Zechariah 7
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New American Standard Bible 1995

Zechariah 7:3-7

3speakingH559 to the 1priestsH3548 whoH834 belong to the houseH1004 of the LordH3068 of hostsH6635, and to the prophetsH5030, sayingH559, “Shall I weepH1058 in the 2fifthH2549 monthH2320 3and abstainH5144, as I have doneH6213 theseH2088 manyH4100 yearsH8141?” 4Then the wordH1697 of the LordH3068 of hostsH6635 cameH1961 to me, sayingH559, 5“SayH559 to allH3605 the peopleH5971 of the landH776 and to the priestsH3548, ‘WhenH3588 you fastedH6684 and mournedH5594 in the fifthH2549 and seventhH7637 months 4theseH2088 5seventyH7657 yearsH8141, was it actuallyH6684 for 6Me that you fastedH6684? 6WhenH3588 you eatH398 and drinkH8354, 7do you not eatH398 for yourselves and do you not drinkH8354 for yourselves? 7Are not these the wordsH1697 whichH834 the LordH3068 8proclaimedH7121 by the formerH7223 prophetsH5030, when JerusalemH3389 was inhabitedH3427 and 910prosperousH7961 along with its citiesH5892 aroundH5439 it, and the 1112NegevH5045 and the 13foothillsH8219 were inhabitedH3427?’”

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Notes

  1. 1. Zechariah 7:3 Ezra 3:10-12 ↩
  2. 2. Zechariah 7:3 Zech 8:19 ↩
  3. 3. Zechariah 7:3 Lit abstaining; or dedicating myself ↩
  4. 4. Zechariah 7:5 Lit and these ↩
  5. 5. Zechariah 7:5 Zech 1:12 ↩
  6. 6. Zechariah 7:5 Is 1:11, 12; 58:5 ↩
  7. 7. Zechariah 7:6 Lit is it not you who eat and you who drink ↩
  8. 8. Zechariah 7:7 Is 1:16-20; Jer 7:5, 23; Zech 1:4 ↩
  9. 9. Zechariah 7:7 Or at ease ↩
  10. 10. Zechariah 7:7 Jer 22:21 ↩
  11. 11. Zechariah 7:7 I.e. South country ↩
  12. 12. Zechariah 7:7 Jer 13:19; 32:44 ↩
  13. 13. Zechariah 7:7 Heb Shephelah ↩

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