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Zechariah 7:1

And it came to pass in the fourth year of king Darius, that the word of Jehovah came unto Zechariah on the fourth [day] of the ninth month, [even] in Chislev,

And it came about in the fourth year of King Darius, that the word of the Lord came to Zechariah on the fourth day of the ninth month, the month Chislev.

And it cometh to pass, in the fourth year of Darius the king hath a word of Jehovah been unto Zechariah, in the fourth of the ninth month, in Chisleu.

Zechariah 7:2

when Bethel had sent Sherezer and Regem-melech, and his men, to supplicate Jehovah,

Now they of Beth-el had sent Sharezer and Regem-melech to make a request for grace from the Lord,

And Beth-El sendeth Sherezer and Regem-Melech, and its men, to appease the face of Jehovah,

Zechariah 7:3

[and] to speak unto the priests that were in the house of Jehovah of hosts, and to the prophets, saying, Should I weep in the fifth month, separating myself, as I have done now so many years?

And to say to the priests of the house of the Lord of armies and to the prophets, Am I to go on weeping in the fifth month, separating myself as I have done in past years?

speaking unto the priests who [are] at the house of Jehovah of Hosts, and unto the prophets, saying, `Do I weep in the fifth month being separated as I have done these so many years?`

Zechariah 7:4

And the word of Jehovah of hosts came unto me, saying,

Then the word of the Lord of armies came to me, saying

And there is a word of Jehovah of Hosts unto me, saying:

Zechariah 7:5

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 those seventy years, did ye really fast unto me, [even] unto me?

Say to all the people of the land and to the priests, When you went without food and gave yourselves to grief in the fifth and the seventh months for these seventy years, did you ever do it because of me?

`Speak unto all the people of the land, and unto the priests, saying:

Zechariah 7:6

And when ye ate, and when ye drank, was it not you that were eating and drinking?

And when you are feasting and drinking, are you not doing it only for yourselves?

When ye fasted with mourning in the fifth and in the seventh [months] even these seventy years did ye keep the fast [to] Me Me? And when ye eat, and when ye drink, is it not ye who are eating, and ye who are drinking?

Zechariah 7:7

Are not these the words that Jehovah cried by the former prophets, when Jerusalem was inhabited and at peace, and her cities round about her, when the south and the lowland were inhabited?

Are not these the words which the Lord said to you by the earlier prophets, when Jerusalem was full of people and wealth, and the towns round about her and the South and the Lowland were peopled?

`Are not [these] the words that Jehovah proclaimed by the hand of the former prophets, in Jerusalem`s being inhabited, and [in] safety, and its cities round about it, and the south and the plain abiding?`

Zechariah 7:8

And the word of Jehovah came unto Zechariah, saying,

And the word of the Lord came to Zechariah, saying,

And there is a word of Jehovah unto Zechariah, saying:

Zechariah 7:9

Thus speaketh Jehovah of hosts, saying, Execute true judgment, and shew loving-kindness and mercies one to another,

This is what the Lord of armies has said: Let your judging be upright and done in good faith, let every man have mercy and pity for his brother:

`Thus spake Jehovah of Hosts, saying: True judgment judge ye, And kindness and mercy do one with another.

Zechariah 7:10

and oppress not the widow and the fatherless, the stranger and the afflicted; and let none of you imagine evil against his brother in your heart.

Do not be hard on the widow, or the child without a father, on the man from a strange country, or on the poor; let there be no evil thought in your heart against your brother.

And widow, and fatherless, Sojourner, and poor, ye do not oppress, And the calamity of one another ye do not devise in your heart.

Zechariah 7:11

But they refused to hearken, and turned a rebellious shoulder, and made their ears heavy, that they should not hear.

But they would not give attention, turning their backs and stopping their ears from hearing;

And they refuse to attend, And they give a refractory shoulder, And their ears have made heavy against hearing.

Zechariah 7:12

And they made their heart [as] an adamant, that they should not hear the law, and the words that Jehovah of hosts sent by his Spirit by the hand of the former prophets: therefore was there great wrath from Jehovah of hosts.

And they made their hearts like the hardest stone, so that they might not give ear to the law and the words which the Lord of armies had said by the earlier prophets: and there came great wrath from the Lord of armies.

And their heart they have made adamant, Against hearing the law, and the words, That Jehovah of Hosts sent by His Spirit, By the hand of the former prophets, And their is great wrath from Jehovah of Hosts.

Zechariah 7:13

And it came to pass, like as he called, and they would not hear, so they called, and I would not hear, saith Jehovah of hosts;

And it came about that as they would not give ear to his voice, so I would not give ear to their voice, says the Lord of armies:

And it cometh to pass, as He called, And they have not hearkened, So do they call, and I do not hearken, Said Jehovah of Hosts.

Zechariah 7:14

and I scattered them with a whirlwind among all the nations whom they knew not, and the land was desolate after them, so that no one passed through nor returned; and they laid the pleasant land desolate.

But with a storm-wind I sent them in flight among all the nations of whom they had no knowledge. So the land was waste after them, so that no man went through or came back: for they had made waste the desired land.

And I toss them on all the nations, That they have not known, The land hath been desolate behind them, Of any passing by and turning back, And they set a desirable land for a desolation!

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