Zechariah 7

1And it came to pass in the fourth yearH8141 of kingH4428 DariusH1867, that the wordH1697 of Jehovah came unto ZechariahH2148 on the fourth [day] of the ninthH8671 monthH2320, [even] in Chislev, 2when Bethel had sentH7971 Sherezer and Regem-melech, and his menH376, to supplicate Jehovah, 3[and] to speak unto the priestsH3548 that were in the houseH1004 of Jehovah of hostsH6635, and to the prophetsH5030, sayingH559, Should I weepH1058 in the fifthH2549 monthH2320, separating myself, as I have done now so many yearsH8141? 4And the wordH1697 of Jehovah of hostsH6635 came 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 those seventyH7657 yearsH8141, did ye really fastH6684 unto me, [even] unto me? 6And when ye ateH398, and when ye drankH8354, was it not you that were eatingH398 and drinkingH8354? 7Are not these the wordsH1697 that Jehovah cried by the formerH7223 prophetsH5030, when JerusalemH3389 wasH1961 inhabitedH3427 and at peace, and her citiesH5892 roundH5439 about her, when the southH5045 and the lowland were inhabitedH3427? 8And the wordH1697 of Jehovah came unto ZechariahH2148, sayingH559, 9ThusH3541 speaketh Jehovah of hostsH6635, sayingH559, Execute true judgmentH4941, and shew loving-kindness and mercies oneH376 to another, 10and oppressH6231 not the widowH490 and the fatherlessH3490, the stranger and the afflictedH6041; and let none of you imagine evilH7451 against his brotherH251 in your heartH3824. 11But they refusedH3985 to hearken, and turned a rebelliousH5637 shoulderH3802, and madeH5414 their earsH241 heavyH3513, that they should not hearH8085. 12And they madeH7760 their heartH3820 [as] an adamant, that they should not hearH8085 the lawH8451, and the wordsH1697 that Jehovah of hostsH6635 sentH7971 by his SpiritH7307 by the handH3027 of the formerH7223 prophetsH5030: therefore wasH1961 there greatH1419 wrathH7110 from Jehovah of hostsH6635. 13And it came to pass, like as he calledH7121, and they would not hearH8085, so they calledH7121, and I would not hearH8085, saith Jehovah of hostsH6635; 14and I scattered them with a whirlwind among all the nationsH1471 whom they knewH3045 not, and the landH776 was desolate after them, so that no one passedH5674 through nor returnedH7725; and they laid the pleasant landH776 desolate.