Zechariah 7:3

fifth month

That is, August.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Should I weep in the fifth month, separating myself? - “ In the fifth month,” from the seventh to the tenth day, Jerusalem was in flames, fired by...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

[And] to speak to the priests who [were] in the house of the LORD of hosts, and to the prophets, saying, Should I (c) weep in the fifth month, (d) se...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Zechariah 7:1-7 f. The original account of the question about the fasting and Zechariah's answer has been considerably amplified by the insertion...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

speak unto the priests, &c. Reference to Pentateuch ( Deuteronomy 17:9 ; Deuteronomy 33:10 ). App-92. the LORD of hosts. See note on Zecha...
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Let us now consider the question which the captives proposed to the priests. They asked whether they were to weep in the fifth month, and wheth...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And 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, separa...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Separating myself, as, &c.— Should I fast as I have done, &c. Houbigant. See Zechariah 7:5 .
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And 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, separa...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Warnings From the Past Chs.7 and 8 go together, and were spoken on a date (fourth day of the ninth month in the fourth year of Darius) two years l...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Separating myself ] The word is the root whence the term 'Nazirite' is derived. The fast involved abstinence from other things besides food and drin...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

In . — Better, belonging to. LXX., wrongly, ἐν τῷ οἴκῳ. In the fifth month. — On the tenth of the fifth month ( Ab ) , Nebuzar-adan burnt the...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Zechariah 8:1-23 "THE SEED OF PEACE" Zechariah 7:1-14 ; Zechariah 8:1-23 THE Visions have revealed the removal of the guilt of the land, t...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

the Penalty of Injustice and Cruelty Zechariah 7:1-14 During their captivity the Jews observed four feasts. That of the 10th month recalled the...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

The third message of Zechariah was uttered nearly two years later. It was a fourfold answer to an inquiry made by the people concerning the necessity...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

When they had sent unto the house of God Sherezer, and Regem-melech, and their men, to pray before the Lord, 3 And to speak unto the priests which we...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And to speak unto the priests which were in the house of the Lord of hosts ,.... That ministered in the sanctuary, as the Targum explains it, who of...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

Zechariah 7:3 [And] 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 fif...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The word of the Lord came unto Zechariah , &c. In this and the next chapter is contained a third and distinct revelation made to Zechariah, abou...
L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

A Question Answered Negatively (vv. 1-7) The visions and prophecies of the first six Chapter s are connected with the eighth month of the second...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

An Enquiry Concerning Fasting; Hypocrisy Reproved. B. C. 520....
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

To speak unto, to consult with, the priests: they were to be the ordinary casuists, and ought to be able and ready to answer all cases of conscienc...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Questions About Fasting ( Zechariah 7:1-6 ). There may be a contrast intended here between those who had come from Babylon seeking news about the...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Further Prophecies of Zechariah ( Zechariah 7:1 to Zechariah 8:23 ) These prophecies occur approximately two years after the previous ones demon...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.] The Didactic part. Replies to questions relative to fasts observed by the Jews, but which they supposed no longer binding after re...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Zechariah 7:1 . And it came to pass in the fourth year of king Darius, that the word of the LORD came unto Zechariah in the fourth day of the ninth...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Zechariah 7:1 . In the fourth year of Darius Hystaspes, in the ninth month, the end of November, a deputation went from Babylon to Jerusalem, a...
The Biblical Illustrator

When they had sent unto the house of God Sherezer, and Regemmelech, and their men to pray before the Lord The left ones in captivity It must b...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Verse 1-8:23 Part II . THE ANSWER TO A QUESTION CONCERNING THE OBSERVANCE OF CERTAIN FASTS . Zechariah 7:1-...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Question Proposed
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

and to speak unto the priests which were in the house of the Lord of hosts, who were on duty, although the Temple was not yet finished, and to the p...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Corinthians 7:5 ; 2 Kings 25:8 ; 2 Kings 25:9 ; Deuteronomy 17:9-11 ; Deuteronomy 33:10 ; Ecclesiastes 3:4 ; Ezekiel 44:23 ; Ezekiel 44:24...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

The prophets — Haggai and Zechariah. Weep — Fast, in remembrance of the burning of the temple on the tenth day of that month. Separating myself — F...

³ And 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?

Related Commentaries of Zechariah 7:3

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Zechariah 7:3