Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
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?
When
Did
General references
Bible References
When
Isaiah 58:5 “Is it a fast like this which I choose, a day for a man to humble himself?
Is it for bowingone’s head like a reed
And for spreading outsackcloth and ashes as a bed?
Will you call this a fast, even anacceptable day to the Lord?
Is it for bowing
And for spreading out
Will you call this a fast, even an
Seventy
Zechariah 7:3
speaking to the priests who belong to the house of the Lord of hosts, and to the prophets, saying, “Shall I weep in the fifth month and abstain, as I have done these many years?”
Zechariah 1:12
Then the angel of the Lord said, “O Lord of hosts, how long will You have no compassion for Jerusalem and the cities of Judah, with which You have been indignant these seventy years?”
Jeremiah 25:11 This whole land will be a desolation and a horror, and these nations will serve the king of Babylon seventy years.
Did
Zechariah 7:6
When you eat and drink, do you not eat for yourselves and do you not drink for yourselves?
Isaiah 1:11 “What are your multiplied sacrifices to Me?”
Says the Lord.
“Ihave had enough of burnt offerings of rams
And the fat of fed cattle;
And I take no pleasure in the blood of bulls, lambs or goats.
Says the Lord.
“I
And the fat of fed cattle;
And I take no pleasure in the blood of bulls, lambs or goats.
Isaiah 58:4 “Behold, you fast for contention and strife and to strike with a wicked fist.
You do not fast like you do today tomake your voice heard on high.
You do not fast like you do today to
Matthew 5:16 Let your light shine before men in such a way that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father who is in heaven.
Matthew 6:2 “So when you give to the poor, do not sound a trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, so that they may be honored by men. Truly I say to you, they have their reward in full.
Matthew 23:5 But they do all their deeds to be noticed by men; for they broaden their phylacteries and lengthen the tassels of their garments.
Romans 14:6
He who observes the day, observes it for the Lord, and he who eats, does so for the Lord, for he gives thanks to God; and he who eats not, for the Lord he does not eat, and gives thanks to God.
1 Corinthians 10:31
Whether, then, you eat or drink or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God.
2 Corinthians 5:15
and He died for all, so that they who live might no longer live for themselves, but for Him who died and rose again on their behalf.
Colossians 3:23
Whatever you do, do your work heartily, as for the Lord rather than for men,
General references
Amos 5:25
“Did you present Me with sacrifices and grain offerings in the wilderness for forty years, O house of Israel?