on that account; and even peace with men is no further to be loved and sought after than as it is consistent with truth; and these being the principal things under the Gospel dispensation, these, and not fasts, or any other ceremonial observances, are to be attended to.
o T. Bab. Roshhashanah, fol. 18. 2. p Taanith, c. 4. sect. 7. q T. Bab. Taanith, fol. 28. 2. r Roshhashanah, ut supra. (fol. 18. 2.) s Hilchot Taanioth, c. 5. sect. 19.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
The fast of the fourth month - On the ninth day “of the fourth month” of Zedekiah’s eleventh year, Jerusalem, in the extremity of famine, opened to Nebuchadnezzar, and his princes sat in her gate; in the “tenth month” of his ninth year Nebuchadnezzar began the siege. Ezekiel was bidden “on its tenth day; write thee the name of the day, of this same day,” Ezekiel 24:1-2, as the beginning of God’s uttermost judgments against “the bloody city” . The days of national sorrow were to be turned late exuberant joy, “joy and gladness and cheerful feasts” Esther 8:17; Esther 9:19, Esther 9:22; Ecclesiastes 7:14, for the sorrows, which they commemorated, were but the harbingers of joy, when the chastisements were ended; only He adds, love the truth and peace; for such love whereby they would be Israelites indeed, in whose spirits is no guile, were the conditions of their participating the blessings of the Gospel, of which he goes on to speak;
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Zechariah 8:19. The fast of the fourth month] To commemorate the taking of Jerusalem; 2 Kings 25:3; Jeremiah 39:2; Jeremiah 52:6-7.
The fast of the fifth — In memory of the ruin of the temple, 2 Kings 25:8; Jeremiah 52:12-13.
The fast of the seventh — For the murder of Gedaliah, Jeremiah 41:1-17.
The fast of the tenth — In commemoration of the siege of Jerusalem, which began on the tenth day of the tenth month; 2 Kings 25:1; Jeremiah 52:4; Ezekiel 24:1-2; and see on Zechariah 7:3; Zechariah 7:5.
Cheerful feasts — Ye shall find all your evils so completely redressed, that these mournful fasts shall be turned into joyful feasts.