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Zechariah 7:3-7

3Andto speakלֵאמֹ֗רle.MorH559unto the priestsהַכֹּֽהֲנִים֙ha.ko.ha.NimH3548which werein the houseלְבֵית־le.veit-H1004of Yhwhיְהוָ֣הYah.wehH3068of Armiesצְבָא֔וֹתtze.va.'otH6635,and to the prophetsהַנְּבִיאִ֖יםha.ne.vi.'ImH5030,sayingלֵאמֹ֑רle.MorH559,Should I weepהַֽאֶבְכֶּה֙ha.'ev.KehH1058in the fifthהַחֲמִשִׁ֔יha.cha.mi.ShiH2549monthבַּחֹ֣דֶשׁba.Cho.deshH2320,separatingהִנָּזֵ֕רhi.na.ZerH5144myself, as I have doneעָשִׂ֔יתִי'a.Si.tiH6213these so many yearsשָׁנִֽים׃ פsha.NimH8141?

4Then came the wordדְּבַר־de.var-H1697of Yhwhיְהוָ֥הYah.wehH3068of Armiesצְבָא֖וֹתtze.va.'otH6635unto me, sayingלֵאמֹֽר׃le.MorH559,

5Speakאֱמֹר֙'e.MorH559unto all the peopleעַ֣ם'amH5971of the landהָאָ֔רֶץha.'A.retzH776,and to the priestsהַכֹּהֲנִ֖יםha.ko.ha.NimH3548,sayingלֵאמֹ֑רle.MorH559,When ye fastedצַמְתֶּ֨םtzam.TemH6684and mournedוְסָפ֜וֹדve.sa.FodH5594in the fifthבַּחֲמִישִׁ֣יba.cha.mi.ShiH2549and seventhוּבַשְּׁבִיעִ֗יu.va.she.vi.'IH7637month,even those seventyשִׁבְעִ֣יםshiv.'ImH7657yearsשָׁנָ֔הsha.NahH8141,did ye at allהֲצ֥וֹםha.TzomH6684fastצַמְתֻּ֖נִיtzam.Tu.niH6684unto me, even to me?

6And when ye did eatתֹאכְל֖וּto.khe.LuH398,and when ye did drinkתִשְׁתּ֑וּtish.TuH8354,did not ye eatהָאֹ֣כְלִ֔יםha.'O.khe.LimH398for yourselves,and drinkהַשֹּׁתִֽים׃ha.sho.TimH8354for yourselves?

7Should ye not hearthe wordsהַדְּבָרִ֗יםha.de.va.RimH1697which Yhwhיְהוָה֙Yah.wehH3068hath criedקָרָ֤אka.Ra'H7121byבְּיַד֙be.YadH3027the formerהָרִֽאשֹׁנִ֔יםha.ri.sho.NimH7223prophetsהַנְּבִיאִ֣יםha.ne.vi.'ImH5030,when Jerusalemיְרוּשָׁלִַ֙ם֙ye.ru.sha.LimH3389was inhabitedיֹשֶׁ֣בֶתyo.She.vetH3427and in prosperityוּשְׁלֵוָ֔הu.she.le.VahH7961,and the citiesוְעָרֶ֖יהָve.'a.Rei.haH5892thereof round about herסְבִיבֹתֶ֑יהָse.vi.vo.Tei.haH5439, when meninhabitedיֹשֵֽׁב׃ פyo.ShevH3427the southוְהַנֶּ֥גֶבve.ha.Ne.gevH5045and the plainוְהַשְּׁפֵלָ֖הve.ha.she.fe.LahH8219?

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