John Gill's Exposition on Zechariah 7:3

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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And to speak unto the priests which were in the house of the Lord of hosts, etc.] That ministered in the sanctuary, as the Targum explains it, who offered sacrifices, etc. and who were to be consulted in matters of religion, (<390207>Malachi 2:7): and to the prophets; who were then in being, as Haggai, Zechariah and Malachi: saying, Should I weep in the fifth month; which is the month Ab, and answers to July: now on the seventh day of this month, according to (<122508>2 Kings 25:8,9), the temple was burnt by the Chaldeans; and, according to (<240312>Jeremiah 3:12,13), it was on the tenth of this month, which day was kept by the Jews as a day of fasting and humiliation, in commemoration of it; and by the Misnic doctorsf141 afterwards was removed, and kept on the ninth day of the said month; but, seeing the temple was in great forwardness of being rebuilt, the question with those Jews was, whether they should continue any longer mourning and fasting on that account: separating myself: that is, from eating and drinking, and not taking the lawful pleasures and recreations of life: as I have done these so many years? for the space of seventy years, as in (<380705>Zechariah 7:5).

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