And just as I had called and they would not listen, so when they called I would not listen, says the LORD of Hosts.
Chapter 7 Lecture One Hundred and Forty-sixth Zechariah 7:1-3 1. And it came to pass in the fourth year of king Darius, that the word of the LORD came unto Zechariah in the fourth day of the ninth month, even in Chisleu; 1. Et factus est (datus est,) anno quarto Darii regis, sermo Iehovae ad Zachariam, quarta die mensis noni Chisleu; 2.
Commenting on Zechariah 7:1-14
What was said Zac 7:7, that they should have heard the words of the former prophets, is here enlarged upon, for warning to these hypocritical enquirers, who continued their sins when they asked with great preciseness whether they should continue their fasts.
Commenting on Zechariah 7:8-14
he cried--by His prophets. they cried--in their calamities. I . . . not hear--retribution in kind (Pro 1:24-26; Isa 1:15; Mic 3:4).