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World English Bible

Zechariah 7 (WEBP)

[1] In the fourth year of King Darius, Yahweh’s word came to Zechariah in the fourth day of the ninth month, the month of Chislev.
[2] The people of Bethel sent Sharezer and Regem Melech and their men to entreat Yahweh’s favor,
[3] and to speak to the priests of the house of Yahweh of Armies and to the prophets, saying, “Should I weep in the fifth month, separating myself, as I have done these so many years?”
[4] Then the word of Yahweh of Armies came to me, saying,
[5] “Speak to all the people of the land and to the priests, saying, ‘When you fasted and mourned in the fifth and in the seventh month for these seventy years, did you at all fast to me, really to me?
[6] When you eat and when you drink, don’t you eat for yourselves and drink for yourselves?
[7] Aren’t these the words which Yahweh proclaimed by the former prophets when Jerusalem was inhabited and in prosperity, and its cities around her, and the South and the lowland were inhabited?’ ”
[8] Yahweh’s word came to Zechariah, saying,
[9] “Thus has Yahweh of Armies spoken, saying, ‘Execute true judgment, and show kindness and compassion every man to his brother.
[10] Don’t oppress the widow, the fatherless, the foreigner, nor the poor; and let none of you devise evil against his brother in your heart.’
[11] But they refused to listen, and turned their backs, and stopped their ears, that they might not hear.
[12] Yes, they made their hearts as hard as flint, lest they might hear the law and the words which Yahweh of Armies had sent by his Spirit by the former prophets. Therefore great wrath came from Yahweh of Armies.
[13] It has come to pass that, as he called and they refused to listen, so they will call and I will not listen,” said Yahweh of Armies;
[14] “but I will scatter them with a whirlwind among all the nations which they have not known. Thus the land was desolate after them, so that no man passed through nor returned; for they made the pleasant land desolate.”

Scripture quotations are taken from The World English Bible™ of eBible.org, 2020 stable text edition. It is in the public domain.

King James w/Strong’s #s

Zechariah 7 (KJVS)

[1] And it came to pass in the fourth year of king Darius , [that] the word of the LORD came unto Zechariah in the fourth [day] of the ninth month , [even] in Chisleu ;
[2] When they had sent () unto the house of God Sherezer and Regemmelech , and their men , to pray () before the LORD ,
[3] [And] to speak () unto the priests which [were] in the house of the LORD of hosts , and to the prophets , saying (), Should I weep () in the fifth month , separating () myself, as I have done () these so many years ?
[4] Then came the word of the LORD of hosts unto me, saying (),
[5] Speak () unto all the people of the land , and to the priests , saying (), When ye fasted () and mourned () in the fifth and seventh [month], even those seventy years , did ye at all () fast () unto me, [even] to me?
[6] And when ye did eat (), and when ye did drink (), did not ye eat () [for yourselves], and drink () [for yourselves]?
[7] [Should ye] not [hear] the words which the LORD hath cried () by the former prophets , when Jerusalem was inhabited () and in prosperity , and the cities thereof round about her , when [men] inhabited () the south and the plain ?
[8] And the word of the LORD came unto Zechariah , saying (),
[9] Thus speaketh () the LORD of hosts , saying (), Execute () true judgment , and shew () mercy and compassions every man to his brother :
[10] And oppress () not the widow , nor the fatherless , the stranger , nor the poor ; and let none of you imagine () evil against his brother in your heart .
[11] But they refused () to hearken (), and pulled away () () the shoulder , and stopped () their ears , that they should not hear ().
[12] Yea, they made () their hearts [as] an adamant stone , lest they should hear () the law , and the words which the LORD of hosts hath sent () in his spirit by the former prophets : therefore came a great wrath from the LORD of hosts .
[13] Therefore it is come to pass, [that] as he cried (), and they would not hear (); so they cried (), and I would not hear (), saith () the LORD of hosts :
[14] But I scattered them with a whirlwind () among all the nations whom they knew () not. Thus the land was desolate () after them, that no man passed through () nor returned (): for they laid () the pleasant land desolate .

Young’s Literal Translation

Zechariah 7 (YLT)

[1] 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.
[2] And Beth-El sendeth Sherezer and Regem-Melech, and its men, to appease the face of Jehovah,
[3] 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?’
[4] And there is a word of Jehovah of Hosts unto me, saying:
[5] ‘Speak unto all the people of the land, and unto the priests, saying:
[6] 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?
[7] ‘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?’
[8] And there is a word of Jehovah unto Zechariah, saying:
[9] ‘Thus spake Jehovah of Hosts, saying: True judgment judge ye, And kindness and mercy do one with another.
[10] And widow, and fatherless, Sojourner, and poor, ye do not oppress, And the calamity of one another ye do not devise in your heart.
[11] And they refuse to attend, And they give a refractory shoulder, And their ears have made heavy against hearing.
[12] 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.
[13] 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.
[14] 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!