Zechariah 8:19 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Bible Comments

Thus saith the Lord — This verse is a final decision of the case: provided they do these things required, Zechariah 8:16-17, then shall the fasting cease, and turn into joyful feasts. The fourth month — Wherein the city was taken by the Babylonians. The fifth — In which the temple was burnt. The seventh — Wherein Gedaliah was killed. The tenth — On the tenth day whereof the king of Babylon's army sat down before the city.

Zechariah 8:19

19 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; The fast of the fourth month, and the fast of the fifth, and the fast of the seventh, and the fast of the tenth, shall be to the house of Judah joy and gladness, and cheerful feasts;g therefore love the truth and peace.