Zechariah 7

1And it came to pass in the fourth yearH8141 of kingH4428 DariusH1867, that the wordH1697 of Jehovah came unto ZechariahH2148 in the fourth day of the ninthH8671 monthH2320, even in Chislev. 2Now they of Beth-el had sentH7971 SharezerH8272 and Regem-melech, and their menH376, to entreatH2470 the favor of Jehovah, 3and to speak unto the priestsH3548 of the houseH1004 of Jehovah of hostsH6635, and to the prophetsH5030, sayingH559, Should I weepH1058 in the fifthH2549 monthH2320, separating myself, as I have done these so many yearsH8141? 4Then came the wordH1697 of Jehovah of hostsH6635 unto me, sayingH559, 5Speak unto all the peopleH5971 of the landH776, and to the priestsH3548, sayingH559, When ye fastedH6684 and mournedH5594 in the fifthH2549 and in the seventhH7637 month, even these seventyH7657 yearsH8141, did ye at all fastH6684 unto me, even to me? 6And when ye eatH398, and when ye drinkH8354, do not ye eatH398 for yourselves, and drinkH8354 for yourselves? 7Should ye not hear the wordsH1697 which Jehovah cried by the formerH7223 prophetsH5030, when JerusalemH3389 wasH1961 inhabitedH3427 and in prosperity, and the citiesH5892 thereof roundH5439 about her, and the SouthH5045 and the lowland were inhabitedH3427?

8And the wordH1697 of Jehovah came unto ZechariahH2148, sayingH559, 9ThusH3541 hath Jehovah of hostsH6635 spoken, sayingH559, Execute true judgmentH4941, and show kindness and compassionH7356 every manH376 to his brotherH251; 10and oppressH6231 not the widowH490, nor the fatherlessH3490, the sojournerH1616, nor the poorH6041; and let none of you devise evilH7451 against his brotherH251 in your heartH3824. 11But they refusedH3985 to hearken, and pulled away the shoulderH3802, and stopped their earsH241, that they might not hearH8085. 12Yea, they madeH7760 their heartsH3820 as an adamant stone, lest they should hearH8085 the lawH8451, and the wordsH1697 which Jehovah of hostsH6635 had sentH7971 by his SpiritH7307 by the formerH7223 prophetsH5030: therefore there came greatH1419 wrathH7110 from Jehovah of hostsH6635. 13And it is come to pass that, as he cried, and they would not hearH8085, so they shall cry, and I will not hearH8085, saidH559 Jehovah of hostsH6635; 14but I will scatter them with a whirlwind among all the nationsH1471 which they have not knownH3045. Thus the landH776 was desolate after them, so that no man passedH5674 through nor returnedH7725: for they laid the pleasant landH776 desolate.