The fast] This is the principall answer to the question which was prpounded in the former Chapter, containing a promise of changing the state of the Church. of the fourth moneth] Appointed for a remembrance for the taking of Jerusalem by the Chaldeans, which was in this moneth, Jeremiah 52:6-7. and the fast of the fifth] For the burning of the Temple, Jeremiah 52:12-13. Zechariah 7:5. fast of the seventh] For the death of Gedaliah, Jeremiah 41:1, &c. Zechariah 7:5. the fast of the tenth] For the siege laid before Jerusalem, Jeremiah 52:4. feasts] Heb. solemn, or set times. love the truth] If you desire to have these good things come to passe.