Bible Person

Sherezer

Male · 1 cross reference

Sherezer is one of the men sent in Zechariah 7:2 to ask about fasting practices. He belongs to the post-exilic community's effort to understand obedience after judgment and return. First appears in Zech 7:2.1

AI summary: Sherezer matters because his single cross reference stands at the start of a prophetic exchange about ritual, repentance, and true justice. The entry helps show that restored worship required renewed understanding, not mere continuation of inherited habits. Taken together, the material presents Sherezer as a messenger in a post-exilic inquiry.1

Central Figure

Sherezer

One of the messengers whom the children of the Captivity sent to Jerusalem “to pray for them before the Lord” (Zech.