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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.

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ)

Zechariah 7 (BYZ)

[1] και εγενετο εν τω τεταρτω ετει επι δαρειου του βασιλεως εγενετο λογος κυριου προς ζαχαριαν τετραδι του μηνος του ενατου ος εστιν χασελευ
[2] και εξαπεστειλεν εις βαιθηλ σαρασαρ και αρβεσεερ ο βασιλευς και οι ανδρες αυτου του εξιλασασθαι τον κυριον
[3] λεγων προς τους ιερεις τους εν τω οικω κυριου παντοκρατορος και προς τους προφητας λεγων εισεληλυθεν ωδε εν τω μηνι τω πεμπτω το αγιασμα καθοτι εποιησα ηδη ικανα ετη
[4] και εγενετο λογος κυριου των δυναμεων προς με λεγων
[5] ειπον προς απαντα τον λαον της γης και προς τους ιερεις λεγων εαν νηστευσητε η κοψησθε εν ταις πεμπταις η εν ταις εβδομαις και ιδου εβδομηκοντα ετη μη νηστειαν νενηστευκατε μοι
[6] και εαν φαγητε η πιητε ουχ υμεις εσθετε και υμεις πινετε
[7] ουχ ουτοι οι λογοι εισιν ους ελαλησεν κυριος εν χερσιν των προφητων των εμπροσθεν οτε ην ιερουσαλημ κατοικουμενη και ευθηνουσα και αι πολεις αυτης κυκλοθεν και η ορεινη και η πεδινη κατωκειτο
[8] και εγενετο λογος κυριου προς ζαχαριαν λεγων
[9] ταδε λεγει κυριος παντοκρατωρ κριμα δικαιον κρινατε και ελεος και οικτιρμον ποιειτε εκαστος προς τον αδελφον αυτου
[10] και χηραν και ορφανον και προσηλυτον και πενητα μη καταδυναστευετε και κακιαν εκαστος του αδελφου αυτου μη μνησικακειτω εν ταις καρδιαις υμων
[11] και ηπειθησαν του προσεχειν και εδωκαν νωτον παραφρονουντα και τα ωτα αυτων εβαρυναν του μη εισακουειν
[12] και την καρδιαν αυτων εταξαν απειθη του μη εισακουειν του νομου μου και τους λογους ους εξαπεστειλεν κυριος παντοκρατωρ εν πνευματι αυτου εν χερσιν των προφητων των εμπροσθεν και εγενετο οργη μεγαλη παρα κυριου παντοκρατορος
[13] και εσται ον τροπον ειπεν και ουκ εισηκουσαν αυτου ουτως κεκραξονται και ου μη εισακουσω λεγει κυριος παντοκρατωρ
[14] και εκβαλω αυτους εις παντα τα εθνη α ουκ εγνωσαν και η γη αφανισθησεται κατοπισθεν αυτων εκ διοδευοντος και εξ αναστρεφοντος και εταξαν γην εκλεκτην εις αφανισμον