strkjv@Zechariah:7:1 @ And it came to pass in the fourth #H702 #arba# year #H8141 shaneh# of king #H4428 melek# Darius #H1867 Dar#yavesh#, that the word #H1697 dabar# of the LORD #H3068 Y@hovah# came unto Zechariah #H2148 Z@karyah# in the fourth #H702 #arba# day of the ninth #H8671 t@shiy#iy# month #H2320 chodesh#, even in Chisleu #H3691 Kiclev#;
strkjv@Zechariah:7:2 @ When they had sent #H7971 shalach# (8799) unto the house #H1004 bayith# of God #H410 #el# Sherezer #H8272 Shar#etser# and Regemmelech #H7278 Regem Melek#, and their men #H582 #enowsh#, to pray #H2470 chalah# (8763) before #H6440 paniym# the LORD #H3068 Y@hovah#,
strkjv@Zechariah:7:3 @ And to speak #H559 #amar# (8800) unto the priests #H3548 kohen# which were in the house #H1004 bayith# of the LORD #H3068 Y@hovah# of hosts #H6635 tsaba# , and to the prophets #H5030 nabiy# , saying #H559 #amar# (8800), Should I weep #H1058 bakah# (8799) in the fifth #H2549 chamiyshiy# month #H2320 chodesh#, separating #H5144 nazar# (8736) myself, as I have done #H6213 #asah# (8804) these so many years #H8141 shaneh#?
strkjv@Zechariah:7:4 @ Then came the word #H1697 dabar# of the LORD #H3068 Y@hovah# of hosts #H6635 tsaba# unto me, saying #H559 #amar# (8800),
strkjv@Zechariah:7:5 @ Speak #H559 #amar# (8798) unto all the people #H5971 #am# of the land #H776 #erets#, and to the priests #H3548 kohen#, saying #H559 #amar# (8800), When ye fasted #H6684 tsuwm# (8804) and mourned #H5594 caphad# (8800) in the fifth #H2549 chamiyshiy# and seventh #H7637 sh@biy#iy# month, even those seventy #H7657 shib#iym# years #H8141 shaneh#, did ye at all #H6684 tsuwm# (8800) fast #H6684 tsuwm# (8804) unto me, even to me?
strkjv@Zechariah:7:6 @ And when ye did eat #H398 #akal# (8799), and when ye did drink #H8354 shathah# (8799), did not ye eat #H398 #akal# (8802) for yourselves, and drink #H8354 shathah# (8802) for yourselves?
strkjv@Zechariah:7:7 @ Should ye not hear the words #H1697 dabar# which the LORD #H3068 Y@hovah# hath cried #H7121 qara# (8804) by #H3027 yad# the former #H7223 ri#shown# prophets #H5030 nabiy# , when Jerusalem #H3389 Y@ruwshalaim# was inhabited #H3427 yashab# (8802) and in prosperity #H7961 shalev#, and the cities #H5892 #iyr# thereof round about her #H5439 cabiyb#, when men inhabited #H3427 yashab# (8802) the south #H5045 negeb# and the plain #H8219 sh@phelah#?
strkjv@Zechariah:7:8 @ And the word #H1697 dabar# of the LORD #H3068 Y@hovah# came unto Zechariah #H2148 Z@karyah#, saying #H559 #amar# (8800),
strkjv@Zechariah:7:9 @ Thus speaketh #H559 #amar# (8804) the LORD #H3068 Y@hovah# of hosts #H6635 tsaba# , saying #H559 #amar# (8800), Execute #H8199 shaphat# (8798) true #H571 #emeth# judgment #H4941 mishpat#, and shew #H6213 #asah# (8798) mercy #H2617 checed# and compassions #H7356 racham# every man #H376 #iysh# to his brother #H251 #ach#:
strkjv@Zechariah:7:10 @ And oppress #H6231 #ashaq# (8799) not the widow #H490 #almanah#, nor the fatherless #H3490 yathowm#, the stranger #H1616 ger#, nor the poor #H6041 #aniy#; and let none of you imagine #H2803 chashab# (8799) evil #H7451 ra# against #H376 #iysh# his brother #H251 #ach# in your heart #H3824 lebab#.
strkjv@Zechariah:7:11 @ But they refused #H3985 ma#en# (8762) to hearken #H7181 qashab# (8687), and pulled away #H5414 nathan# (8799) #H5637 carar# (8802) the shoulder #H3802 katheph#, and stopped #H3513 kabad# (8689) their ears #H241 #ozen#, that they should not hear #H8085 shama# (8800).
strkjv@Zechariah:7:12 @ Yea, they made #H7760 suwm# (8804) their hearts #H3820 leb# as an adamant stone #H8068 shamiyr#, lest they should hear #H8085 shama# (8800) the law #H8451 towrah#, and the words #H1697 dabar# which the LORD #H3068 Y@hovah# of hosts #H6635 tsaba# hath sent #H7971 shalach# (8804) in his spirit #H7307 ruwach# by #H3027 yad# the former #H7223 ri#shown# prophets #H5030 nabiy# : therefore came a great #H1419 gadowl# wrath #H7110 qetseph# from the LORD #H3068 Y@hovah# of hosts #H6635 tsaba# .
strkjv@Zechariah:7:13 @ Therefore it is come to pass, that as he cried #H7121 qara# (8804), and they would not hear #H8085 shama# (8804); so they cried #H7121 qara# (8799), and I would not hear #H8085 shama# (8799), saith #H559 #amar# (8804) the LORD #H3068 Y@hovah# of hosts #H6635 tsaba# :
strkjv@Zechariah:7:14 @ But I scattered them with a whirlwind #H5590 ca#ar# (8762) among all the nations #H1471 gowy# whom they knew #H3045 yada# (8804) not. Thus the land #H776 #erets# was desolate #H8074 shamem# (8738) after #H310 #achar# them, that no man passed through #H5674 #abar# (8802) nor returned #H7725 shuwb# (8802): for they laid #H7760 suwm# (8799) the pleasant #H2532 chemdah# land #H776 #erets# desolate #H8047 shammah#.