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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 Regem-melech, 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.

Zechariah 7:2 Heb. to intreat the face of the Lord
Zechariah 7:6 Or, be not ye they that etc.
Zechariah 7:7a Or, are not these the words
Zechariah 7:7b Heb. by the hand of, etc.
Zechariah 7:9 Heb. judge judgment of truth
Zechariah 7:11a Heb. they gave a backsliding shoulder
Zechariah 7:11b Heb. made heavy
Zechariah 7:12 Heb. by the hand of
Zechariah 7:14 Heb. land of desire

Scripture quotations from The Authorized King James Version of the Holy Bible, using the standardized text of 1769. It is in the public domain.

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ)

Zechariah 7 (BYZ)

[1] Καὶ () ἐγένετο () ἐν () τῷ () τετάρτῳ () ἔτει () ἐπὶ () Δαρείου τοῦ () βασιλέως () ἐγένετο () λόγος () κυρίου () πρὸς () Ζαχαριαν () τετράδι τοῦ () μηνὸς () τοῦ () ἐνάτου, () ὅς () ἐστιν () Χασελευ,
[2] καὶ () ἐξαπέστειλεν () εἰς () Βαιθηλ Σαρασαρ καὶ () Αρβεσεερ ὁ () βασιλεὺς () καὶ () οἱ () ἄνδρες () αὐτοῦ () τοῦ () ἐξιλάσασθαι τὸν () κύριον ()
[3] λέγων () πρὸς () τοὺς () ἱερεῖς () τοὺς () ἐν () τῷ () οἴκῳ () κυρίου () παντοκράτορος () καὶ () πρὸς () τοὺς () προφήτας () λέγων () Εἰσελήλυθεν () ὧδε () ἐν () τῷ () μηνὶ () τῷ () πέμπτῳ () τὸ () ἁγίασμα, καθότι () ἐποίησα () ἤδη () ἱκανὰ () ἔτη. ()
[4] Καὶ () ἐγένετο () λόγος () κυρίου () τῶν () δυνάμεων () πρός () με () λέγων ()
[5] Εἰπὸν () πρὸς () ἅπαντα () τὸν () λαὸν () τῆς () γῆς () καὶ () πρὸς () τοὺς () ἱερεῖς () λέγων () Ἐὰν () νηστεύσητε () ἢ () κόψησθε () ἐν () ταῖς () πέμπταις () ἢ () ἐν () ταῖς () ἑβδόμαις, () καὶ () ἰδοὺ () ἑβδομήκοντα () ἔτη () μὴ () νηστείαν () νενηστεύκατέ () μοι; ()
[6] Καὶ () ἐὰν () φάγητε () ἢ () πίητε, () οὐχ () ὑμεῖς () ἔσθετε καὶ () ὑμεῖς () πίνετε; ()
[7] Οὐχ () οὗτοι () οἱ () λόγοι () εἰσίν, () οὓς () ἐλάλησεν () κύριος () ἐν () χερσὶν () τῶν () προφητῶν () τῶν () ἔμπροσθεν, () ὅτε () ἦν () Ιερουσαλημ () κατοικουμένη () καὶ () εὐθηνοῦσα καὶ () αἱ () πόλεις () αὐτῆς () κυκλόθεν () καὶ () ἡ () ὀρεινὴ () καὶ () ἡ () πεδινὴ () κατῳκεῖτο; ()
[8] Καὶ () ἐγένετο () λόγος () κυρίου () πρὸς () Ζαχαριαν () λέγων ()
[9] Τάδε () λέγει () κύριος () παντοκράτωρ () Κρίμα () δίκαιον () κρίνατε () καὶ () ἔλεος () καὶ () οἰκτιρμὸν () ποιεῖτε () ἕκαστος () πρὸς () τὸν () ἀδελφὸν () αὐτοῦ ()
[10] καὶ () χήραν () καὶ () ὀρφανὸν () καὶ () προσήλυτον () καὶ () πένητα () μὴ () καταδυναστεύετε, () καὶ () κακίαν () ἕκαστος () τοῦ () ἀδελφοῦ () αὐτοῦ () μὴ () μνησικακείτω ἐν () ταῖς () καρδίαις () ὑμῶν. ()
[11] Καὶ () ἠπείθησαν () τοῦ () προσέχειν () καὶ () ἔδωκαν () νῶτον () παραφρονοῦντα () καὶ () τὰ () ὦτα () αὐτῶν () ἐβάρυναν () τοῦ () μὴ () εἰσακούειν ()
[12] καὶ () τὴν () καρδίαν () αὐτῶν () ἔταξαν () ἀπειθῆ () τοῦ () μὴ () εἰσακούειν () τοῦ () νόμου () μου () καὶ () τοὺς () λόγους, () οὓς () ἐξαπέστειλεν () κύριος () παντοκράτωρ () ἐν () πνεύματι () αὐτοῦ () ἐν () χερσὶν () τῶν () προφητῶν () τῶν () ἔμπροσθεν· () καὶ () ἐγένετο () ὀργὴ () μεγάλη () παρὰ () κυρίου () παντοκράτορος. ()
[13] Καὶ () ἔσται () ὃν () τρόπον () εἶπεν () καὶ () οὐκ () εἰσήκουσαν () αὐτοῦ, () οὕτως () κεκράξονται () καὶ () οὐ () μὴ () εἰσακούσω, () λέγει () κύριος () παντοκράτωρ. ()
[14] Καὶ () ἐκβαλῶ () αὐτοὺς () εἰς () πάντα () τὰ () ἔθνη, () ἃ () οὐκ () ἔγνωσαν, () καὶ () ἡ () γῆ () ἀφανισθήσεται () κατόπισθεν αὐτῶν () ἐκ () διοδεύοντος () καὶ () ἐξ () ἀναστρέφοντος· () καὶ () ἔταξαν () γῆν () ἐκλεκτὴν () εἰς () ἀφανισμόν. ()

Old Testament scripture quotations and versification from Septuaginta, edited by Alfred Rahlfs (Stuttgart: Württembergische Bibelanstalt, 1935). New Testament quotations are from the Byzantine Text (Guardian Press, LLC, Robinson-Pierpont Byzantine Textform, 2026). Both are in the public domain.