Zechariah 7

1 ♥ 📝 A nd it came to pass in the fourth^H702 year^H8141 of king^H4428 Darius,^H1867 that the word^H1697 of Jehovah^H3068 came unto Zechariah^H2148 in the fourth^H702 [day] of the ninth^H8671 month,^H2320 even in Chislev.^H3691

2 ♥ 📝 Now [they of] Beth -^H1004 el^H410 had sent^H7971 Sharezer^H8272 and Regem-melech,^H7278 and their men,^H582 to entreat^H2470 the favor^H6440 of Jehovah,^H3068

3 ♥ 📝 [ and] to speak^H559 unto the priests^H3548 of the house^H1004 of Jehovah^H3068 of hosts,^H6635 and to the prophets,^H5030 saying,^H559 Should I weep^H1058 in the fifth^H2549 month,^H2320 separating^H5144 myself, as I have done^H6213 these so many years?^H8141

4 ♥ 📝 Then came the word^H1697 of Jehovah^H3068 of hosts^H6635 unto me, saying,^H559

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

6 ♥ 📝 And when ye eat,^H398 and when ye drink,^H8354 do not ye eat^H398 for yourselves, and drink^H8354 for yourselves?

7 ♥ 📝 [ Should ye] not [hear] the words^H1697 which Jehovah^H3068 cried^H7121 by^H3027 the former^H7223 prophets,^H5030 when Jerusalem^H3389 was inhabited^H3427 and in prosperity,^H7961 and the cities^H5892 thereof round about her,^H5439 and the South^H5045 and the lowland^H8219 were inhabited?^H3427

8 ♥ 📝 And the word^H1697 of Jehovah^H3068 came unto Zechariah,^H2148 saying,^H559

9 ♥ 📝 Thus hath Jehovah^H3068 of hosts^H6635 spoken,^H559 saying,^H559 Execute^H8199 true^H571 judgment,^H4941 and show^H6213 kindness^H2617 and compassion^H7356 every man^H376 to his brother;^H251

10 ♥ 📝 and oppress^H6231 not the widow,^H490 nor the fatherless,^H3490 the sojourner,^H1616 nor the poor;^H6041 and let none of you devise^H2803 evil^H7451 against^H376 his brother^H251 in your heart.^H3824

11 ♥ 📝 But they refused^H3985 to hearken,^H7181 and pulled away^H5414 the shoulder,^H3802 and stopped^H3513 their ears,^H241 that they might not hear.^H8085

12 ♥ 📝 Yea, they made^H7760 their hearts^H3820 as an adamant stone,^H8068 lest they should hear^H8085 the law,^H8451 and the words^H1697 which Jehovah^H3068 of hosts^H6635 had sent^H7971 by his Spirit^H7307 by^H3027 the former^H7223 prophets:^H5030 therefore there came great^H1419 wrath^H7110 from Jehovah^H3068 of hosts.^H6635

13 ♥ 📝 And it is come to pass that, as he cried,^H7121 and they would not hear,^H8085 so they shall cry,^H7121 and I will not hear,^H8085 said^H559 Jehovah^H3068 of hosts;^H6635

14 ♥ 📝 but I will scatter them with a whirlwind^H5590 among all the nations^H1471 which they have not known.^H3045 Thus the land^H776 was desolate^H8074 after^H310 them, so that no man passed through^H5674 nor returned:^H7725 for they laid^H7760 the pleasant^H2532 land^H776 desolate.^H8047