6<\/strong>. did eat and did drink<\/em> ] Rather, eat and drink,<\/strong> as R. V.<\/p>\n did not ye eat for yourselves<\/em>, &c.?] Lit. is it not you who are eating, and you who are drinking?<\/strong> i.e. is it not simply an act terminating upon yourselves, which in no way affects Me? Comp. 1Co 8:8<\/span>.<\/p>\n And when ye eat and when ye drink, is it not ye who eat and ye who drink? – <\/B>Conversely now that, after your return, ye feast for joy, this is no religious act; ye have all the good of it, there is no thanksgiving to God. Contrary to the apostles saying, Whether ye eat or drink, or whatever ye do, do all to the glow of God 1Co 10:31<\/span>. He eateth and drinketh to himself, who receiveth the nourishments of the body, which are the common gifts of the Creator, without the needy. And anyone fasts to himself, if he doth not give to the poor what for the time he withdraweth from himself, but keepeth it to be thereafter offered to his appetite. Hence, it is said by Joel, sanctify a fast. For to sanctify a fast is to show an abstinence worthy of God through other good deeds. Let anger cease, quarrels be hushed. For in vain is the flesh worn, if the mind is not refrained from evil pleasures, since the Lord says by the prophet, Behold, in the day of your fast ye find pleasure. Behold, ye fast for strife and debate … Isa 57:3-4<\/span>.<\/P> <\/p>\n Verse 6<\/span>. And when ye did eat<\/B><\/I>] They had not observed those fasts as they should have done. They deplored the loss of their temple, and its riches, &c., but they did not humble themselves<\/I> because of those iniquities which had brought the displeasure<\/I> of God upon them, their temple, and their city.<\/P> <\/p>\n I was as little minded by you in your fasts as in your feasts, and I was as little pleased with your fasts as feasts; self was all in both, you looked no higher. Such fasting commends none to God; you had not been the worse if you had forborne such fasts, nor are you the better for such ill-managed abstinence. <\/P> <\/p>\n 6. did not ye eat <\/B>foryourselves<\/B><\/I>?<\/B>literally, “Is it not ye<\/I> whoeat?” that is, it is not unto Me and My glory. It tends no moreto My glory, your feasting than your fasting.<\/P><\/p>\n And when ye did eat, and when ye did drink<\/strong>,…. Either at common meals, or at their festivals:<\/p>\n did not ye eat [for yourselves], and drink [for yourselves]<\/strong>? merely and only for their own refreshment and pleasure, and not for the glory of God; though that ought to be the principal end in eating and drinking, 1Co 10:31<\/span>.<\/p>\n By saying, that to themselves they did eat and drink, he intimates that to eat and to drink, or to abstain from eating and drinking, are things wholly unconnected with the worship of God. Another sense may indeed be elicited, — that the Jews did eat as heathens did: and there will be in this case an indirect reproof, — that they sought to pacify God only twice in the year, and that during the rest of the time they were heedless and indulged themselves in excesses. We ought indeed to bear in mind what Paul says, that <\/p>\n “<\/p>\n whether we eat or drink, all things ought to be done to the praise of God.” (1Co 10:31<\/span>.) <\/p>\n The law also expressly commanded the Jews to “feast before the Lord,” that is, not to taste food without thanksgiving, as though God were present. When, therefore, the Jews fasted themselves without any regard to God, it is no wonder that their fastings where rejected; for their course was not consistent. For though the godly do not always fast, yet while they partake most freely of meat and drink, they turn not away their thoughts from God, but on the contrary rejoice before him. They therefore eat and drink to God, as well as abstain on God’s account. But the Prophet shows here that the Jews did eat to themselves, and that hence their fasting was not regarded before God. This latter sense is not unsuitable: but as to the subject itself, it is enough for us to know, that the Prophet, as he had to deal with hypocrites, ridicules their superstition in their fastings, inasmuch as they thought that these were expiations by which their sins were blotted out, and that if they abstained for a day or two from meat and drink, God was thereby pacified. <\/p>\n Zec 7:6 And when ye did eat, and when ye did drink, did not ye eat [for yourselves], and drink [for yourselves]?<\/p>\n Ver. 6. And when ye did eat, and when ye did drink<\/strong> ] q.d.<\/em> In all your actions, natural, civil, recreative, religious, you should have sought, served, and set up me, you should have done all to the glory of God, as saith the apostle; you should have eaten, drank, and slept eternal life, as it was said of a certain Scotch divine. “The way of life is above to the wise,” Pro 15:24<\/span> , he goes a higher way than his neighbour, who contents himself with a natural use of the creature, but he can extract a spiritual. Grace is called the divine nature, as that which, elixir-like, by contraction turns all into the same property with itself. Meat makes us not acceptable to God, 1Co 8:8<\/span> . The kingdom of God consists not in meats and drinks, Rom 14:17<\/span> . Howbeit the Israelites were commanded, as to fast, so to feast before the Lord; that is, in faith and obedience; and to do everything from the heart, as unto him. This these Jews did not; and are therefore worthily blamed. From their feeding themselves without fear of God is concluded their no respect to him in their fasts and holy services: since true goodness is ever like itself, and carries a uniformity in all proceedings.<\/p>\n when ye did eat, &c. Or, was it not ye that were the eaters, and ye the drinkers? <\/p>\n for yourselves. Not “before the Lord: or for His glory. See Deu 12:7; Deu 14:26. 1Ch 29:22; and compare 1Co 10:31. Col 3:17. <\/p>\n did not ye eat for: or, be not ye they that did eat for, etc. Deu 12:7, Deu 14:26, 1Sa 16:7, 1Ch 29:22, Jer 17:9, Jer 17:10, Hos 8:13, Hos 9:4, 1Co 10:31, 1Co 11:20, 1Co 11:21, 1Co 11:26-29, Col 3:17 <\/p>\n Reciprocal: 1Sa 20:24 – the king Isa 43:23 – honoured Jer 36:9 – they Hos 10:1 – an empty vine Zec 7:5 – did Zec 14:21 – every Mal 1:13 – should I accept Luk 5:33 – Why Luk 18:12 – fast Rom 14:6 – regardeth it Tit 1:15 – but<\/p>\n Zec 7:6. Even had the Jews attempted to perform the services while in the strange land, their own personal enjoyments of the body would have been all they would have received from them, for the Lord would not have received them. It would have been a situation very much like that described by a familiar saying concerning an unlawful prayer that does not “rise any higher than the head of the one offering it.<\/p>\n 7:6 And when ye ate, and when ye drank, did ye not eat {h} [for yourselves], and drink [for yourselves]?<\/p>\n (h) Did you not eat and drink for your own benefit and necessity, and so likewise you abstained according to your own imaginings, and not after the command and direction of my Law.<\/p>\n Likewise when the people ate and drank they did it for themselves rather than to please the Lord. They were simply perpetuating the selfishness for which former prophets had rebuked their ancestors. The prophets in view had lived before the captivity when the whole land and its cities were still full of inhabitants (e.g., Isa 58:3-9; Joe 1:14; Joe 2:12). Now there were far fewer Israelites occupying the land. The Negev to the south of Beersheba and the foothills (Shephelah) toward the Mediterranean coast were grazing and agricultural areas in which the returnees had not yet settled.<\/p>\n "Note that the inquiry put by the Bethel committee is not being answered directly. In fact, throughout chapters 7 and 8 no direct answer is offered. The reason is: the question is not an important issue. However, the attitude revealed by that question is of sufficient moment to receive exhaustive treatment." [Note: Leupold, p. 133.] <\/span><\/p>\n And when ye did eat, and when ye did drink, did not ye eat [for yourselves], and drink [for yourselves]? 6. did eat and did drink ] Rather, eat and drink, as R. V. did not ye eat for yourselves, &c.?] Lit. is it not you who are eating, and you who are drinking? i.e. … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Zechariah 7:6”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22979","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-commentary"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22979","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22979"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22979\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22979"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22979"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22979"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
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