Zechariah 8:19 meaning and explanation

“This is what the LORD of Hosts says: The fasts of the fourth, the fifth, the seventh, and the tenth months will become times of joy and gladness, cheerful feasts for the house of Judah. Therefore you are to love both truth and peace.”

Zechariah 8:19, Berean Standard Bible

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The LORD answers a question the people had asked about continuing the fasts that commemorated the destruction of Jerusalem and the temple. Those fasts fell in the fourth, fifth, seventh and tenth months, and Zechariah names them here without explaining each one.

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