Zechariah 7 And it came to pass in the fourth year of king Darius, that the word of the LORD came to Zechariah in the fourth day of the ninth month, even in Chisleu;

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1 H702 And it came to pass in the fourth H8141 year H4428 of king H1867 Darius, H1697 that the word H3068 of the LORD H2148 came to Zechariah H702 in the fourth H8671 day of the ninth H2320 month, H3691 even in Chisleu;

2 H7971 [H8799] When they had sent H1004 to the house H410 of God H8272 Sherezer H7278 and Regemmelech, H582 and their men, H2470 [H8763] to pray H6440 at the face of H3068 the LORD,

3 H559 [H8800] And to speak H3548 to the priests H1004 who were in the house H3068 of the LORD H6635 of hosts, H5030 and to the prophets, H559 [H8800] saying, H1058 [H8799] Should I weep H2549 in the fifth H2320 month, H5144 [H8736] separating H6213 [H8804] myself, as I have done H8141 these so many years?

4 H1697 Then came the word H3068 of the LORD H6635 of hosts H559 [H8800] to me, saying,

5 H559 [H8798] Speak H5971 to all the people H776 of the land, H3548 and to the priests, H559 [H8800] saying, H6684 [H8804] When ye fasted H5594 [H8800] and mourned H2549 in the fifth H7637 and seventh H7657 month, even those seventy H8141 years, H6684 [H8800] did ye at all H6684 [H8804] fast to me, even to me?

6 H398 [H8799] And when ye ate, H8354 [H8799] and when ye drank, H398 [H8802] did ye not eat H8354 [H8802] for yourselves, and drink for yourselves?

7 H1697 Should ye not hear the words H3068 which the LORD H7121 [H8804] hath called H3027 by H7223 the former H5030 prophets, H3389 when Jerusalem H3427 [H8802] was inhabited H7961 and in prosperity, H5892 and its cities H5439 around it, H3427 [H8802] when men inhabited H5045 the south H8219 and the plain?

8 H1697 And the word H3068 of the LORD H2148 came to Zechariah, H559 [H8800] saying,

9 H559 [H8804] Thus speaketh H3068 the LORD H6635 of hosts, H559 [H8800] saying, H8199 [H8798] Execute H571 true H4941 judgment, H6213 [H8798] and show H2617 mercy H7356 and compassions H376 every man H251 to his brother:

10 H6231 [H8799] And oppress H490 not the widow, H3490 nor the fatherless, H1616 the guest, H6041 nor the poor; H2803 [H8799] and let none of you imagine H7451 evil H376 against H251 his brother H3824 in your heart.

11 H3985 [H8762] But they refused H7181 [H8687] to hearken, H5414 H5637 [H8799] and withdrew H3802 the shoulder, H3513 [H8689] and stopped H241 their ears, H8085 [H8800] that they should not hear.

12 H7760 [H8804] Yea, they made H3820 their hearts H8068 as an adamant stone, H8085 [H8800] lest they should hear H8451 the law, H1697 and the words H3068 which the LORD H6635 of hosts H7971 [H8804] hath sent H7307 in his spirit H3027 by H7223 the former H5030 prophets: H1419 therefore came a great H7110 splintering rage H3068 from the LORD H6635 of hosts.

13 H7121 [H8804] Therefore it is come to pass, that as he called, H8085 [H8804] and they would not hear; H7121 [H8799] so they called, H8085 [H8799] and I would not hear, H559 [H8804] saith H3068 the LORD H6635 of hosts:

14 H5590 [H8762] But I scattered them with a whirlwind H1471 among all the nations H3045 [H8804] whom they knew H776 not. Thus the land H8074 [H8738] was desolate H310 after H5674 [H8802] them, that no man passed through H7725 [H8802] nor returned: H7760 [H8799] for they laid H2532 the pleasant H776 land H8047 desolate.