Zechariah 7:3-6 to speak unto the priests that pertained to the house of Yahweh of hosts, and unto the prophets, saying,––Shall I weep in the fifth month, separating myself, as I have done these so many years?

Rotherham⁽ⁱ⁾ ³ to speak unto the priests that pertained to the house of Yahweh of hosts, and unto the prophets, saying,––Shall I weep in the fifth month, separating myself, as I have done these so many years? ⁴ Then came the word of Yahweh of hosts unto me, saying: ⁵ Speak thou unto all the people of the land, and unto the priests, saying,––When ye fasted and lamented in the fifth and in the seventh, even these seventy years, did ye, really fast, unto, me? ⁶ And, when ye used to eat and when ye used to drink, was it not, of your own accord, ye did eat, and, of your own accord, ye did drink?