1 And|strong="H3068" it|strong="H1961" came|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3068" pass|strong="H1961" in|strong="H8141" the|strong="H3068" fourth year|strong="H8141" of|strong="H4428" king|strong="H4428" Darius|strong="H1867", that|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" word|strong="H1697" of|strong="H4428" Jehovah|strong="H3068" came|strong="H1961" unto|strong="H3068" Zechariah|strong="H2148" in|strong="H8141" the|strong="H3068" fourth day of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3068" ninth|strong="H8671" month|strong="H2320", even|strong="H3068" in|strong="H8141" Chislev|strong="H3691".
2 Now|strong="H7971" they of Beth-el|strong="H1008" had|strong="H3068" sent|strong="H7971" Sharezer|strong="H8272" and|strong="H3068" Regem-melech|strong="H7278", and|strong="H3068" their|strong="H3068" men, to|strong="H3068" entreat|strong="H2470" the|strong="H6440" favor|strong="H6440" of|strong="H3068" Jehovah|strong="H3068",
3 and to|strong="H3068" speak unto|strong="H6213" the|strong="H6213" priests|strong="H3548" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H6213" house|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1004" Jehovah|strong="H3068" of|strong="H1004" hosts|strong="H6635", and|strong="H3068" to|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6213" prophets|strong="H5030", saying, Should|strong="H3068" I|strong="H2088" weep|strong="H1058" in|strong="H8141" the|strong="H6213" fifth|strong="H2549" month|strong="H2320", separating|strong="H5144" myself, as|strong="H6213" I|strong="H2088" have|strong="H3068" done|strong="H6213" these|strong="H2088" so|strong="H6213" many|strong="H4100" years|strong="H8141"?
4 Then|strong="H1961" came|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3068" word|strong="H1697" of|strong="H3068" Jehovah|strong="H3068" of|strong="H3068" hosts|strong="H6635" unto|strong="H3068" me|strong="H1961", saying|strong="H1697",
5 Speak unto|strong="H5971" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H8141" the|strong="H3605" land, and|strong="H3548" to|strong="H5971" the|strong="H3605" priests|strong="H3548", saying, When|strong="H3588" ye fasted|strong="H6684" and|strong="H3548" mourned|strong="H5594" in|strong="H8141" the|strong="H3605" fifth|strong="H2549" and|strong="H3548" in|strong="H8141" the|strong="H3605" seventh|strong="H7637" month, even|strong="H3588" these|strong="H2088" seventy|strong="H7657" years|strong="H8141", did|strong="H5971" ye at|strong="H5971" all|strong="H3605" fast|strong="H6684" unto|strong="H5971" me|strong="H3588", even|strong="H3588" to|strong="H5971" me|strong="H3588"?
6 And|strong="H8354" when|strong="H3588" ye|strong="H8354" eat, and|strong="H8354" when|strong="H3588" ye|strong="H8354" drink|strong="H8354", do not|strong="H3808" ye|strong="H8354" eat for|strong="H3588" yourselves, and|strong="H8354" drink|strong="H8354" for|strong="H3588" yourselves?
7 Should ye not|strong="H3808" hear the|strong="H3068" words|strong="H1697" which|strong="H3068" Jehovah|strong="H3068" cried|strong="H7121" by|strong="H3027" the|strong="H3068" former|strong="H7223" prophets|strong="H5030", when|strong="H1961" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" was|strong="H3068" inhabited|strong="H3427" and|strong="H3068" in|strong="H3427" prosperity|strong="H7961", and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" cities|strong="H5892" thereof|strong="H5892" round|strong="H5439" about|strong="H5439" her|strong="H5439", and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" South|strong="H5045" and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" lowland|strong="H8219" were|strong="H1961" inhabited|strong="H3427"?
8 And|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" word|strong="H1697" of|strong="H3068" Jehovah|strong="H3068" came|strong="H1961" unto|strong="H3068" Zechariah|strong="H2148", saying|strong="H1697",
9 Thus|strong="H3541" hath|strong="H3068" Jehovah|strong="H3068" of|strong="H3068" hosts|strong="H6635" spoken, saying, Execute|strong="H6213" true|strong="H3068" judgment|strong="H4941", and|strong="H3068" show|strong="H6213" kindness|strong="H2617" and|strong="H3068" compassion|strong="H7356" every|strong="H6213" man to|strong="H3068" his|strong="H3068" brother;
10 and|strong="H6041" oppress|strong="H6231" not|strong="H2803" the|strong="H6231" widow, nor|strong="H7451" the|strong="H6231" fatherless|strong="H3490", the|strong="H6231" sojourner|strong="H1616", nor|strong="H7451" the|strong="H6231" poor|strong="H6041"; and|strong="H6041" let none of|strong="H3824" you|strong="H6231" devise|strong="H2803" evil|strong="H7451" against|strong="H3824" his|strong="H2803" brother in|strong="H1616" your|strong="H6231" heart|strong="H3824".
11 But|strong="H3513" they|strong="H5414" refused|strong="H3985" to|strong="H5414" hearken|strong="H8085", and|strong="H8085" pulled away|strong="H5414" the|strong="H8085" shoulder|strong="H3802", and|strong="H8085" stopped|strong="H3513" their|strong="H5414" ears, that|strong="H8085" they|strong="H5414" might not|strong="H5414" hear|strong="H8085".
12 Yea, they|strong="H3068" made|strong="H7760" their|strong="H3068" hearts|strong="H3820" as|strong="H1697" an|strong="H1961" adamant|strong="H8068" stone|strong="H8068", lest they|strong="H3068" should|strong="H3068" hear|strong="H8085" the|strong="H8085" law|strong="H8451", and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H8085" words|strong="H1697" which|strong="H3068" Jehovah|strong="H3068" of|strong="H3068" hosts|strong="H6635" had|strong="H3068" sent|strong="H7971" by|strong="H3027" his|strong="H7760" Spirit|strong="H7307" by|strong="H3027" the|strong="H8085" former|strong="H7223" prophets|strong="H5030": therefore|strong="H7971" there|strong="H1961" came|strong="H1961" great|strong="H1419" wrath|strong="H7110" from|strong="H3027" Jehovah|strong="H3068" of|strong="H3068" hosts|strong="H6635".
13 And|strong="H3068" it|strong="H7121" is|strong="H3068" come|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3068" pass|strong="H1961" that|strong="H8085", as|strong="H1961" he|strong="H3651" cried|strong="H7121", and|strong="H3068" they|strong="H3651" would|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" hear|strong="H8085", so|strong="H3651" they|strong="H3651" shall|strong="H3068" cry|strong="H7121", and|strong="H3068" I|strong="H3651" will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" hear|strong="H8085", said|strong="H7121" Jehovah|strong="H3068" of|strong="H3068" hosts|strong="H6635";
14 but|strong="H3808" I|strong="H5921" will|strong="H1471" scatter them|strong="H5921" with|strong="H5921" a|strong="H3068" whirlwind|strong="H5590" among|strong="H5921" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" nations|strong="H1471" which|strong="H1471" they|strong="H3808" have|strong="H3045" not|strong="H3808" known|strong="H3045". Thus|strong="H3808" the|strong="H3605" land was|strong="H3605" desolate|strong="H8047" after|strong="H5921" them|strong="H5921", so|strong="H3808" that|strong="H3045" no|strong="H3808" man|strong="H3605" passed|strong="H5674" through|strong="H5674" nor|strong="H3808" returned|strong="H7725": for|strong="H5921" they|strong="H3808" laid|strong="H7760" the|strong="H3605" pleasant|strong="H2532" land desolate|strong="H8047".