Zechariah 7:6

6 And when you eat and drink, are you not eating and drinking [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 And the word of Yahweh of hosts came to me, saying,

5 "Say to all the people of the land and to the priests: 'When you fasted and lamented in the fifth and seventh months for these seventy years, did you really fast for me?

6 And when you eat and drink, are you not eating and drinking [for yourselves]?

7 [Are] not [these] the words that Yahweh proclaimed {through} the former prophets, when Jerusalem and {its surrounding towns} were inhabited and at ease, and the Negev and the Shephelah were inhabited?'"

8 And the word of Yahweh came to Zechariah, saying,