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Zechariah 7

1Anditcametopassinthefourthyearבִּשְׁנַ֣תbish.NatH8141ofkingהַמֶּ֑לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428Dariusלְדָרְיָ֖וֶשׁle.da.re.Ya.veshH1867,thatthewordדְבַר־de.var-H1697ofJehovahcameuntoZechariahזְכַרְיָ֗הze.khar.YahH2148onthefourth[day]oftheninthהַתְּשִׁעִ֖יha.te.shi.'IH8671monthלַחֹ֥דֶשׁla.Cho.deshH2320, [even]inChislev,

2whenBethelhadsentH7971SherezerandRegem-melech,andhismenH376,tosupplicateJehovah,

3[and]tospeakuntothepriestsהַכֹּֽהֲנִים֙ha.ko.ha.NimH3548thatwereinthehouseלְבֵית־le.veit-H1004ofJehovahofhostsצְבָא֔וֹתtze.va.'otH6635,andtotheprophetsהַנְּבִיאִ֖יםha.ne.vi.'ImH5030,sayingH559,ShouldIweepהַֽאֶבְכֶּה֙ha.'ev.KehH1058inthefifthהַחֲמִשִׁ֔יha.cha.mi.ShiH2549monthבַּחֹ֣דֶשׁba.Cho.deshH2320, separating myself,asIhavedonenowsomanyyearsשָׁנִֽים׃ פsha.NimH8141?

4Andthewordדְּבַר־de.var-H1697ofJehovahofhostsצְבָא֖וֹתtze.va.'otH6635cameuntome,sayingלֵאמֹֽר׃le.MorH559,

5Speakuntoallthepeopleעַ֣ם'amH5971ofthelandהָאָ֔רֶץha.'A.retzH776,andtothepriestsהַכֹּהֲנִ֖יםha.ko.ha.NimH3548,sayingH559,WhenyefastedH6684andmournedוְסָפ֜וֹדve.sa.FodH5594inthefifthבַּחֲמִישִׁ֣יba.cha.mi.ShiH2549andintheseventhוּבַשְּׁבִיעִ֗יu.va.she.vi.'IH7637[month],eventhoseseventyשִׁבְעִ֣יםshiv.'ImH7657yearsשָׁנָ֔הsha.NahH8141, did yereallyfastH6684untome, [even] untome?

6Andwhenyeateתֹאכְל֖וּto.khe.LuH398,andwhenyedrankH8354,wasitnotyouthatwereeatingהָאֹ֣כְלִ֔יםha.'O.khe.LimH398anddrinkingH8354?

7Arenotthesethewordsהַדְּבָרִ֗יםha.de.va.RimH1697thatJehovahcriedbytheformerהָרִֽאשֹׁנִ֔יםha.ri.sho.NimH7223prophetsהַנְּבִיאִ֣יםha.ne.vi.'ImH5030,whenJerusalemיְרוּשָׁלִַ֙ם֙ye.ru.sha.LimH3389wasH1961inhabitedH3427andatpeace,andhercitiesוְעָרֶ֖יהָve.'a.Rei.haH5892roundH5439abouther,whenthesouthH5045andthelowlandwereinhabitedH3427?

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

9Thusכֹּ֥הkohH3541speakethJehovahofhostsצְבָא֖וֹתtze.va.'otH6635,sayingH559,ExecutetruejudgmentH4941,andshew loving-kindnessandmerciesoneH376toanother,

10andoppressתַּעֲשֹׁ֑קוּta.'a.Sho.kuH6231notthewidowוְאַלְמָנָ֧הve.'al.ma.NahH490andthefatherlessוְיָת֛וֹםve.ya.TomH3490,thestrangerandtheafflictedH6041;andletnoneofyouimagineevilH7451againsthisbrotherאָחִ֔יו'a.ChivH251inyourheartבִּלְבַבְכֶֽם׃bil.vav.KhemH3824.

11ButtheyrefusedH3985tohearken,andturnedarebelliousH5637shoulderכָתֵ֖ףkha.TefH3802,andmadeH5414theirearsוְאָזְנֵיהֶ֖םve.'a.ze.nei.HemH241heavyהִכְבִּ֥ידוּhikh.Bi.duH3513,thattheyshould nothearמִשְּׁמֽוֹעַ׃mi.she.Mo.a'H8085.

12AndtheymadeH7760theirheartוְלִבָּ֞םve.li.BamH3820[as]anadamant,thattheyshouldnothearמִ֠שְּׁמוֹעַMi.she.mo.a'H8085thelawהַתּוֹרָ֤הha.to.RahH8451,andthewordsהַדְּבָרִים֙ha.de.va.RimH1697thatJehovahofhostsצְבָאוֹת֙tze.va.'OtH6635sentH7971byhisSpiritבְּרוּח֔וֹbe.ru.ChoH7307bythehandבְּיַ֖דbe.YadH3027oftheformerהָרִֽאשֹׁנִ֑יםha.ri.sho.NimH7223prophetsהַנְּבִיאִ֣יםha.ne.vi.'ImH5030:thereforewasH1961theregreatגָּד֔וֹלga.DolH1419wrathקֶ֣צֶףKe.tzefH7110fromJehovahofhostsצְבָאֽוֹת׃tze.va.'otH6635.

13Anditcametopass,likeashecalledקָרָ֖אka.Ra'H7121,andtheywouldnothearH8085,sotheycalledיִקְרְאוּ֙yik.re.'UH7121,andIwouldnothearH8085, saithJehovahofhostsצְבָאֽוֹת׃tze.va.'otH6635;

14andIscatteredthemwithawhirlwindamongallthenationsהַגּוֹיִם֙ha.go.YimH1471whomtheyknewH3045not,andthelandוְהָאָ֙רֶץ֙ve.ha.'A.retzH776wasdesolateafterthem,sothatnoonepassedH5674throughnorreturnedוּמִשָּׁ֑בu.mi.ShavH7725;andtheylaidthepleasantlandאֶֽרֶץ־'e.retz-H776desolate.

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