Zechariah 7
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Zechariah 7:5-12

5“SayH559 to allH3605 the peopleH5971 of the landH776 and to the priestsH3548, ‘WhenH3588 you fastedH6684 and mournedH5594 in the fifthH2549 and seventhH7637 months 1theseH2088 2seventyH7657 yearsH8141, was it actuallyH6684 for 3Me that you fastedH6684? 6WhenH3588 you eatH398 and drinkH8354, 4do you not eatH398 for yourselves and do you not drinkH8354 for yourselves? 7Are not these the wordsH1697 whichH834 the LordH3068 5proclaimedH7121 by the formerH7223 prophetsH5030, when JerusalemH3389 was inhabitedH3427 and 67prosperousH7961 along with its citiesH5892 aroundH5439 it, and the 89NegevH5045 and the 10foothillsH8219 were inhabitedH3427?’”

8Then the wordH1697 of the LordH3068 cameH1961 to ZechariahH2148 sayingH559, 9“ThusH3541 has the LordH3068 of hostsH6635 saidH559, ‘11DispenseH8199 trueH571 justiceH4941 and practiceH6213 12kindnessH2617 and compassionH7356 eachH376 to his brotherH251; 10and 13do not oppressH6231 the widowH490 or the 14orphanH3490, the 15strangerH1616 or the poorH6041; and do 16not deviseH2803 evilH7463 in your heartsH3824 against oneH376 anotherH312.’ 11But they 17refusedH3985 to payH7181 attentionH7181 and 1819turnedH5414 a stubbornH5637 shoulderH3802 and 2021stoppedH3513 their earsH241 from hearingH8085. 12They madeH7760 their 22heartsH3820 like 2324flintH8068 25soH4480 that they could not hearH8085 the lawH8451 and the 26wordsH1697 whichH834 the LordH3068 of hostsH6635 had sentH7971 by His SpiritH7307 throughH3027 the 27formerH7223 prophetsH5030; therefore greatH1419 28wrathH7110 cameH1961 from the LordH3068 of hostsH6635.

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Notes

  1. 1. Zechariah 7:5 Lit and these ↩
  2. 2. Zechariah 7:5 Zech 1:12 ↩
  3. 3. Zechariah 7:5 Is 1:11, 12; 58:5 ↩
  4. 4. Zechariah 7:6 Lit is it not you who eat and you who drink ↩
  5. 5. Zechariah 7:7 Is 1:16-20; Jer 7:5, 23; Zech 1:4 ↩
  6. 6. Zechariah 7:7 Or at ease ↩
  7. 7. Zechariah 7:7 Jer 22:21 ↩
  8. 8. Zechariah 7:7 I.e. South country ↩
  9. 9. Zechariah 7:7 Jer 13:19; 32:44 ↩
  10. 10. Zechariah 7:7 Heb Shephelah ↩
  11. 11. Zechariah 7:9 Ezek 18:8; 45:9; Zech 8:16 ↩
  12. 12. Zechariah 7:9 2 Sam 9:7; Job 6:14; Mic 6:8 ↩
  13. 13. Zechariah 7:10 Ex 22:22; Ps 72:4; Jer 7:6 ↩
  14. 14. Zechariah 7:10 Or fatherless ↩
  15. 15. Zechariah 7:10 Or resident alien ↩
  16. 16. Zechariah 7:10 Ps 21:11; Mic 2:1; Zech 8:17 ↩
  17. 17. Zechariah 7:11 Jer 5:3; 8:5; 11:10 ↩
  18. 18. Zechariah 7:11 Lit gave ↩
  19. 19. Zechariah 7:11 Jer 7:26; 17:23 ↩
  20. 20. Zechariah 7:11 Lit made heavy ↩
  21. 21. Zechariah 7:11 Ps 58:4; Jer 5:21 ↩
  22. 22. Zechariah 7:12 2 Chr 36:13; Ezek 2:4; 3:7-9 ↩
  23. 23. Zechariah 7:12 Lit corundum ↩
  24. 24. Zechariah 7:12 Jer 17:1; Ezek 3:9 ↩
  25. 25. Zechariah 7:12 Lit from hearing ↩
  26. 26. Zechariah 7:12 Zech 7:7 ↩
  27. 27. Zechariah 7:12 Neh 9:30 ↩
  28. 28. Zechariah 7:12 2 Chr 36:16; Dan 9:11, 12 ↩

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