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Zechariah 7:5-10

5Speakuntoallthepeopleעַ֣ם'amH5971ofthelandהָאָ֔רֶץha.'A.retzH776,andtothepriestsהַכֹּהֲנִ֖יםha.ko.ha.NimH3548,sayingH559,WhenyefastedH6684andmournedוְסָפ֜וֹדve.sa.FodH5594inthefifthבַּחֲמִישִׁ֣יba.cha.mi.ShiH2549andintheseventhוּבַשְּׁבִיעִ֗יu.va.she.vi.'IH7637month,eventheseseventyשִׁבְעִ֣יםshiv.'ImH7657yearsשָׁנָ֔הsha.NahH8141, did yeatallfastH6684untome,eventome?

6Andwhenyeeatתֹאכְל֖וּto.khe.LuH398,andwhenyedrinkתִשְׁתּ֑וּtish.TuH8354, donotyeeatהָאֹ֣כְלִ֔יםha.'O.khe.LimH398foryourselves,anddrinkהַשֹּׁתִֽים׃ha.sho.TimH8354foryourselves?

7Shouldyenothearthewordsהַדְּבָרִ֗יםha.de.va.RimH1697whichJehovahcriedbytheformerהָרִֽאשֹׁנִ֔יםha.ri.sho.NimH7223prophetsהַנְּבִיאִ֣יםha.ne.vi.'ImH5030,whenJerusalemיְרוּשָׁלִַ֙ם֙ye.ru.sha.LimH3389wasH1961inhabitedH3427andinprosperity,andthecitiesוְעָרֶ֖יהָve.'a.Rei.haH5892thereofroundH5439abouther,andtheSouthH5045andthelowlandwereinhabitedH3427?

8Andthewordדְּבַר־de.var-H1697ofJehovahcameuntoZechariahזְכַרְיָ֖הze.khar.YahH2148,sayingלֵאמֹֽר׃le.MorH559,

9Thusכֹּ֥הkohH3541hathJehovahofhostsצְבָא֖וֹתtze.va.'otH6635spoken,sayingH559,ExecutetruejudgmentH4941,andshowkindnessandcompassionוְרַֽחֲמִ֔יםve.ra.cha.MimH7356everymanH376tohisbrotherאָחִֽיו׃'a.ChivH251;

10andoppressתַּעֲשֹׁ֑קוּta.'a.Sho.kuH6231notthewidowוְאַלְמָנָ֧הve.'al.ma.NahH490,northefatherlessוְיָת֛וֹםve.ya.TomH3490,thesojournerגֵּ֥רgerH1616,northepoorוְעָנִ֖יve.'a.NiH6041;andletnoneofyoudeviseevilH7451againsthisbrotherאָחִ֔יו'a.ChivH251inyourheartבִּלְבַבְכֶֽם׃bil.vav.KhemH3824.

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