Zec 7:5-6 | TNotes | STEP | 7:5 According to Jeremiah, seventy years of exile in Babylon (see Jer 25:11-12 ; 29:10 ) were to make up the Sabbath years of rest for the land that had gone unobserved for nearly 500 years (2 Chr 36:21 ; see Exod 23:10-11 ; Lev 26:34-35 ). • While the summer fast lamented the destruction of Solomon’s Temple (Zech 7:3 ), the early autumn fast either commemorated the assassination of Gedaliah, governor of Judah (see 2 Kgs 25:22-25 ; Jer 41:1-3 ), or it was the Day of Atonement (Lev 23:26-32 ).

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bJer 25:11-12►

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d2 Chr 36:21►

eExod 23:10-11►

fLev 26:34-35►

gZech 7:3►

h2 Kgs 25:22-25►

iJer 41:1-3►

jLev 23:26-32►

‏ Zechariah 7:5-6

7:5 ^a According to Jeremiah, seventy years of exile in Babylon (see Jer 25:11-12 ^b; 29:10 ^c) were to make up the Sabbath years of rest for the land that had gone unobserved for nearly 500 years (2 Chr 36:21 ^d; see Exod 23:10-11 ^e; Lev 26:34-35 ^f).

• While the summer fast lamented the destruction of Solomon’s Temple (Zech 7:3 ^g), the early autumn fast either commemorated the assassination of Gedaliah, governor of Judah (see 2 Kgs 25:22-25 ^h; Jer 41:1-3 ⁱ), or it was the Day of Atonement (Lev 23:26-32 ^j).