Zechariah

Zechariah 7:5–7

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? ⁶And when you were eating and drinking, were you not doing so simply for yourselves? ⁷Are 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^c were inhabited?’”

Footnotes

c 7:7 Hebrew Shephelah or lowlands; that is, the western foothills of Judea

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Zechariah 7:5

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Ask	אֱמֹר֙	’ĕ·mōr	Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular	H559 utter, say
all	כָּל־	kāl-	Noun - masculine singular construct	H3605 the whole, all
the people	עַ֣ם	‘am	Noun - masculine singular construct	H5971 people
of the land	הָאָ֔רֶץ	hā·’ā·reṣ	Article; Noun - feminine singular	H776 earth, land
and the priests	הַכֹּהֲנִ֖ים	hak·kō·hă·nîm	Article; Noun - masculine plural	H3548 priest
When	כִּֽי־	kî-	Conjunction	H3588 burning, branding
you fasted	צַמְתֶּ֨ם	ṣam·tem	Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine plural	H6684 abstain from food, fast
and mourned	וְסָפ֜וֹד	wə·sā·p̄ō·wḏ	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Infinitive absolute	H5594 wail, lament
in the fifth	בַּחֲמִישִׁ֣י	ba·ḥă·mî·šî	Preposition-b, Article; Number - ordinal masculine singular	H2549 fifth
and seventh months	וּבַשְּׁבִיעִ֗י	ū·ḇaš·šə·ḇî·‘î	Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b, Article; Number - ordinal masculine singular	H7637 seventh
for these	וְזֶה֙	wə·zeh	Conjunctive waw; Pronoun - masculine singular	H2088 this, that
seventy	שִׁבְעִ֣ים	šiḇ·‘îm	Number - common plural	H7657 seventy
years	שָׁנָ֔ה	šā·nāh	Noun - feminine singular	H8141 year
for Me	אָֽנִי׃	’ā·nî	Pronoun - first person common singular	H589 I
that you fasted	הֲצ֥וֹם	hă·ṣō·wm	Verb - Qal - Infinitive absolute	H6684 abstain from food, fast

Zechariah 7:6

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
And when	וְכִ֥י	wə·ḵî	Conjunction	H3588 burning, branding
you were eating	תֹאכְל֖וּ	ṯō·ḵə·lū	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural	H398 eat
and drinking	תִשְׁתּ֑וּ	ṯiš·tū	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural	H8354 drink
were you not	הֲל֤וֹא	hă·lō·w	Adverb - Negative particle	H3808 not
simply for yourselves	הַשֹּׁתִֽים׃	haš·šō·ṯîm	Article; Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural	H8354 drink

Zechariah 7:7

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Are these not	הֲל֣וֹא	hă·lō·w	Adverb - Negative particle	H3808 not
the words	הַדְּבָרִ֗ים	had·də·ḇā·rîm	Article; Noun - masculine plural	H1697 speech, word
that	אֲשֶׁ֨ר	’ă·šer	Pronoun - relative	H834 particle of relation
the LORD	יְהוָה֙	Yah·weh	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3068 Yahweh
proclaimed	קָרָ֤א	qā·rā	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular	H7121 call, proclaim, read
through	בְּיַד֙	bə·yaḏ	Preposition-b; Noun - feminine singular construct	H3027 hand
the earlier	הָרִֽאשֹׁנִ֔ים	hā·ri·šō·nîm	Article; Adjective - masculine plural	H7223 former, first, chief
prophets	הַנְּבִיאִ֣ים	han·nə·ḇî·’îm	Article; Noun - masculine plural	H5030 spokesman, speaker, prophet
when Jerusalem	יְרוּשָׁלִַ֙ם֙	yə·rū·šā·lim	Noun - proper - feminine singular	H3389 Jerusalem
and its surrounding	סְבִיבֹתֶ֑יהָ	sə·ḇî·ḇō·ṯe·hā	Adverb; third person feminine singular	H5439 circuit, round about
towns	וְעָרֶ֖יהָ	wə·‘ā·re·hā	Conjunctive waw; Noun - feminine plural construct; third person feminine singular	H5892 excitement
were	בִּהְי֤וֹת	bih·yō·wṯ	Preposition-b; Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct	H1961 fall out, come to pass, become, be
populous	יֹשֶׁ֣בֶת	yō·še·ḇeṯ	Verb - Qal - Participle - feminine singular	H3427 sit, remain, dwell
and prosperous	וּשְׁלֵוָ֔ה	ū·šə·lê·wāh	Conjunctive waw; Adjective - feminine singular	H7961 quiet, at ease
and the Negev	וְהַנֶּ֥גֶב	wə·han·ne·ḡeḇ	Conjunctive waw, Article; Noun - proper - feminine singular	H5045 south-country, Negeb, south
and the foothills	וְהַשְּׁפֵלָ֖ה	wə·haš·šə·p̄ê·lāh	Conjunctive waw, Article; Noun - feminine singular	H8219 lowland
were inhabited	יֹשֵֽׁב׃פ	yō·šêḇ	Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular	H3427 sit, remain, dwell

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Zechariah 7:5 Zechariah 1:12 · Isaiah 58:4–6 · 1 Corinthians 10:31 · Matthew 5:16–18 · Matthew 6:2 · Romans 14:17–18 · Romans 14:6–9 · Zechariah 7:3 · Matthew 6:16 · Matthew 6:5 · Isaiah 1:11–12 · Colossians 3:23

Zechariah 7:6 1 Corinthians 11:20–21 · 1 Corinthians 11:26–29 · Colossians 3:17 · Hosea 8:13

Zechariah 7:7 Isaiah 1:16–20 · Jeremiah 17:26 · Jeremiah 7:23 · Jeremiah 7:5 · Isaiah 55:6–7 · Zephaniah 2:1–3 · Deuteronomy 34:3 · Isaiah 55:3 · Ezekiel 18:30–32 · Jeremiah 32:44 · Micah 6:6–8 · Jeremiah 33:13

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.