Now in the (A)fifth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, in the (B)ninth month, all the people in Jerusalem and all the people who (C)came from the cities of Judah to Jerusalem proclaimed a (D)fast before the Lord.

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19 “Thus says the Lord of hosts, ‘The fast of the (A)fourth, the fast of the (B)fifth, the fast of the (C)seventh and the fast of the (D)tenth months will become (E)joy, gladness, and [a]cheerful feasts for the house of Judah; so (F)love truth and peace.’

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Footnotes

  1. Zechariah 8:19 Or goodly