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OUTLINE ZECHARIAH CHAPTER SEVEN

OUTLINE ZECHARIAH CHAPTER SEVEN. THE JEWS ASK IF THEY WERE STILL HAVE TO OBSERVE THE FASTS WHICH BEGAN WITH THE DESTRUCTION OF JERUSALEM. NEHEMIAH TELLS THEM ABOUT THE WEIGHTIER MATTERS OF THE LAW SUCH AS JUDGMENT AND MERCY. THE SINCERITY OF THEIR FASTS WERE QUESTIONABLE:

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OUTLINE ZECHARIAH CHAPTER SEVEN

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  1. OUTLINE ZECHARIAH CHAPTER SEVEN THE JEWS ASK IF THEY WERE STILL HAVE TO OBSERVE THE FASTS WHICH BEGAN WITH THE DESTRUCTION OF JERUSALEM. NEHEMIAH TELLS THEM ABOUT THE WEIGHTIER MATTERS OF THE LAW SUCH AS JUDGMENT AND MERCY. THE SINCERITY OF THEIR FASTS WERE QUESTIONABLE: THEY WERE CONCERNED WITH THE PERFORMANCE OF IT THAN ITS PURPOSE.

  2. READ: ZECHARIAH 7:1-3 1 In the fourth year of King Darius it came to pass that the word of the LORD came to Zechariah, on the fourth day of the ninth month, Chislev, 2 The people sent Sherezer, with Regem-Melech and his men, to the house of God, to pray before the LORD, 3 And to ask the priests who were in the house of the LORD of hosts, and the prophets, saying, Should I weep in the fifth month and fast as I have done for so many years?

  3. QUESTIONS: ZECHARIAH 7:1-3 1 In the fourth year of King Dariusit came to pass that the word of the LORD came to Zechariah, on the fourth day of the ninth month, Chislev, 2 The people sentSherezer, with Regem-Melech and his men, to the house of God, to pray before the LORD, WHEN DID THIS WORD COME TO ZECHARIAH? WHO DID THEY SEND TO THE HOUSE OF GOD? WHERE WAS THE HOUSE OF GOD?

  4. QUESTIONS: ZECHARIAH 7:1-3 1 In the fourth year of King Dariusit came to pass that the word of the LORD came to Zechariah, on the fourth day of the ninth month, Chislev, WHEN DID THIS WORD COME TO ZECHARIAH? WHEN DID ZECHARIAH HAVE HIS FIRST VISION? IN THE SECOND YEAR OF KING DARIUS? ZECHARIAH 1:7 WHEN DID THEY BEGIN TO WORK ON THE TEMPLE? THE SECOND YEAR OF KING DARIUS? READ: EZRA 5:1-2 HAGGAI 1:14-15 WHEN DID THEY FINISH THE TEMPLE? IN THE SIXTH YEAR OF KING DARIUS? READ: EZRA 6:15

  5. QUESTIONS: ZECHARIAH 7:1-3 WHEN DID ZECHARIAH HAVE HIS FIRST VISION? READ: ZECHARIAH 1:7 7 On the twenty-fourth day of the eleventh month, which is the month Shebat, in the second year of Darius, the word of the LORD came toZechariah the son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo the prophet: (NKJ) THE SECOND YEAR OF KING DARIUS?

  6. QUESTIONS: ZECHARIAH 7:1-3 WHEN DID THEY BEGIN TO WORK ON THE TEMPLE? READ: HAGGAI 1:14-15 14 The LORD stirred up the spirit of Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and the spirit of Joshua the son of Jehozadak, the high priest, and the spirit of all the remnant of the people. And they came and worked on the house of the LORD of hosts, their God, 15 On the twenty-fourth day of the sixth month, in the second year of King Darius. (NKJ) THE SECOND YEAR OF KING DARIUS?

  7. QUESTIONS: ZECHARIAH 7:1-3 WHEN WAS THE TEMPLE FINISHED? READ: EZRA 6:14-15 14 The elders of the Jews built and they prospered through the prophesying of Haggai the prophet and Zechariah the son of Iddo. They built and finished it, according to the commandment of the God of Israel, and according to the command ofCyrus, Darius, and Artaxerxes king of Persia. 15 The temple was finishedon the third day of the month of Adar, which was in the sixth year of the reign of King Darius. (NKJ) THE SIXTH YEAR OF KING DARIUS?

  8. QUESTIONS: ZECHARIAH 7:1-3 1 In the fourth year of King Dariusit came to pass that the word of the LORD came to Zechariah, on the fourth day of the ninth month, Chislev, WHEN DID THIS WORD COME TO ZECHARIAH? ZECHARIAH HAD HIS FIRST VISION IN THE SECOND YEAR OF KING DARIUS? ZECHARIAH 1:7 THEY BEGAN TO WORK ON THE TEMPLE THE SECOND YEAR OF KING DARIUS? HAGGAI 1:14-15 THIS WORD CAME TO ZECHARIAH IN THE FOURTH YEAR OF KING DARIUS ZECHARIAH 7:1 THEY FINISHED THE TEMPLE IN THE SIXTH YEAR OF KING DARIUS? READ: EZRA 6:15

  9. QUESTIONS: ZECHARIAH 7:1-3 2 The people sentSherezer, with Regem-Melech and his men, to the house of God, to pray before the LORD, WHO DID THEY SEND TO THE HOUSE OF GOD? WHERE WAS THE HOUSE OF GOD? WHEN WAS THE TEMPLE FINISHED? READ: EZRA 6:15 WHEN WAS THE ALTAR FINISHED? READ: EZRA 3:2-3 WHAT WERE THEY SENT TO DO? READ: DANIEL 9:3

  10. QUESTIONS: ZECHARIAH 7:1-3 THE TEMPLE WAS FINISHED IN THE SIXTH YEAR OF DARIUS READ: EZRA 6:15 15 The temple was finishedon the third day of the month of Adar, which was in the sixth year of the reign of King Darius. (NKJ) THE ALTAR WAS FINISHED IN THE SECOND YEAR OF DARIUS READ: EZRA 3:2-3 2 Jeshuathe son of Jozadak and his brethren the priests, and Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel and his brethren, arose and built the altar of the God of Israel, to offer burnt offerings on it, as it is written in the Law of Moses the man of God. 3 Though fear had come upon them because of the people of those countries, they set the altar on its bases. And they offered burnt offerings on it to the LORD, both the morning and evening burnt offerings. (NKJ)

  11. QUESTIONS: ZECHARIAH 7:1-3 2 The people sentSherezer, with Regem-Melech and his men, to the house of God, to pray before the LORD, WHAT WERE THEY SENT TO DO? WHAT DID DANIEL DO? READ: DANIEL 9;3 3 I set my face toward the Lord God to make request by prayer andsupplications, with fasting, sackcloth, and ashes. (NKJ)

  12. QUESTIONS: ZECHARIAH 7:1-3 2 The people sentSherezer, with Regem-Melech and his men, to the house of God, to pray before the LORD, 3 And to ask the priests who were in the house of the LORD of hosts, and the prophets, saying, Should I weep in the fifth month and fast as I have done for so many years? WHAT DID THEY ASK THE PRIESTS AND PROPHETS? HOW LONG HAD THEY BEEN WEEPING AND FASTING? WHY WERE THEY WEEPING AND FASTING? READ: JEREMIAH 52:12-14

  13. QUESTIONS: ZECHARIAH 7:1-3 WHAT HAPPENED IN THE FIFTH MONTH? JEREMIAH 52:12-14 12 In the fifth month, on the tenth day of the month (which was the nineteenth year of King Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon), Nebuzaradan, the captain of the guard, who served the king of Babylon, came to Jerusalem. 13 He burned the house of the LORD and the king's house; all the houses of Jerusalem, that is, all the houses of the great, he burned with fire. 14 And all the army of the Chaldeans who were with the captain of the guardbroke down all the walls of Jerusalem all around. (NKJ) WHY WERE THEY WEEPING AND FASTING? HOW LONG HAD THEY BEEN DOING THIS?

  14. READ: ZECHARIAH 7:4-6 4 The word of the LORD came to Zechariah, saying, 5 Say to all the people of the land and to the priests: When you fasted and mourned in the fifth and seventh months during those seventy years, did you really fast for Me-- for Me? 6 When you eat and when you drink, do you not eat and drink for yourselves?

  15. QUESTIONS: ZECHARIAH 7:4-6 4 The word of the LORD came to Zechariah, saying, 5 Say to all the people of the land and to the priests: When you fasted and mourned in the fifth and seventh months during those seventy years, did you really fast for Me-- for Me? 6 When you eat and when you drink, do you not eat and drink for yourselves? WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO ZECHARIAH? WHAT HAPPENED IN THE SEVENTH MONTH? HOW LONG HAD THEY BEEN FASTING? WHY? WHAT WAS THE PUPROSE OF THEIR FASTING? DID THE LORD ASK FOR THIS FAST? DID THEY EAT AND DRINK TO GOD’S GLORY?

  16. QUESTIONS: ZECHARIAH 7:4-6 WHAT HAPPENED IN THE SEVENTH MONTH? READ: 2 KINGS 25:25-26 25 It happened in the seventh month that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, the son of Elishama, of the royal family, came with ten men and struck and killed Gedaliah, and the Jewsas well as the Chaldeans who were with him at Mizpah. 26 All the people, small and great, and the captains of the armies, arose and went to Egypt; for they were afraid of the Chaldeans. (NKJ) ALSO READ: (JEREMIAH 41:1-3)

  17. QUESTIONS: ZECHARIAH 7:4-6 WHAT WAS THE PURPOSE OF THEIR FASTING? READ: ISAIAH 1:11-14 11 To what purpose is the multitude of your sacrifices to Me? Says the LORD. I have had enough of burnt offerings of rams and the fat of fed cattle. I do not delight in the blood of bulls, or of lambs or goats. 12 When you come to appear before Me, who has required this from your hand, to trample My courts? 13 Bring no more futile sacrifices; incense is an abomination to Me. The New Moons, the Sabbaths, and the calling of assemblies-- I cannot endure iniquity and the sacred meeting. 14 Your New Moons and your appointed feasts my soul hates; they are a trouble to Me, I am weary of bearing them. (NKJ)

  18. QUESTIONS: ZECHARIAH 7:4-6 WHAT WAS THE PURPOSE OF THEIR FASTING? READ: ISAIAH 58:3-7 3 Why have we fasted, they say, and You have not seen? Why have we afflicted our souls, and You take no notice? In fact, in the day of your fast you find pleasure, and exploit all your laborers. 4 Indeed you fastfor strife and debate, and to strike with the fist of wickedness. You will not fast as you do this day, to make your voice heard on high. 5 Is it a fast that I have chosen, a day for a man to afflict his soul? Is it to bow down his head like a bulrush, and to spread out sackcloth and ashes? Would you call this a fast, and an acceptable day to the LORD?

  19. QUESTIONS: ZECHARIAH 7:4-6 HOW DID THE LORD WANT THEM TO FAST? READ: ISAIAH 58:3-7 6 Is this not the fast that I have chosen: to loose the bonds of wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens, to let the oppressed go free, and that you break every yoke? 7 Is it not to share your bread with the hungry, and that you bring to your house the poor who are cast out; when you see the naked, that you cover him, and not hide yourself from your own flesh? (NKJ)

  20. QUESTIONS: ZECHARIAH 7:4-6 DID THEY EAT AND DRINK TO GOD’S GLORY? READ: 1 CORINTHIANS 10:31 31 Whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God. (NKJ) IS THAT HOW THEY WERE EATING AND DRINKING? IS THAT HOW THEY WERE FASTING AND MOURNING?

  21. QUESTIONS: ZECHARIAH 7:4-6 HOW DID THE LORD RECEIVE THEIR FASTING? READ: JEREMIAH 14:12 12 When they fast, I will not hear their cry. When they offer burnt offering and grain offering, I will not accept them. But I will consume them by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence. READ: JEREMIAH 22:21 21 I spoke to you in your prosperity, but you said, I will not hear. This has been your manner from your youth, that you did not obey My voice. (NKJ)

  22. READ: ZECHARIAH 7:7 7 Should you not have obeyed the words which the LORD proclaimed through the former prophets when Jerusalem and the cities around it were inhabited and prosperous, and the South and the Lowland were inhabited?

  23. QUESTIONS: ZECHARIAH 7:7 7 Should you not have obeyed the words which the LORD proclaimed through the former prophets when Jerusalem and the cities around it were inhabited and prosperous, and the South and the Lowland were inhabited? WHAT DID THE LORD ASK THEM? WHY? WHO WERE THESE FORMER PROPHETS? WHEN DID THEY PROPHESY TO ISREAL AND JUDAH? WHERE WAS THE LAND OF THE SOUTH? THE LOWLAND?

  24. QUESTIONS: ZECHARIAH 7:7 WHO WERE THESE FORMER PROPHETS? THE FORMER PROPHETS BEFORE THE DESTRUCTION OF JERUSALEM THE BOOKS OF JOSHUA, JUDGES,1&2 SAMUEL, 1&2 KINGS WHO WERE THE LATTER PROPHETS? THE LATTER PROPHETS AFTER THE DESTRUCTION OF JERUSALEM ISAIAH JEREMIAH EZEKIEL

  25. QUESTIONS: ZECHARIAH 7:7 WHERE WAS THE LAND OF THE SOUTH AND THE LOWLAND? JOSHUA 10:40 40 Joshua conquered all the land: the mountain country and the South and the lowland and the wilderness slopes, and all their kings. He left none remaining, but utterly destroyed all that breathed, as the LORD God of Israel had commanded. THE LAND SOUTHWEST OF JERUSALEM? JUDAH? WHEN DID THEY INHERIT THIS LAND?

  26. QUESTIONS: ZECHARIAH 7:7 DID THE LORD WANT THEM TO RETURN TO THIS LAND? READ: JEREMIAH 17:26 26 They shall come from the cities of Judah and from the places around Jerusalem, from the land of Benjamin and from the lowland, from the mountains and from the South, bringing burnt offerings and sacrifices, grain offerings and incense, bringing sacrifices of praise to the house of the LORD. READ: JEREMIAH 32:44 44 Men will buy fields for money, sign deeds and seal them, and take witnesses, in the land of Benjamin, in the places around Jerusalem, in the cities of Judah, in the cities of the mountains, in the cities of the lowland, and in the cities of the South; for I will cause their captives to return, says the LORD.

  27. READ: ZECHARIAH 7:8-10 8 The word of the LORD came to Zechariah, saying, 9 Thus says the LORD of hosts: Execute true justice, show mercy and compassion everyone to his brother. 10 Do not oppress the widow or the fatherless, the alien or the poor. Let none of you plan evil in his heart against his brother.

  28. QUESTIONS: ZECHARIAH 7:8-10 8 The word of the LORD came toZechariah, saying, 9 Thus says the LORD of hosts: Execute true justice, show mercy and compassion everyone to his brother. 10 Do not oppress the widow or the fatherless, the alien or the poor. Let none of you plan evil in his heart against his brother. WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO ZECHARIAH THIS TIME? WHAT DID THE PEOPLE ASK ABOUT? FASTING? WHAT SHOULD ZECHARIAH TELL THEM? WAS THIS MORE IMPORTANT THAN FASTING?

  29. QUESTIONS: ZECHARIAH 7:8-10 WHAT DID THE LORD WANT THEM TO DO? READ: ISAIAH 1:17 17 Learn to do good; seek justice, rebuke the oppressor; defend the fatherless, plead for the widow. READ: EZEKIEL 45:9 9 Thus says the Lord GOD: Enough, O princes of Israel! Remove violence and plundering, execute justice and righteousness. Stop dispossessing My people, says the Lord GOD. READ: MICAH 6:8 8 He has shown you, O man, what is good. What does the LORD require of youbut to do justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God? (NKJ)

  30. QUESTIONS: ZECHARIAH 7:8-10 WHAT DID THE LORD WANT THEM TO DO? READ: ISAIAH 58:6-7 6 Is this not the fast that I have chosen: to loose the bonds of wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens, to let the oppressed go free, and that you break every yoke? 7 Is it not to share your bread with the hungry, and that you bring to your house the poor who are cast out; when you see the naked, that you cover him, and not hide yourself from your own flesh?

  31. QUESTIONS: ZECHARIAH 7:8-10 WHAT DID THE LORD WANT THEM TO DO? READ: JEREMIAH 7:5-7 5 If you thoroughly amend your ways and your doings, if you thoroughly execute judgment between a man and his neighbor, 6 If you do not oppress the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, and do not shed innocent blood in this place, or walk after other gods to your hurt, 7 Then I will cause you to dwell in this place, in the land that I gave to your fathers forever and ever. HOSEA 12:6 6 Soyou, by the help of your God, return; observe mercy and justice, and wait on your God continually.

  32. READ: ZECHARIAH 7:11-12 11 But they refused to heed, shrugged their shoulders, and stopped their ears so that they could not hear. 12 Yes, they made their hearts like flint, refusing to hear the law and the words which the LORD of hosts had sent by His Spirit through the former prophets. Thus great wrath came from the LORD of hosts.

  33. QUESTIONS: ZECHARIAH 7:11-12 11 But they refused to heed, they shrugged their shoulders and stopped their ears so that they could not hear. 12 Yes, they made their hearts like flint, refusing to hear the law and the words which the LORD of hosts had sent by His Spiritthrough the former prophets. Thus great wrath came from the LORD of hosts. HOW DID THEY RESPOND TO THE LORD’S WORD? WHAT WAS THE RESULT OF THEIR REFUSAL?

  34. QUESTIONS: ZECHARIAH 7:11-12 HOW DID THEY RESPOND? READ: JEREMIAH 8:5 5 Why has this people, Jerusalem, slid into a perpetual backsliding? Because They hold fast to deceit and they refuse to return. READ: JEREMIAH 11:10 10 They have turned back to the iniquities of their forefathers who refused to hear My words, and they have gone after other gods to serve them. The house of Israel and the house of Judah have broken My covenant which I made with their fathers.

  35. QUESTIONS: ZECHARIAH 7:11-12 HOW DID THEY RESPOND? READ: JEREMIAH 17:23 23 They did not obey nor incline their ear, but made their neck stiff, that they might not hear nor receive instruction. (NKJ) READ: JEREMIAH 32:33 33 They have turned to Me the back, and not the face. Though I taught them, rising up early and teaching them, yet they have not listened to receive instruction. (NKJ) READ: EZEKIEL 5:6 6 She has rebelled against My judgments by doing wickedness more than the nations, and against My statutes more than the countries that are all around her. For they have refused My judgments, and they have not walked in My statutes. (NKJ)

  36. QUESTIONS: ZECHARIAH 7:11-12 WHAT WAS THE RESULT OF THEIR REFUSAL? READ: JEREMIAH 5:3 3 O LORD, are not Your eyes on the truth? You have stricken them, but they have not grieved. You have consumed them, but they have refused to receive correction. They have made their faces harder than rock; they have refused to return. (NKJ) READ: EZEKIEL 11:19 19 I will give them one heart, and I will put a new spirit within them. I will take the stony heart out of their flesh and give them a heart of flesh, (NKJ) READ: DANIEL 9:12 12 He has confirmed His words, which He spoke against us and against our judges who judged us, by bringing upon us a great disaster. For under the whole heaven such has never been done as what has been done to Jerusalem. (NKJ)

  37. READ: ZECHARIAH 7:13-14 13 Therefore it happened, that just as He proclaimed and they would not hear, so they called out and I would not listen, says the LORD of hosts. 14 But I scattered them with a whirlwind among all the nations which they had not known. Thus the land became desolate after them, so that no one passed through or returned; for they made the pleasant land desolate. (NKJ)

  38. QUESTIONS: ZECHARIAH 7:13-14 13 Therefore it happened, that just as He proclaimed and they would not hear, so they called out and I would not listen, says the LORD of hosts. WHAT HAPPENED? WHO WOULD THEY NOT LISTEN TO? HOW WOULD THE LORD RESPOND TO THIS?

  39. QUESTIONS: ZECHARIAH 7:13-14 WHAT WILL HAPPEN WHEN THEY CALL ON THE LORD? READ: PROVERBS 1:27-28 27 When your terror comes like a storm and your destruction comes like a whirlwind; when distress and anguish come upon you. 28 Then they will call on me, but I will not answer. They will seek me diligently, but they will not find me. READ: JEREMIAH 11:11 11 Thus says the LORD: Behold, I will surely bring calamity on them which they will not be able to escape. Though they cry out to Me, I will not listen to them. READ: JEREMIAH 11:14 14 Do not pray for this people, or lift up a cry or prayer for them. For I will not hear themin the time that they cry out to Mebecause of their trouble.

  40. QUESTIONS: ZECHARIAH 7:13-14 WHAT WILL HAPPEN WHEN THEY CALL ON THE LORD? READ: JEREMIAH 14:12 12 When they fast, I will not hear their cry. When they offer burnt offering and grain offering, I will not accept them. But I will consume them by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence. READ: ISAIAH 1:15 15 When you spread out your hands, I will hide My eyes from you. Even though you make many prayers, I will not hear. Your hands are full of blood. READ: MICAH 3:4 4 They will cry to the LORD, but He will not hear them. He will even hide His face from them at that time, because they have been evil in their deeds. (NKJ)

  41. QUESTIONS: ZECHARIAH 7:13-14 14 But I scattered them with a whirlwind among all the nations which they had not known. Thus the land became desolate after them, so that no one passed through or returned; for they made the pleasant land desolate. (NKJ) HOW DID THE LORD PUNISH THEM? WHAT HAPPENED TO THEIR PROMISED LAND? WHO MADE THE LAND DESOLATE?

  42. QUESTIONS: ZECHARIAH 7:13-14 WHAT DID THE LORD TELL ISRAEL? READ: LEVITICUS 26:33 33 I will scatter you among the nations and draw out a sword after you. Your land shall be desolate and your cities waste. (NKJ) READ: DEUTERONOMY 28:64-67 64 The LORD will scatter you among all peoples, from one end of the earth to the other. And there you shall serve other gods, which neither you nor your fathers have known-- wood and stone. 65 Among those nations you shall find no rest, nor shall the sole of your foot have a resting place. But the LORD will give you a trembling heart, failing eyes, and anguish of soul. 66 Your life shall hang in doubt before you. You shall fear day and night and have no assurance of life. (NKJ)

  43. QUESTIONS: ZECHARIAH 7:13-14 HOW WILL THE LORD PUNSIH THEM? READ: JEREMIAH 7:34 34 I will cause to cease from the cities of Judah and from the streets of Jerusalemthe voice of mirth and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride. For the land shall be desolate. (NKJ) READ: JEREMIAH 15:14 14 I will make you cross over with your enemies into a land which you do not know. For a fire is kindled in My anger, which shall burn upon you. READ: JEREMIAH 16:13 13 I will cast you out of this land into a land that you do not know, neither you nor your fathers. And there you shall serve other gods day and night, where I will not show you favor.

  44. QUESTIONS: ZECHARIAH 7:13-14 HOW WILL THE LORD PUNISH THEM? READ: JEREMIAH 17:4 4 You shall let go of your heritage which I gave you. And I will cause you to serve your enemies in the land which you do not know. For you have kindled a fire in My anger which shall burn forever. READ: JEREMIAH 23:19 19 Behold, a whirlwind of the LORD has gone forth in fury-- a violent whirlwind! It will fall violently on the head of the wicked. READ: JEREMIAH 44:6 6 My fury and My anger were poured out and kindled in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem. They are wasted and desolate, as it is this day. (NKJ)

  45. QUESTIONS: ZECHARIAH 7:13-14 WHY DID THE LORD PUNISH THEM? READ: DEUTERONOMY 28:47-50 47 Because you did not serve the LORD your God with joy and gladness of heart, for the abundance of everything, 48 Therefore you shall serve your enemies, whom the LORD will send against you, in hunger, in thirst, in nakedness, and in need of everything. And He will put a yoke of iron on your neck until He has destroyed you. 49 The LORD will bring a nation against you from afar, from the end of the earth, as swift as the eagle flies, a nation whose language you will not understand, 50 A nation of fierce countenance, which does not respect the elderly nor show favor to the young.

  46. QUESTIONS: ZECHARIAH 7:13-14 14 But I scattered them with a whirlwind among all the nations which they had not known. Thus the land became desolate after them, so that no one passed through or returned; for they made the pleasant land desolate. (NKJ) WHAT HAPPENED TO THEIR PROMISED LAND? WHO WILL MAKE THE LAND DESOLATE? WHY? READ: ISAIAH 13:9 9 Behold, the day of the LORD comes, cruel, with both wrath and fierce anger, to lay the land desolate. He will destroy its sinners from it.

  47. QUESTIONS: ZECHARIAH 7:13-14 WHO WILL MAKE THE LAND DESOLATE? WHO IS THIS ‘LION’? NEBUCHADNEZZAR? READ: JEREMIAH 4:7 7 The lion has come up from his thicket, and the destroyer of nations is on his way. He has gone forth from his place to make your land desolate. Your cities will be laid waste, without inhabitant. READ: JEREMIAH 25:9 9 Behold, I will send and take all the families of the north, says the LORD. Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, My servant, will bring them against this land, against its inhabitants, and against these nations all around, and will utterly destroy them, and make them an astonishment, a hissing, and perpetual desolations.

  48. QUESTIONS: ZECHARIAH 7:13-14 WHAT CAN WE LEARN FROM THIS? READ: 1 CORINTHIANS 10:11 11 All these things happened to them as examples. They were written for our admonition, on whom the ends of the ages have come. (NKJ)

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