Matthew Poole and continuators on Zechariah 8:19

19 Thus saith the LORD of hosts, The fast of the fourth moneth , and the fast of the fifth , and the fast of the seventh , and the fast of the tenth shall be to the house of Judah joy and gladness , and chearful feasts ; therefore love the truth and peace.

Wherein the City was taken by the Babylonians, who on the ninth day of this moneth broke into the City, Ier. 52.12, 13.

Of which on the tenth day the Temple was burnt.

Wherein Gedaliah was killed, Jer. 41.1.

On the tenth day whereof the King of Babylon's Army sate down before the City and besieged it.

Good dayes, in which they shall rejoice for all the goodness that God hath shewed them in their private, they shall rejoice.

for publick; these dayes of Fasting shall be turned into solemn, and publick Festivals, days of Thanksgiving to the Lord, for turning back their Captivity, and restoring Church and State.

Let your hearty Affection be set on Truth, in all concerns of Religion, and on Peace in all converse with your Neighbours.

This nineteenth Verse is a final decision of the proposed Case, and the whole of this Verse stands on a Proviso or Condition▪ That they do those things required, ver. 16, 17. then shall their fasting cease, and turn into joy and feasts.

Marginal references: Heb. Solemn, or set times.