Zechariah 7:6 Meaning
And when ye did eat, and when ye did drink, did not ye eat for yourselves, and drink for yourselves?
Context Explained
4Then came the word of the LORD of hosts unto me, saying,
5Speak unto all the people of the land, and to the priests, saying, When ye fasted and mourned in the fifth and seventh month, even those seventy years, did ye at all fast unto me, even to me?
6And when ye did eat, and when ye did drink, did not ye eat for yourselves, and drink for yourselves?
7Should ye not hear the words which the LORD hath cried by the former prophets, when Jerusalem was inhabited and in prosperity, and the cities thereof round about her, when men inhabited the south and the plain?
8And the word of the LORD came unto Zechariah, saying,
Key Themes
Related Cross References
James 4:3
Both verses address the issue of motives in actions, particularly in eating and drinking.
Source: Zechariah 7:6