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In the fourth year of King Darius, the word of the LORD came to Zechariah on the fourth day of the ninth month, which is Chislev.
In the fourth year of King Darius, the word of the LORD came to Zechariah on the fourth day of the ninth month, which is Chislev.
A Call to Justice and Mercy
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 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,
Now the town of Bethel had sent Sharezer and Regemmelech and their men to seek the favor of the LORD,
when Bethel had sent Sherezer and Regem-melech, and his men, to supplicate Jehovah,
speaking to the priests who belong to the house of the LORD of hosts, and to the prophets, saying, “Shall I weep in the fifth month and abstain, as I have done these many years?”
[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?
Then the word of the LORD of hosts came to me, saying,
And the word of Jehovah of hosts came unto me, saying,
“Say to all the people of the land and to the priests, ‘When you fasted and mourned in the fifth and seventh months these seventy years, was it actually for Me that you fasted?
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?
‘When you eat and drink, do you not eat for yourselves and do you not drink for yourselves?
And when ye ate, and when ye drank, was it not you that were eating and drinking?
‘Are not these the words which the LORD proclaimed by the former prophets, when Jerusalem was inhabited and prosperous along with its cities around it, and the Negev and the foothills were inhabited?’”
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?
Then the word of the LORD came to Zechariah saying,
And the word of Jehovah came unto Zechariah, saying,
“Thus has the LORD of hosts said, ‘Dispense true justice and practice kindness and compassion each to his brother;
Thus speaketh Jehovah of hosts, saying, Execute true judgment, and shew loving-kindness and mercies one to another,
and do not oppress the widow or the orphan, the stranger or the poor; and do not devise evil in your hearts against one another.’
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.
“But they refused to pay attention and turned a stubborn shoulder and stopped their ears from hearing.
But they refused to hearken, and turned a rebellious shoulder, and made their ears heavy, that they should not hear.
“They made their hearts like flint so that they could not hear the law and the words which the LORD of hosts had sent by His Spirit through the former prophets; therefore great wrath came from the LORD of hosts.
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 just as He called and they would not listen, so they called and I would not listen,” says the LORD of hosts;
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;
“but I scattered them with a storm wind among all the nations whom they have not known. Thus the land is desolated behind them so that no one went back and forth, for they made the pleasant land desolate.”
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.