Zechariah 7:5 “你要宣告国内的众民和祭司，说：‘你们这七十年，在五月、七月禁食悲哀，岂是丝毫向我禁食吗？

7:5 MSG

逐节对照

新标点和合本 - “你要宣告国内的众民和祭司，说：‘你们这七十年，在五月、七月禁食悲哀，岂是丝毫向我禁食吗？
和合本2010（上帝版-简体） - “你要向这地全体百姓和祭司说：‘你们这七十年来，在五月、七月禁食悲哀，岂是真的向我禁食吗？
和合本2010（神版-简体） - “你要向这地全体百姓和祭司说：‘你们这七十年来，在五月、七月禁食悲哀，岂是真的向我禁食吗？
当代译本 - “你要对境内的民众和祭司说，‘这七十年来，你们在五月和七月禁食、哀伤，难道真的是为了我吗？
圣经新译本 - “你要告诉这地的人民和祭司说：‘这七十年来，你们在五月和七月禁食哀哭，岂是真的为我禁食呢？
中文标准译本 - “你要对这地所有的民众和祭司说：‘这七十年来，你们在五月和七月禁食、哀哭，是真的为我禁食吗？
现代标点和合本 - “你要宣告国内的众民和祭司说：你们这七十年在五月、七月禁食悲哀，岂是丝毫向我禁食吗？
和合本（拼音版） - “你要宣告国内的众民和祭司，说：你们这七十年在五月、七月禁食悲哀，岂是丝毫向我禁食吗？
New International Version - “Ask all the people of the land and the priests, ‘When you fasted and mourned in the fifth and seventh months for the past seventy years, was it really for me that you fasted?
New International Reader's Version - “Ask the priests and all the people in the land a question for me. Say to them, ‘You mourned and fasted in the fifth and seventh months. You did it for the past 70 years. But did you really do it for me?
English Standard Version - “Say to all the people of the land and the priests, ‘When you fasted and mourned in the fifth month and in the seventh, for these seventy years, was it for me that you fasted?
New Living Translation - “Say to all your people and your priests, ‘During these seventy years of exile, when you fasted and mourned in the summer and in early autumn, was it really for me that you were fasting?
Christian Standard Bible - “Ask all the people of the land and the priests: When you fasted and lamented in the fifth and in the seventh months for these seventy years, did you really fast for me?
New American Standard Bible - “Say to all the people of the land and to the priests, ‘When you fasted and mourned in the fifth and seventh months these seventy years, was it actually for Me that you fasted?
New King James Version - “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?
Amplified Bible - “Speak to all the people of the land and to the priests, saying, ‘When you fasted and mourned in the fifth and seventh months these seventy years [that you were in exile], was it actually for Me that you fasted?
American Standard Version - Speak unto all the people of the land, and to the priests, saying, When ye fasted and mourned in the fifth and in the seventh month, even these seventy years, did ye at all fast unto me, even to me?
King James Version - Speak 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?
New English Translation - “Speak to all the people and priests of the land as follows: ‘When you fasted and lamented in the fifth and seventh months through all these seventy years, did you truly fast for me – for me, indeed?
World English Bible - “Speak to all the people of the land, and to the priests, saying, ‘When you fasted and mourned in the fifth and in the seventh month for these seventy years, did you at all fast to me, really to me?
新標點和合本 - 「你要宣告國內的眾民和祭司，說：『你們這七十年，在五月、七月禁食悲哀，豈是絲毫向我禁食嗎？
和合本2010（上帝版-繁體） - 「你要向這地全體百姓和祭司說：『你們這七十年來，在五月、七月禁食悲哀，豈是真的向我禁食嗎？
和合本2010（神版-繁體） - 「你要向這地全體百姓和祭司說：『你們這七十年來，在五月、七月禁食悲哀，豈是真的向我禁食嗎？
當代譯本 - 「你要對境內的民眾和祭司說，『這七十年來，你們在五月和七月禁食、哀傷，難道真的是為了我嗎？
聖經新譯本 - “你要告訴這地的人民和祭司說：‘這七十年來，你們在五月和七月禁食哀哭，豈是真的為我禁食呢？
呂振中譯本 - 『你要告訴國中的眾民和祭司說：你們這七十年在五月間和七月間禁食和舉哀，哪裏真是向我而禁食呢？
中文標準譯本 - 「你要對這地所有的民眾和祭司說：『這七十年來，你們在五月和七月禁食、哀哭，是真的為我禁食嗎？
現代標點和合本 - 「你要宣告國內的眾民和祭司說：你們這七十年在五月、七月禁食悲哀，豈是絲毫向我禁食嗎？
文理和合譯本 - 其告斯土之民、及諸祭司曰、爾於五月七月、禁食哭泣、歷七十年、豈為我禁食乎、
文理委辦譯本 - 云、爾歷七十年、五月七月間、禁食哭泣、豈為我乎、
施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 當告國民與祭司曰、爾歷七十年、五月七月間、禁食哭泣、豈為我禁食乎、
Nueva Versión Internacional - «Dile a todo el pueblo de la tierra, y también a los sacerdotes: “Cuando ustedes ayunaban y se lamentaban en los meses quinto y séptimo de los últimos setenta años, ¿realmente ayunaban por mí?
현대인의 성경 - “너는 이 땅의 모든 백성들과 제사장들에게 나 여호와가 이렇게 말한다고 일러 주어라. ‘너희가 지난 70년 동안 5월과 7월에 금식하며 슬퍼하였는데 그 금식이 진정으로 나를 위한 것이었느냐?
Новый Русский Перевод - – Спроси у всего народа страны и у священников: «Когда вы постились и скорбели последние семьдесят лет в пятом и седьмом месяце, то для Меня ли вы постились?
Восточный перевод - – Спроси у всего народа страны и у священнослужителей: «Когда вы постились и скорбели последние семьдесят лет в пятом и седьмом месяце , то для Меня ли вы постились?
Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - – Спроси у всего народа страны и у священнослужителей: «Когда вы постились и скорбели последние семьдесят лет в пятом и седьмом месяце , то для Меня ли вы постились?
Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - – Спроси у всего народа страны и у священнослужителей: «Когда вы постились и скорбели последние семьдесят лет в пятом и седьмом месяце , то для Меня ли вы постились?
La Bible du Semeur 2015 - Parle à toute la population du pays et aux prêtres et demande-leur : Quand, pendant soixante-dix années, vous avez jeûné et pris le deuil au cinquième et au septième mois , est-ce pour moi que vous avez observé ce jeûne ?
リビングバイブル - 「ベテルに帰ったら、全住民と祭司たちに言いなさい。『捕囚の七十年間、あなたがたは第五の月と第七の月に断食して嘆いたが、本気で罪から離れてわたしに帰ろうとしたか。全く、そんなことはなかった。
Nova Versão Internacional - “Pergunte a todo o povo e aos sacerdotes: Quando vocês jejuaram no quinto e no sétimo meses durante os últimos setenta anos, foi de fato para mim que jejuaram?
Hoffnung für alle - »Sag dem ganzen Volk im Land und den Priestern: Schon siebzig Jahre lang fastet und trauert ihr im 5. und im 7. Monat. Doch habt ihr das wirklich für mich getan?
Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - “Hãy nói với mọi người và các thầy tế lễ như sau: ‘Khi các ngươi kiêng ăn, khóc lóc vào tháng năm, tháng bảy, trong suốt bảy mươi năm, có phải các ngươi thật sự vì Ta mà kiêng ăn không?
พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - “จงถามประชาชนทั้งปวงและบรรดาปุโรหิตว่า ‘ตลอดเจ็ดสิบปีมานี้ เมื่อเจ้าถืออดอาหารและทูลอ้อนวอนในเดือนที่ห้าและในเดือนที่เจ็ดนั้น เจ้าถืออดอาหารเพื่อเราจริงหรือ?
พระคัมภีร์ ฉบับแปลใหม่ - “จงบอกประชาชนทั้งปวงของแผ่นดินและบรรดาปุโรหิตว่า เวลาพวกเจ้าอดอาหารและครวญคร่ำร่ำไห้ในเดือนห้าและเดือนเจ็ด ในช่วงเวลา 70 ปีที่ผ่านมานั้น เจ้าอดอาหารเพื่อเราหรือ

交叉引用

Matthew 6:16 - “When you practice some appetite-denying discipline to better concentrate on God, don’t make a production out of it. It might turn you into a small-time celebrity but it won’t make you a saint. If you ‘go into training’ inwardly, act normal outwardly. Shampoo and comb your hair, brush your teeth, wash your face. God doesn’t require attention-getting devices. He won’t overlook what you are doing; he’ll reward you well.
Jeremiah 41:1 - But in the seventh month, Ishmael son of Nethaniah, son of Elishama, came. He had royal blood in his veins and had been one of the king’s high-ranking officers. He paid a visit to Gedaliah son of Ahikam at Mizpah with ten of his men. As they were eating together, Ishmael and his ten men jumped to their feet and knocked Gedaliah down and killed him, killed the man the king of Babylon had appointed governor of the land. Ishmael also killed all the Judeans who were with Gedaliah in Mizpah, as well as the Chaldean soldiers who were stationed there.
Jeremiah 41:4 - On the second day after the murder of Gedaliah—no one yet knew of it—men arrived from Shechem, Shiloh, and Samaria, eighty of them, with their beards shaved, their clothing ripped, and gashes on their bodies. They were pilgrims carrying grain offerings and incense on their way to worship at the Temple in Jerusalem.
Matthew 5:17 - “Don’t suppose for a minute that I have come to demolish the Scriptures—either God’s Law or the Prophets. I’m not here to demolish but to complete. I am going to put it all together, pull it all together in a vast panorama. God’s Law is more real and lasting than the stars in the sky and the ground at your feet. Long after stars burn out and earth wears out, God’s Law will be alive and working.
Matthew 6:2 - “When you do something for someone else, don’t call attention to yourself. You’ve seen them in action, I’m sure—‘playactors’ I call them—treating prayer meeting and street corner alike as a stage, acting compassionate as long as someone is watching, playing to the crowds. They get applause, true, but that’s all they get. When you help someone out, don’t think about how it looks. Just do it—quietly and unobtrusively. That is the way your God, who conceived you in love, working behind the scenes, helps you out.
Matthew 6:5 - “And when you come before God, don’t turn that into a theatrical production either. All these people making a regular show out of their prayers, hoping for fifteen minutes of fame! Do you think God sits in a box seat?
1 Corinthians 10:31 - So eat your meals heartily, not worrying about what others say about you—you’re eating to God’s glory, after all, not to please them. As a matter of fact, do everything that way, heartily and freely to God’s glory. At the same time, don’t be callous in your exercise of freedom, thoughtlessly stepping on the toes of those who aren’t as free as you are. I try my best to be considerate of everyone’s feelings in all these matters; I hope you will be, too.
Isaiah 1:11 - “Why this frenzy of sacrifices?” God ’s asking. “Don’t you think I’ve had my fill of burnt sacrifices, rams and plump grain-fed calves? Don’t you think I’ve had my fill of blood from bulls, lambs, and goats? When you come before me, whoever gave you the idea of acting like this, Running here and there, doing this and that— all this sheer commotion in the place provided for worship?
Romans 14:17 - God’s kingdom isn’t a matter of what you put in your stomach, for goodness’ sake. It’s what God does with your life as he sets it right, puts it together, and completes it with joy. Your task is to single-mindedly serve Christ. Do that and you’ll kill two birds with one stone: pleasing the God above you and proving your worth to the people around you.
Romans 14:6 - What’s important in all this is that if you keep a holy day, keep it for God’s sake; if you eat meat, eat it to the glory of God and thank God for prime rib; if you’re a vegetarian, eat vegetables to the glory of God and thank God for broccoli. None of us are permitted to insist on our own way in these matters. It’s God we are answerable to—all the way from life to death and everything in between—not each other. That’s why Jesus lived and died and then lived again: so that he could be our Master across the entire range of life and death, and free us from the petty tyrannies of each other.
Isaiah 58:6 - “This is the kind of fast day I’m after: to break the chains of injustice, get rid of exploitation in the workplace, free the oppressed, cancel debts. What I’m interested in seeing you do is: sharing your food with the hungry, inviting the homeless poor into your homes, putting clothes on the shivering ill-clad, being available to your own families. Do this and the lights will turn on, and your lives will turn around at once. Your righteousness will pave your way. The God of glory will secure your passage. Then when you pray, God will answer. You’ll call out for help and I’ll say, ‘Here I am.’
Zechariah 1:12 - The Angel of God reported back, “O God-of-the-Angel-Armies, how long are you going to stay angry with Jerusalem and the cities of Judah? When are you going to let up? Isn’t seventy years long enough?”

逐节对照

交叉引用

新标点和合本 - “你要宣告国内的众民和祭司，说：‘你们这七十年，在五月、七月禁食悲哀，岂是丝毫向我禁食吗？
和合本2010（上帝版-简体） - “你要向这地全体百姓和祭司说：‘你们这七十年来，在五月、七月禁食悲哀，岂是真的向我禁食吗？
和合本2010（神版-简体） - “你要向这地全体百姓和祭司说：‘你们这七十年来，在五月、七月禁食悲哀，岂是真的向我禁食吗？
当代译本 - “你要对境内的民众和祭司说，‘这七十年来，你们在五月和七月禁食、哀伤，难道真的是为了我吗？
圣经新译本 - “你要告诉这地的人民和祭司说：‘这七十年来，你们在五月和七月禁食哀哭，岂是真的为我禁食呢？
中文标准译本 - “你要对这地所有的民众和祭司说：‘这七十年来，你们在五月和七月禁食、哀哭，是真的为我禁食吗？
现代标点和合本 - “你要宣告国内的众民和祭司说：你们这七十年在五月、七月禁食悲哀，岂是丝毫向我禁食吗？
和合本（拼音版） - “你要宣告国内的众民和祭司，说：你们这七十年在五月、七月禁食悲哀，岂是丝毫向我禁食吗？
New International Version - “Ask all the people of the land and the priests, ‘When you fasted and mourned in the fifth and seventh months for the past seventy years, was it really for me that you fasted?
New International Reader's Version - “Ask the priests and all the people in the land a question for me. Say to them, ‘You mourned and fasted in the fifth and seventh months. You did it for the past 70 years. But did you really do it for me?
English Standard Version - “Say to all the people of the land and the priests, ‘When you fasted and mourned in the fifth month and in the seventh, for these seventy years, was it for me that you fasted?
New Living Translation - “Say to all your people and your priests, ‘During these seventy years of exile, when you fasted and mourned in the summer and in early autumn, was it really for me that you were fasting?
Christian Standard Bible - “Ask all the people of the land and the priests: When you fasted and lamented in the fifth and in the seventh months for these seventy years, did you really fast for me?
New American Standard Bible - “Say to all the people of the land and to the priests, ‘When you fasted and mourned in the fifth and seventh months these seventy years, was it actually for Me that you fasted?
New King James Version - “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?
Amplified Bible - “Speak to all the people of the land and to the priests, saying, ‘When you fasted and mourned in the fifth and seventh months these seventy years [that you were in exile], was it actually for Me that you fasted?
American Standard Version - Speak unto all the people of the land, and to the priests, saying, When ye fasted and mourned in the fifth and in the seventh month, even these seventy years, did ye at all fast unto me, even to me?
King James Version - Speak 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?
New English Translation - “Speak to all the people and priests of the land as follows: ‘When you fasted and lamented in the fifth and seventh months through all these seventy years, did you truly fast for me – for me, indeed?
World English Bible - “Speak to all the people of the land, and to the priests, saying, ‘When you fasted and mourned in the fifth and in the seventh month for these seventy years, did you at all fast to me, really to me?
新標點和合本 - 「你要宣告國內的眾民和祭司，說：『你們這七十年，在五月、七月禁食悲哀，豈是絲毫向我禁食嗎？
和合本2010（上帝版-繁體） - 「你要向這地全體百姓和祭司說：『你們這七十年來，在五月、七月禁食悲哀，豈是真的向我禁食嗎？
和合本2010（神版-繁體） - 「你要向這地全體百姓和祭司說：『你們這七十年來，在五月、七月禁食悲哀，豈是真的向我禁食嗎？
當代譯本 - 「你要對境內的民眾和祭司說，『這七十年來，你們在五月和七月禁食、哀傷，難道真的是為了我嗎？
聖經新譯本 - “你要告訴這地的人民和祭司說：‘這七十年來，你們在五月和七月禁食哀哭，豈是真的為我禁食呢？
呂振中譯本 - 『你要告訴國中的眾民和祭司說：你們這七十年在五月間和七月間禁食和舉哀，哪裏真是向我而禁食呢？
中文標準譯本 - 「你要對這地所有的民眾和祭司說：『這七十年來，你們在五月和七月禁食、哀哭，是真的為我禁食嗎？
現代標點和合本 - 「你要宣告國內的眾民和祭司說：你們這七十年在五月、七月禁食悲哀，豈是絲毫向我禁食嗎？
文理和合譯本 - 其告斯土之民、及諸祭司曰、爾於五月七月、禁食哭泣、歷七十年、豈為我禁食乎、
文理委辦譯本 - 云、爾歷七十年、五月七月間、禁食哭泣、豈為我乎、
施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 當告國民與祭司曰、爾歷七十年、五月七月間、禁食哭泣、豈為我禁食乎、
Nueva Versión Internacional - «Dile a todo el pueblo de la tierra, y también a los sacerdotes: “Cuando ustedes ayunaban y se lamentaban en los meses quinto y séptimo de los últimos setenta años, ¿realmente ayunaban por mí?
현대인의 성경 - “너는 이 땅의 모든 백성들과 제사장들에게 나 여호와가 이렇게 말한다고 일러 주어라. ‘너희가 지난 70년 동안 5월과 7월에 금식하며 슬퍼하였는데 그 금식이 진정으로 나를 위한 것이었느냐?
Новый Русский Перевод - – Спроси у всего народа страны и у священников: «Когда вы постились и скорбели последние семьдесят лет в пятом и седьмом месяце, то для Меня ли вы постились?
Восточный перевод - – Спроси у всего народа страны и у священнослужителей: «Когда вы постились и скорбели последние семьдесят лет в пятом и седьмом месяце , то для Меня ли вы постились?
Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - – Спроси у всего народа страны и у священнослужителей: «Когда вы постились и скорбели последние семьдесят лет в пятом и седьмом месяце , то для Меня ли вы постились?
Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - – Спроси у всего народа страны и у священнослужителей: «Когда вы постились и скорбели последние семьдесят лет в пятом и седьмом месяце , то для Меня ли вы постились?
La Bible du Semeur 2015 - Parle à toute la population du pays et aux prêtres et demande-leur : Quand, pendant soixante-dix années, vous avez jeûné et pris le deuil au cinquième et au septième mois , est-ce pour moi que vous avez observé ce jeûne ?
リビングバイブル - 「ベテルに帰ったら、全住民と祭司たちに言いなさい。『捕囚の七十年間、あなたがたは第五の月と第七の月に断食して嘆いたが、本気で罪から離れてわたしに帰ろうとしたか。全く、そんなことはなかった。
Nova Versão Internacional - “Pergunte a todo o povo e aos sacerdotes: Quando vocês jejuaram no quinto e no sétimo meses durante os últimos setenta anos, foi de fato para mim que jejuaram?
Hoffnung für alle - »Sag dem ganzen Volk im Land und den Priestern: Schon siebzig Jahre lang fastet und trauert ihr im 5. und im 7. Monat. Doch habt ihr das wirklich für mich getan?
Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - “Hãy nói với mọi người và các thầy tế lễ như sau: ‘Khi các ngươi kiêng ăn, khóc lóc vào tháng năm, tháng bảy, trong suốt bảy mươi năm, có phải các ngươi thật sự vì Ta mà kiêng ăn không?
พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - “จงถามประชาชนทั้งปวงและบรรดาปุโรหิตว่า ‘ตลอดเจ็ดสิบปีมานี้ เมื่อเจ้าถืออดอาหารและทูลอ้อนวอนในเดือนที่ห้าและในเดือนที่เจ็ดนั้น เจ้าถืออดอาหารเพื่อเราจริงหรือ?
พระคัมภีร์ ฉบับแปลใหม่ - “จงบอกประชาชนทั้งปวงของแผ่นดินและบรรดาปุโรหิตว่า เวลาพวกเจ้าอดอาหารและครวญคร่ำร่ำไห้ในเดือนห้าและเดือนเจ็ด ในช่วงเวลา 70 ปีที่ผ่านมานั้น เจ้าอดอาหารเพื่อเราหรือ

Matthew 6:16 - “When you practice some appetite-denying discipline to better concentrate on God, don’t make a production out of it. It might turn you into a small-time celebrity but it won’t make you a saint. If you ‘go into training’ inwardly, act normal outwardly. Shampoo and comb your hair, brush your teeth, wash your face. God doesn’t require attention-getting devices. He won’t overlook what you are doing; he’ll reward you well.
Jeremiah 41:1 - But in the seventh month, Ishmael son of Nethaniah, son of Elishama, came. He had royal blood in his veins and had been one of the king’s high-ranking officers. He paid a visit to Gedaliah son of Ahikam at Mizpah with ten of his men. As they were eating together, Ishmael and his ten men jumped to their feet and knocked Gedaliah down and killed him, killed the man the king of Babylon had appointed governor of the land. Ishmael also killed all the Judeans who were with Gedaliah in Mizpah, as well as the Chaldean soldiers who were stationed there.
Jeremiah 41:4 - On the second day after the murder of Gedaliah—no one yet knew of it—men arrived from Shechem, Shiloh, and Samaria, eighty of them, with their beards shaved, their clothing ripped, and gashes on their bodies. They were pilgrims carrying grain offerings and incense on their way to worship at the Temple in Jerusalem.
Matthew 5:17 - “Don’t suppose for a minute that I have come to demolish the Scriptures—either God’s Law or the Prophets. I’m not here to demolish but to complete. I am going to put it all together, pull it all together in a vast panorama. God’s Law is more real and lasting than the stars in the sky and the ground at your feet. Long after stars burn out and earth wears out, God’s Law will be alive and working.
Matthew 6:2 - “When you do something for someone else, don’t call attention to yourself. You’ve seen them in action, I’m sure—‘playactors’ I call them—treating prayer meeting and street corner alike as a stage, acting compassionate as long as someone is watching, playing to the crowds. They get applause, true, but that’s all they get. When you help someone out, don’t think about how it looks. Just do it—quietly and unobtrusively. That is the way your God, who conceived you in love, working behind the scenes, helps you out.
Matthew 6:5 - “And when you come before God, don’t turn that into a theatrical production either. All these people making a regular show out of their prayers, hoping for fifteen minutes of fame! Do you think God sits in a box seat?
1 Corinthians 10:31 - So eat your meals heartily, not worrying about what others say about you—you’re eating to God’s glory, after all, not to please them. As a matter of fact, do everything that way, heartily and freely to God’s glory. At the same time, don’t be callous in your exercise of freedom, thoughtlessly stepping on the toes of those who aren’t as free as you are. I try my best to be considerate of everyone’s feelings in all these matters; I hope you will be, too.
Isaiah 1:11 - “Why this frenzy of sacrifices?” God ’s asking. “Don’t you think I’ve had my fill of burnt sacrifices, rams and plump grain-fed calves? Don’t you think I’ve had my fill of blood from bulls, lambs, and goats? When you come before me, whoever gave you the idea of acting like this, Running here and there, doing this and that— all this sheer commotion in the place provided for worship?
Romans 14:17 - God’s kingdom isn’t a matter of what you put in your stomach, for goodness’ sake. It’s what God does with your life as he sets it right, puts it together, and completes it with joy. Your task is to single-mindedly serve Christ. Do that and you’ll kill two birds with one stone: pleasing the God above you and proving your worth to the people around you.
Romans 14:6 - What’s important in all this is that if you keep a holy day, keep it for God’s sake; if you eat meat, eat it to the glory of God and thank God for prime rib; if you’re a vegetarian, eat vegetables to the glory of God and thank God for broccoli. None of us are permitted to insist on our own way in these matters. It’s God we are answerable to—all the way from life to death and everything in between—not each other. That’s why Jesus lived and died and then lived again: so that he could be our Master across the entire range of life and death, and free us from the petty tyrannies of each other.
Isaiah 58:6 - “This is the kind of fast day I’m after: to break the chains of injustice, get rid of exploitation in the workplace, free the oppressed, cancel debts. What I’m interested in seeing you do is: sharing your food with the hungry, inviting the homeless poor into your homes, putting clothes on the shivering ill-clad, being available to your own families. Do this and the lights will turn on, and your lives will turn around at once. Your righteousness will pave your way. The God of glory will secure your passage. Then when you pray, God will answer. You’ll call out for help and I’ll say, ‘Here I am.’
Zechariah 1:12 - The Angel of God reported back, “O God-of-the-Angel-Armies, how long are you going to stay angry with Jerusalem and the cities of Judah? When are you going to let up? Isn’t seventy years long enough?”