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Zechariah 7:3-7

3And tospeakלֵאמֹ֗רle.MorH559to thepriestsהַכֹּֽהֲנִים֙ha.ko.ha.NimH3548who were in thehouseלְבֵית־le.veit-H1004of theLORDיְהוָ֣הYah.wehH3068ofhostsצְבָא֔וֹתtze.va.'otH6635, and to theprophetsהַנְּבִיאִ֖יםha.ne.vi.'ImH5030,sayingלֵאמֹ֑רle.MorH559, Should Iweepהַֽאֶבְכֶּה֙ha.'ev.KehH1058in thefifthהַחֲמִשִׁ֔יha.cha.mi.ShiH2549monthבַּחֹ֣דֶשׁba.Cho.deshH2320,separatingהִנָּזֵ֕רhi.na.ZerH5144myself, as I havedoneעָשִׂ֔יתִי'a.Si.tiH6213these so manyyearsשָׁנִֽים׃ פsha.NimH8141?

4Then came thewordדְּבַר־de.var-H1697of theLORDיְהוָ֥הYah.wehH3068ofhostsצְבָא֖וֹתtze.va.'otH6635to me,sayingלֵאמֹֽר׃le.MorH559,

5Speakאֱמֹר֙'e.MorH559to all thepeopleעַ֣ם'amH5971of thelandהָאָ֔רֶץha.'A.retzH776, and to thepriestsהַכֹּהֲנִ֖יםha.ko.ha.NimH3548,sayingלֵאמֹ֑רle.MorH559, When yefastedצַמְתֶּ֨םtzam.TemH6684andmournedוְסָפ֜וֹדve.sa.FodH5594in thefifthבַּחֲמִישִׁ֣יba.cha.mi.ShiH2549andseventhוּבַשְּׁבִיעִ֗יu.va.she.vi.'IH7637month, even thoseseventyשִׁבְעִ֣יםshiv.'ImH7657yearsשָׁנָ֔הsha.NahH8141, did ye atallהֲצ֥וֹםha.TzomH6684fastצַמְתֻּ֖נִיtzam.Tu.niH6684to me, even to me?

6And when yeateתֹאכְל֖וּto.khe.LuH398, and when yedrankתִשְׁתּ֑וּtish.TuH8354, did ye noteatהָאֹ֣כְלִ֔יםha.'O.khe.LimH398for yourselves, anddrinkהַשֹּׁתִֽים׃ha.sho.TimH8354for yourselves ?

7Should ye not hear thewordsהַדְּבָרִ֗יםha.de.va.RimH1697which theLORDיְהוָה֙Yah.wehH3068hathcriedקָרָ֤אka.Ra'H7121byבְּיַד֙be.YadH3027theformerהָרִֽאשֹׁנִ֔יםha.ri.sho.NimH7223prophetsהַנְּבִיאִ֣יםha.ne.vi.'ImH5030, whenJerusalemיְרוּשָׁלִַ֙ם֙ye.ru.sha.LimH3389wasinhabitedיֹשֶׁ֣בֶתyo.She.vetH3427and inprosperityוּשְׁלֵוָ֔הu.she.le.VahH7961, and itscitiesוְעָרֶ֖יהָve.'a.Rei.haH5892arounditסְבִיבֹתֶ֑יהָse.vi.vo.Tei.haH5439, when meninhabitedיֹשֵֽׁב׃ פyo.ShevH3427thesouthוְהַנֶּ֥גֶבve.ha.Ne.gevH5045and theplainוְהַשְּׁפֵלָ֖הve.ha.she.fe.LahH8219?

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