Zechariah 7 – Bible | Equip God’s People

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^[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.”

King James Version

^[1] And it came to pass in the fourthH702 yearH8141 of kingH4428 Darius,H1867 [that] the wordH1697 of the LordH3068 came unto ZechariahH2148 in the fourthH702 [day] of the ninthH8671 month,H2320 [even] in Chisleu;H3691 ^[2] When they had sentH7971(QalImpf) unto the houseH1004 of GodH410 SherezerH8272 and Regemmelech,H7278 and their men,H582 to prayH2470(PielInf) beforeH6440 the Lord,H3068 ^[3] [And] to speakH559(QalInf) unto the priestsH3548 which [were] in the houseH1004 of the LordH3068 of hosts,H6635 and to the prophets,H5030 saying,H559(QalInf) Should I weepH1058(QalImpf) in the fifthH2549 month,H2320 separatingH5144(NiphInf) myself, as I have doneH6213(QalPerf) these so many years?H8141 ^[4] Then came the wordH1697 of the LordH3068 of hostsH6635 unto me, saying,H559(QalInf) ^[5] SpeakH559(QalImpv) unto all the peopleH5971 of the land,H776 and to the priests,H3548 saying,H559(QalInf) When ye fastedH6684(QalPerf) and mournedH5594(QalInf) in the fifthH2549 and seventhH7637 [month], even those seventyH7657 years,H8141 did ye at allH6684(QalInf) fastH6684(QalPerf) unto me, [even] to me? ^[6] And when ye did eat,H398(QalImpf) and when ye did drink,H8354(QalImpf) did not ye eatH398(QalActPtc) [for yourselves], and drinkH8354(QalActPtc) [for yourselves]? ^[7] [Should ye] not [hear] the wordsH1697 which the LordH3068 hath criedH7121(QalPerf) byH3027 the formerH7223 prophets,H5030 when JerusalemH3389 was inhabitedH3427(QalActPtc) and in prosperity,H7961 and the citiesH5892 thereof round about her,H5439 when [men] inhabitedH3427(QalActPtc) the southH5045 and the plain?H8219 ^[8] And the wordH1697 of the LordH3068 came unto Zechariah,H2148 saying,H559(QalInf) ^[9] Thus speakethH559(QalPerf) the LordH3068 of hosts,H6635 saying,H559(QalInf) ExecuteH8199(QalImpv) trueH571 judgment,H4941 and shewH6213(QalImpv) mercyH2617 and compassionsH7356 every manH376 to his brother:H251 ^[10] And oppressH6231(QalImpf) not the widow,H490 nor the fatherless,H3490 the stranger,H1616 nor the poor;H6041 and let none of you imagineH2803(QalImpf) evilH7451 againstH376 his brotherH251 in your heart.H3824 ^[11] But they refusedH3985(PielImpf) to hearken,H7181(HiphInf) and pulled awayH5414(QalImpf) the shoulder,H3802 and stoppedH3513(HiphPerf) their ears,H241 that they should not hear.H8085(QalInf) ^[12] Yea, they madeH7760(QalPerf) their heartsH3820 [as] an adamant stone,H8068 lest they should hearH8085(QalInf) the law,H8451 and the wordsH1697 which the LordH3068 of hostsH6635 hath sentH7971(QalPerf) in his spiritH7307 byH3027 the formerH7223 prophets:H5030 therefore came a greatH1419 wrathH7110 from the LordH3068 of hosts.H6635 ^[13] Therefore it is come to pass, [that] as he cried,H7121(QalPerf) and they would not hear;H8085(QalPerf) so they cried,H7121(QalImpf) and I would not hear,H8085(QalImpf) saithH559(QalPerf) the LordH3068 of hosts:H6635 ^[14] But I scattered them with a whirlwindH5590(PielImpf) among all the nationsH1471 whom they knewH3045(QalPerf) not. Thus the landH776 was desolateH8074(NiphPerf) afterH310 them, that no man passed throughH5674(QalActPtc) nor returned:H7725(QalActPtc) for they laidH7760(QalImpf) the pleasantH2532 landH776 desolate.H8047

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