Zechariah 7:6

6 And when ye eat, and when ye drink, do not ye eat for yourselves, and drink for yourselves?

Zechariah 7:6 Meaning and Commentary

Zechariah 7:6

And when ye did eat, and when ye did drink
Either at common meals, or at their festivals: did not ye eat [for yourselves], and drink [for yourselves]?
merely and only for their own refreshment and pleasure, and not for the glory of God; though that ought to be the principal end in eating and drinking, ( 1 Corinthians 10:31 ) .

Zechariah 7:6 In-Context

4 Then came the word of Jehovah of hosts unto me, saying,

5 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?

6 And when ye eat, and when ye drink, do not ye eat for yourselves, and drink for yourselves?

7 [Should ye] not [hear] the words which Jehovah cried by the former prophets, when Jerusalem was inhabited and in prosperity, and the cities thereof round about her, and the South and the lowland were inhabited?

8 And the word of Jehovah came unto Zechariah, saying,