Zech.8.19

Zechariah 8:19

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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; therefore love the truth and peace.

The Restoration of Jerusalem

Cross References

Luke 1:74

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That he would grant unto us, that we being delivered out of the hand of our enemies might serve him without fear,

Zechariah’s Song

Luke 1:75

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In holiness and righteousness before him, all the days of our life.

Zechariah’s Song

2 Kings 25:3

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And on the ninth day of the fourth month the famine prevailed in the city, and there was no bread for the people of the land.

Nebuchadnezzar Besieges Jerusalem

2 Kings 25:4

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¶ And the city was broken up, and all the men of war fled by night by the way of the gate between two walls, which is by the king’s garden: (now the Chaldees were against the city round about:) and the king went the way toward the plain.

Nebuchadnezzar Besieges Jerusalem

2 Kings 25:25

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But it came to pass in the seventh month, that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, the son of Elishama, of the seed royal, came, and ten men with him, and smote Gedaliah, that he died, and the Jews and the Chaldees that were with him at Mizpah.

The Murder of Gedaliah

Psalm 30:11

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Thou hast turned for me my mourning into dancing: thou hast put off my sackcloth, and girded me with gladness;

You Turned My Mourning into Dancing

A Psalm. A song for the dedication of the temple. Of David.

Isaiah 12:1

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And in that day thou shalt say, O Lord, I will praise thee: though thou wast angry with me, thine anger is turned away, and thou comfortedst me.

Joyful Thanksgiving

Jeremiah 36:6

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Therefore go thou, and read in the roll, which thou hast written from my mouth, the words of the Lord in the ears of the people in the Lord’S house upon the fasting day: and also thou shalt read them in the ears of all Judah that come out of their cities.

Jeremiah’s Scroll Read in the Temple

Jeremiah 39:2

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And in the eleventh year of Zedekiah, in the fourth month, the ninth day of the month, the city was broken up.

The Fall of Jerusalem

Jeremiah 52:4

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¶ And it came to pass in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, in the tenth day of the month, that Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon came, he and all his army, against Jerusalem, and pitched against it, and built forts against it round about.

The Fall of Jerusalem Recounted

Jeremiah 52:12

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¶ Now in the fifth month, in the tenth day of the month, which was the nineteenth year of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, came Nebuzar-adan, captain of the guard, which served the king of Babylon, into Jerusalem,

The Temple Destroyed

Zechariah 7:3

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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?

A Call to Justice and Mercy

Zechariah 7:5

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Speak 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?

A Call to Justice and Mercy

Zechariah 8:3

KJV GOD

Thus saith the Lord; I am returned unto Zion, and will dwell in the midst of Jerusalem: and Jerusalem shall be called a city of truth; and the mountain of the Lord of hosts the holy mountain.

The Restoration of Jerusalem

Zechariah 8:16

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¶ These are the things that ye shall do; Speak ye every man the truth to his neighbour; execute the judgment of truth and peace in your gates:

The Restoration of Jerusalem

Zechariah 8:18

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¶ And the word of the Lord of hosts came unto me, saying,