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Zechariah 7:3-7

3by askingלֵאמֹ֗ר אֶל־le.Mor 'el-H559 H413the priestsהַכֹּֽהֲנִים֙ha.ko.ha.NimH3548אֲשֶׁר֙'a.SherH834of the houseלְבֵית־le.veit-H1004of the LORDיְהוָ֣הYah.wehH3068of Hostsצְבָא֔וֹתtze.va.'otH6635,as well asוְאֶל־ve.'el-H413the prophetsהַנְּבִיאִ֖ים לֵאמֹ֑רha.ne.vi.'Im le.MorH5030 H559, “Should I weepהַֽאֶבְכֶּה֙ha.'ev.KehH1058and fastהִנָּזֵ֕רhi.na.ZerH5144in the fifthהַחֲמִשִׁ֔יha.cha.mi.ShiH2549monthבַּחֹ֣דֶשׁba.Cho.deshH2320,asכַּאֲשֶׁ֣רka.'a.SherH834I have doneעָשִׂ֔יתִי'a.Si.tiH6213theseזֶ֖הzehH2088manyכַּמֶּ֥הka.MehH4100yearsשָׁנִֽים׃ פsha.NimH8141?”

4Then the wordדְּבַר־de.var-H1697of the LORDיְהוָ֥הYah.wehH3068of Hostsצְבָא֖וֹתtze.va.'otH6635cameוַיְהִ֛יvay.HiH1961to meאֵלַ֥י'e.LaiH413,sayingלֵאמֹֽר׃le.MorH559,

5“Askאֱמֹר֙ אֶל־'e.Mor 'el-H559 H413allכָּל־kol-H3605the peopleעַ֣ם'amH5971of the landהָאָ֔רֶץ וְאֶל־ha.'A.retz ve.'el-H776 H413and the priestsהַכֹּהֲנִ֖ים לֵאמֹ֑רha.ko.ha.Nim le.MorH3548 H559, ‘Whenכִּֽי־ki-H3588you fastedH6684and mournedוְסָפ֜וֹדve.sa.FodH5594in the fifthבַּחֲמִישִׁ֣יba.cha.mi.ShiH2549and seventh monthsוּבַשְּׁבִיעִ֗יu.va.she.vi.'IH7637for theseוְזֶה֙ve.ZehH2088seventyשִׁבְעִ֣יםshiv.'ImH7657yearsשָׁנָ֔הsha.NahH8141,was it really for Meאָֽנִי׃'A.niH589that you fastedH6684?

6And whenוְכִ֥יve.KhiH3588you were eatingתֹאכְל֖וּ וְכִ֣יto.khe.Lu ve.KhiH398 H3588and drinkingתִשְׁתּ֑וּtish.TuH8354,were you notהֲל֤וֹאha.Lo'H3808doing soהָאֹ֣כְלִ֔יםha.'O.khe.LimH859 H398simply for yourselvesהַשֹּׁתִֽים׃ha.sho.TimH8354?

7Are these notהֲל֣וֹאha.Lo'H3808אֶת־'et-H853the wordsהַדְּבָרִ֗יםha.de.va.RimH1697thatאֲשֶׁ֨ר'a.SherH834the LORDיְהוָה֙Yah.wehH3068proclaimedקָרָ֤אka.Ra'H7121throughבְּיַד֙be.YadH3027the earlierהָרִֽאשֹׁנִ֔יםha.ri.sho.NimH7223prophetsהַנְּבִיאִ֣יםha.ne.vi.'ImH5030,when Jerusalemיְרוּשָׁלִַ֙ם֙ye.ru.sha.LimH3389and its surroundingסְבִיבֹתֶ֑יהָse.vi.vo.Tei.haH5439townsוְעָרֶ֖יהָve.'a.Rei.haH5892wereבִּהְי֤וֹתbih.YotH1961populousיֹשֶׁ֣בֶתyo.She.vetH3427and prosperousוּשְׁלֵוָ֔הu.she.le.VahH7961,and the Negevוְהַנֶּ֥גֶבve.ha.Ne.gevH5045and the foothillsוְהַשְּׁפֵלָ֖הve.ha.she.fe.LahH8219were inhabitedיֹשֵֽׁב׃ פyo.ShevH3427?’”

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