Discovery BoxZechariah 1:12 
Context1:12 The angel of the Lord then asked, “Lord who rules over all, 1 how long before you have compassion on Jerusalem 2 and the other cities of Judah which you have been so angry with for these seventy years?” 3
Zechariah 7:3
Context7:3 by asking both the priests of the temple 4 of the Lord who rules over all and the prophets, “Should we weep in the fifth month, 5 fasting as we have done over the years?”
Zechariah 7:5
Context7:5 “Speak to all the people and priests of the land as follows: ‘When you fasted and lamented in the fifth and seventh 6 months through all these seventy years, did you truly fast for me – for me, indeed?
1 sn Note that here the angel of the
2 map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.
3 sn The seventy years refers to the predicted period of Babylonian exile, a period with flexible beginning and ending points depending on the particular circumstances in view (cf. Jer 25:1; 28:1; 29:10; Dan 9:2). Here the end of the seventy years appears to be marked by the completion of the temple in 516
4 tn Heb “house” (so NAB, NIV, NRSV).
5 sn This lamentation marked the occasion of the destruction of Solomon’s temple on August 14, 586
6 tn The seventh month apparently refers to the anniversary of the assassination of Gedaliah, governor of Judah (Jer 40:13-14; 41:1), in approximately 581
