Zechariah 8:12
Context8:12 ‘for there will be a peaceful time of sowing, the vine will produce its fruit and the ground its yield, and the skies 1 will rain down dew. Then I will allow the remnant of my people to possess all these things.
Zechariah 8:19
Context8:19 “The Lord who rules over all says, ‘The fast of the fourth, fifth, seventh, and tenth 2 months will become joyful and happy, pleasant feasts for the house of Judah, so love truth and peace.’
1 tn Or “the heavens” (so KJV, NAB, NIV). The Hebrew term שָׁמַיִם (shamayim) may be translated “heavens” or “skies” depending on the context.
2 sn The fasts of the fifth and seventh months, mentioned previously (7:5), are listed here along with the observances of the fourth and tenth months. The latter commemorated the siege of Jerusalem by the Babylonians on January 15, 588