Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Zechariah 7

47 catchwords448 parallels

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Zechariah 7 . 1 , The captives enquire concerning the set fasts; Zechariah 7 . 4 , Zechariah reproves the hypocrisy of their fasting; Zechariah 7 . 8 , Sin the cause of their captivity.

Zechariah 7:1

In the fourth year of King Darius, the word of the LORD came to Zechariah on the fourth day of the ninth month, the month of Chislev.

Zechariah 7:1 · BSB

the fourth5 parallels

Chisleu1 parallel

Answering to part of November and part of December

Reciprocal2 parallels

Zechariah 7:2

Now the people of Bethel had sent Sharezer and Regem-melech, along with their men, to plead before the LORD

Zechariah 7:2 · BSB

they5 parallels

pray before the Lord5 parallels

Heb. intreat the face of the Lord

Zechariah 7:3

by asking the priests of the house of the LORD of Hosts, as well as the prophets, “Should I weep and fast in the fifth month, as I have done these many years?”

Zechariah 7:3 · BSB

speak7 parallels

Should9 parallels

fifth4 parallels

This was a fast for the burning of the temple , as that of the seventh month was for the death of Gedaliah; and seeing that the city and temple were in part rebuilt , they wished to know whether they should continue the observance of them

separating2 parallels

Reciprocal10 parallels

Zechariah 7:4

Then the word of the LORD of Hosts came to me, saying,

Zechariah 7:4 · BSB

Lord of hosts1 parallel

Zechariah 7:5

"Ask all the people of the land and the priests, 'When you fasted and mourned in the fifth and seventh months for these seventy years, was it really for Me that you fasted?

Zechariah 7:5 · BSB

When1 parallel

seventh3 parallels

seventy3 parallels

From the eleventh year of Zedekiah to the fourth of Darius Hystapses are just seventy years

did15 parallels

Reciprocal18 parallels

Zechariah 7:6

And when you were eating and drinking, were you not doing so simply for yourselves?

Zechariah 7:6 · BSB

did not ye eat for13 parallels

or , be not ye they that did eat for , etc

Reciprocal11 parallels

Zechariah 7:7

Are these not the words that the LORD proclaimed through the earlier prophets, when Jerusalem and its surrounding towns were populous and prosperous, and the Negev and the foothills were inhabited?’”

Zechariah 7:7 · BSB

Should ye not hear the words3 parallels

or , Are not these the words , etc

cried13 parallels

the south4 parallels

Reciprocal7 parallels

former Heb. the hand of former

Zechariah 7:8

Then the word of the LORD came to Zechariah, saying,

Zechariah 7:8 · BSB

Reciprocal2 parallels

Zechariah 7:9

“This is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘Administer true justice. Show loving devotion and compassion to one another.

Zechariah 7:9 · BSB

saying22 parallels

Execute true judgment2 parallels

Heb. Judge judgment of truth

Reciprocal22 parallels

Zechariah 7:10

Do not oppress the widow or the fatherless, the foreigner or the poor. And do not plot evil in your hearts against one another.’

Zechariah 7:10 · BSB

oppress27 parallels

imagine13 parallels

Reciprocal7 parallels

Zechariah 7:11

But they refused to pay attention and turned a stubborn shoulder; they stopped up their ears from hearing.

Zechariah 7:11 · BSB

they refused25 parallels

pulled away the shoulder5 parallels

Heb. gave a backsliding shoulder

stopped4 parallels

Heb. made heavy

Reciprocal43 parallels

Zechariah 7:12

They made their hearts like flint and would not listen to the law or to the words that the LORD of Hosts had sent by His Spirit through the earlier prophets. Therefore great anger came from the LORD of Hosts.

Zechariah 7:12 · BSB

their hearts8 parallels

lest11 parallels

sent6 parallels

the former1 parallel

Heb. the hand of the former

therefore6 parallels

Reciprocal24 parallels

Zechariah 7:13

And just as I had called and they would not listen, so when they called I would not listen, says the LORD of Hosts.

Zechariah 7:13 · BSB

as8 parallels

so12 parallels

Reciprocal15 parallels

Zechariah 7:14

But I scattered them with a whirlwind among all the nations that they had not known, and the land was left desolate behind them so that no one could come or go. Thus they turned the pleasant land into a desolation.”

Zechariah 7:14 · BSB

scattered20 parallels

whom3 parallels

the land5 parallels

the pleasant land1 parallel

Heb. the land of desire

Reciprocal14 parallels

The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge is the classical cross-reference layer — centuries of catchword parallels beneath the site’s quotations, allusions, and echoes. Every reference above also flows into the wider web of connections.

In the wider web5 threads
Intertextuality Pairs
Allusions Zechariah 7:5-6 → Jeremiah 25:11, Zechariah 7:5-6 → Jeremiah 25:12, Zechariah 7:5-6 → Jeremiah 29:10
Trajectories
Return from Exile (Restoration and Hope)
Chiasms
Shaped Zechariah 7:1–8:23
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