Zechariah 7
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Zechariah 7:2-7

2When they had sentH7971 unto the houseH1004 of GodH410 SherezerH8272 and Regem–melechH7278, and their menH582, to prayH2470 beforeH6440 YhwhH3068,1 3And to speakH559 unto the priestsH3548 which were in the houseH1004 of YhwhH3068 of ArmiesH6635, and to the prophetsH5030, sayingH559, Should I weepH1058 in the fifthH2549 monthH2320, separatingH5144 myself, as I have doneH6213 these so many yearsH8141?

4Then came the wordH1697 of YhwhH3068 of ArmiesH6635 unto me, sayingH559, 5SpeakH559 unto all the peopleH5971 of the landH776, and to the priestsH3548, sayingH559, When ye fastedH6684 and mournedH5594 in the fifthH2549 and seventhH7637 month, even those seventyH7657 yearsH8141, did ye at allH6684 fastH6684 unto me, even to me? 6And when ye did eatH398, and when ye did drinkH8354, did not ye eatH398 for yourselves, and drinkH8354 for yourselves?2 7Should ye not hear the wordsH1697 which YhwhH3068 hath criedH7121 byH3027 the formerH7223 prophetsH5030, when JerusalemH3389 was inhabitedH3427 and in prosperityH7961, and the citiesH5892 thereof round about herH5439, when men inhabitedH3427 the southH5045 and the plainH8219?34

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Notes

  1. 1. Zechariah 7:2 pray…: Heb. intreat the face of. ↩
  2. 2. Zechariah 7:6 did not ye: or, be not ye they that. ↩
  3. 3. Zechariah 7:7 Should…: or, Are not these the words. ↩
  4. 4. Zechariah 7:7 by: Heb. by the hand of. ↩

Commentaries on Zechariah 7

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