Zechariah 7:6

Verse 6 of 14. The 7th of 14 chapters in Zechariah, in The Minor Prophets.

2When they had sent unto the house of God Sherezer and Regem–melech, and their men, to pray before the Lord,

3And to speak unto the priests which were in the house of the Lord of hosts, and to the prophets, saying, Should I weep in the fifth month, separating myself, as I have done these so many years?

4Then came the word of the Lord of hosts unto me, saying,

5Speak unto all the people of the land, and to the priests, saying, When ye fasted and mourned in the fifth and seventh month, even those seventy years, did ye at all fast unto me, even to me?

6And when ye did eat, and when ye did drink, did not ye eat for yourselves, and drink for yourselves?

7Should ye not hear the words which the Lord hath cried by the former prophets, when Jerusalem was inhabited and in prosperity, and the cities thereof round about her, when men inhabited the south and the plain?

8And the word of the Lord came unto Zechariah, saying,

9Thus speaketh the Lord of hosts, saying, Execute true judgment, and shew mercy and compassions every man to his brother:

10And oppress not the widow, nor the fatherless, the stranger, nor the poor; and let none of you imagine evil against his brother in your heart.

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Zechariah 7:6 in the World English Bible

When you eat and when you drink, don’t you eat for yourselves and drink for yourselves?
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Matthew Henry on Zechariah 7:6

If the solemnities of our fasting, though frequent, long, and severe, do not serve to put an edge upon devout affections, to quicken prayer, to increase godly sorrow, and to alter the temper of our minds and the course of our lives for the better, they do not at all answer the intention, and God will not accept them as performed to him, even to him. (2.) They had the same eye to themselves in their fasting that they had…

Read Matthew Henry on Zechariah 7:1–7: An Enquiry Concerning Fasting; Hypocrisy Reproved. (b. c. 520.)

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