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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In the ninth month(A) of the fifth year of Jehoiakim son of Josiah king of Judah, a time of fasting(B) before the Lord was proclaimed for all the people in Jerusalem and those who had come from the towns of Judah.

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19 “The Lord of armies says this: ‘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, jubilation, and [a]cheerful festivals for the house of Judah; so (F)love truth and peace.’

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Footnotes

  1. Zechariah 8:19 Or goodly

19 This is what the Lord Almighty says: “The fasts of the fourth,(A) fifth,(B) seventh(C) and tenth(D) months will become joyful(E) and glad occasions and happy festivals for Judah. Therefore love truth(F) and peace.”

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