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Zechariah 8:18-20
New Catholic Bible
Zechariah 8:18-20
New Catholic Bible
18 The Saving Fast. The word of the Lord came to me: 19 Thus says the Lord of hosts: The fast of the fourth month, and the fasts of the fifth, the seventh, and the tenth months, shall be periods of joy and gladness and of cheerful festivals for the house of Judah. Therefore, love truth and peace.[a]
20 Thus says the Lord of hosts: In the future, peoples will come, the inhabitants of many cities.
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- Zechariah 8:19 The added fasts of the fourth and tenth months were for the opening of the breach in the walls of Jerusalem and for the beginning of the siege (see 2 Ki 25:1-4).
