Zechariah 8 · Verse 19

Zechariah 8:19

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; therefore love the truth and peace.
Zechariah 8:19, King James Version

Zechariah 8:19 in other translations

BSB“This is what the LORD of Hosts says: The fasts of the fourth, the fifth, the seventh, and the tenth months will become times of joy and gladness, cheerful feasts for the house of Judah. Therefore you are to love both truth and peace.”
WEBThe LORD of Armies says: “The fasts of the fourth, fifth, seventh, and tenth months shall be for the house of Judah joy, gladness, and cheerful feasts. Therefore love truth and peace.”
ASVThus saith Jehovah 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 truth and peace.
YLT‘Thus said Jehovah of Hosts: The fast of the fourth, and the fast of the fifth, and the fast of the seventh, and the fast of the tenth months, are to the house of Judah for joy and for rejoicing, and for pleasant appointed seasons, and the truth and the peace they have loved.
DARBYThus saith Jehovah 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 gatherings. Love ye then truth and peace.
BBEThis is what the Lord of armies has said: The times of going without food in the fourth month and in the fifth and the seventh and the tenth months, will be for the people of Judah times of joy and happy meetings; so be lovers of good faith and of peace.
WebsterThus 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.

What does Zechariah 8:19 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Zechariah 8:18-19

18-19. The prophet answers the query (Zec 7:3) as to the fast in the fifth month, by a reply applying to all their fasts: these are to be turned into days of rejoicing. So Jesus replied to His disciples when similarly consulting Him as to why fasting was not imposed by Him, as it was by John the Baptist. When the Sun of righteousness shines, tears are dried up (Mt 9:15). So hereafter (Is 35:10).

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 19 The fast of the fourth month - To commemorate the taking of Jerusalem; 2Kgs 25:3; Jer 39:2; Jer 52:6, Jer 52:7. The fast of the fifth - In memory of the ruin of the temple, 2Kgs 25:8; Jer 52:12, Jer 52:13. The fast of the seventh - For the murder of Gedaliah, Jeremiah 41:1-17. The fast of the tenth - In commemoration of the siege of Jerusalem, which began on the tenth day of the tenth month; 2Kgs 25:1; Jer 52:4; Eze 24:1, Eze 24:2; and see on Zac 7:3 (note), Zac 7:5 (note). Cheerful feasts - Ye shall find all your evils so completely redressed, that these mournful fasts shall be turned into joyful feasts.

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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Zechariah 8:18-23

When God comes towards us in ways of mercy, we must meet him with joy and thankfulness. Therefore be faithful and honest in all your dealings; and let it be a pleasure to you to be so, though thereby you come short of the gains others get dishonestly; and, as much as in you lies, live peaceably with all men. Let the truths of God rule in your heads, and let the peace of God rule in your hearts. Thus the ancient…

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Zechariah 8:19 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

כֹּֽה\־koh-thusH3541
אָמַ֞ר'a.Marhe saysH559
יְהוָ֣הYah.wehYahwehH3068
צְבָא֗וֹתtze.va.'otof hostsH6635
צ֣וֹםTzom[the] fast ofH6685
הָרְבִיעִ֡יha.re.vi.'Ithe fourth [month]H7243
וְצ֣וֹםve.Tzomand [the] fast ofH6685
הַחֲמִישִׁי֩ha.cha.mi.Shithe fifth [month]H2549
וְצ֨וֹםve.Tzomand [the] fast ofH6685
הַשְּׁבִיעִ֜יha.she.vi.'Ithe seventh [month]H7637
וְצ֣וֹםve.Tzomand [the] fast ofH6685
הָעֲשִׂירִ֗יha.'a.si.Rithe tenth [month]H6224
יִהְיֶ֤הyih.Yehit will becomeH1961
לְבֵית\־le.veit-for [the] house ofH1004
יְהוּדָה֙ye.hu.DahJudahH3063
לְשָׂשׂ֣וֹןle.sa.Son<into> joyH8342
וּלְשִׂמְחָ֔הu.le.sim.Chahand <into> gladnessH8057
וּֽלְמֹעֲדִ֖יםu.le.mo.'a.Dimand <into> appointed feastsH4150
טוֹבִ֑יםto.VimgoodH2896
וְהָאֱמֶ֥תve.ha.'e.Metand <the> truthH571
וְהַשָּׁל֖וֹםve.ha.sha.Lomand <the> peaceH7965
אֱהָֽבוּ\׃\ \פ'e.Ha.vuloveH157

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Zechariah 8:19

  • Zechariah 8:16

    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:

  • Jeremiah 39:2

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

  • 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 fifth month, separating myself, as I have done these so many years?

  • Zechariah 7:5

    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?

  • 2 Kings 25:25

    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.

  • Psalms 30:11

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

  • Jeremiah 52:4

    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.

  • 2 Kings 25:3-4

    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. 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.

  • Luke 1:74-75

    That he would grant unto us, that we being delivered out of the hand of our enemies might serve him without fear, In holiness and righteousness before him, all the days of our life.

  • Isaiah 12:1

    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.

  • Jeremiah 52:12-15

    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, And burned the house of the Lord, and the king’s house; and all the houses of Jerusalem, and all the houses of the great men, burned he with fire: And all the army of the Chaldeans, that were with the captain of the guard, brake down all the walls of Jerusalem round about. Then Nebuzar–adan the captain of the guard carried away captive certain of the poor of the people, and the residue of the people that remained in the city, and those that fell away, that fell to the king of Babylon, and the rest of the multitude.

  • Isaiah 35:10

    And the ransomed of the Lord shall return, and come to Zion with songs and everlasting joy upon their heads: they shall obtain joy and gladness, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
the fourth.
2Ki 25:3,4; Jer 39:2; 52:6,7
the fifth.
7:3; Jer 52:12-15
the seventh.
7:5; 2Ki 25:25; Jer 41:1-3
the tenth.
Jer 52:4
joy.
Es 8:17; 9:22; Ps 30:11; Isa 12:1; 35:10; 51:11; Jer 31:12,13
feasts. Heb. solemn, or, set times. therefore.
16; Lu 1:74,75; Tit 2:11,12; Re 22:15

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Context

  • Zechariah 8:18

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

  • Zechariah 8:19

    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; therefore love the truth and peace.

  • Zechariah 8:20

    Thus saith the Lord of hosts; It shall yet come to pass, that there shall come people, and the inhabitants of many cities:

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Zechariah 8:19 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Así ha dicho Jehová de los ejércitos: El ayuno del cuarto mes, y el ayuno del quinto, y el ayuno del séptimo, y el ayuno del décimo, se tornarán á la casa de Judá en gozo y alegría, y en festivas solemnidades. Amad pues verdad y paz.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Ainsi dit l’ Éternel des armées: Le jeûne du quatrième mois, et le jeûne du cinquième, et le jeûne du septième, et le jeûne du dixième mois seront pour la maison de Juda allégresse et joie, et d’heureuses assemblées. Aimez donc la vérité et la paix.
German
Elberfelder 1871
So spricht Jehova der Heerscharen: Das Fasten des vierten und das Fasten des fünften und das Fasten des siebten und das Fasten des zehnten Monats wird dem Hause Juda zur Wonne und zur Freude und zu fröhlichen Festzeiten werden. Doch liebet die Wahrheit und den Frieden.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Hæc dicit Dominus exercituum: Jejunium quarti, et jejunium quinti, et jejunium septimi, et jejunium decimi erit domui Juda in gaudium et lætitiam et in solemnitates præclaras. Veritatem tantum et pacem diligite.