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And it came to pass in the fourth year of king Darius ,
that the word of the LORD came unto Zechariah in the fourth day of the ninth month ,
even in Chisleu ;
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When they had sent unto the house of God Sherezer and Regemmelech ,
and their men ,
to pray before the LORD ,
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And to speak unto the priests which were in the house of the LORD of hosts ,
and to the prophets ,
saying ,
Should I weep in the fifth month ,
separating myself ,
as I have done these so many years ?
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Then came the word of the LORD of hosts unto me ,
saying ,
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Speak unto all the people of the land ,
and to the priests ,
saying ,
When ye fasted and mourned in the fifth and seventh month ,
even those seventy years ,
did ye at all fast unto me ,
even to me ?
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And when ye did eat ,
and when ye did drink ,
did not ye eat for yourselves ,
and drink for yourselves ?
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Should ye not hear the words which the LORD hath cried by the former prophets ,
when Jerusalem was inhabited and in prosperity ,
and the cities thereof round about her ,
when men inhabited the south and the plain ?
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And the word of the LORD came unto Zechariah ,
saying ,
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Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts ,
saying ,
Execute true judgment ,
and shew mercy and compassions every man to his brother :
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And oppress not the widow ,
nor the fatherless ,
the stranger ,
nor the poor ;
and let none of you imagine evil against his brother in your heart .
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But they refused to hearken ,
and pulled away the shoulder ,
and stopped their ears ,
that they should not hear .
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Yea ,
they made their hearts as an adamant stone ,
lest they should hear the law ,
and the words which the LORD of hosts hath sent in his spirit by the former prophets :
therefore came a great wrath from the LORD of hosts .
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Therefore it is come to pass ,
that as he cried ,
and they would not hear ;
so they cried ,
and I would not hear ,
saith the LORD of hosts :
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But I scattered them with a whirlwind among all the nations whom they knew not .
Thus the land was desolate after them ,
that no man passed through nor returned :
for they laid the pleasant land desolate .
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Again the word of the LORD of hosts came to me ,
saying ,
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Thus saith the LORD of hosts ;
I was jealous for Zion with great jealousy ,
and I was jealous for her with great fury .
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Thus saith the LORD ;
I am returned unto Zion ,
and will dwell in the midst of Jerusalem :
and Jerusalem shall be called a city of truth ;
and the mountain of the LORD of hosts the holy mountain .
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Thus saith the LORD of hosts ;
There shall yet old men and old women dwell in the streets of Jerusalem ,
and every man with his staff in his hand for very age .
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And the streets of the city shall be full of boys and girls playing in the streets thereof .
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Thus saith the LORD of hosts ;
If it be marvellous in the eyes of the remnant of this people in these days ,
should it also be marvellous in mine eyes ?
saith the LORD of hosts .
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Thus saith the LORD of hosts ;
Behold ,
I will save my people from the east country ,
and from the west country ;
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And I will bring them ,
and they shall dwell in the midst of Jerusalem :
and they shall be my people ,
and I will be their God ,
in truth and in righteousness .
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Thus saith the LORD of hosts ;
Let your hands be strong ,
ye that hear in these days these words by the mouth of the prophets ,
which were in the day that the foundation of the house of the LORD of hosts was laid ,
that the temple might be built .
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For before these days there was no hire for man ,
nor any hire for beast ;
neither was there any peace to him that went out or came in because of the affliction :
for I set all men every one against his neighbour .
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But now I will not be unto the residue of this people as in the former days ,
saith the LORD of hosts .
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For the seed shall be prosperous ;
the vine shall give her fruit ,
and the ground shall give her increase ,
and the heavens shall give their dew ;
and I will cause the remnant of this people to possess all these things .
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And it shall come to pass ,
that as ye were a curse among the heathen ,
O house of Judah ,
and house of Israel ;
so will I save you ,
and ye shall be a blessing :
fear not ,
but let your hands be strong .
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For thus saith the LORD of hosts ;
As I thought to punish you ,
when your fathers provoked me to wrath ,
saith the LORD of hosts ,
and I repented not :
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So again have I thought in these days to do well unto Jerusalem and to the house of Judah :
fear ye not .
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These are the things that ye shall do ;
Speak ye every man the truth to his neighbour ;
execute the judgment of truth and peace in your gates :
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And let none of you imagine evil in your hearts against his neighbour ;
and love no false oath :
for all these are things that I hate ,
saith the LORD .
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And the word of the LORD of hosts came unto me ,
saying ,
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Thus saith the LORD of hosts ;
The fast of the fourth month ,
and the fast of the fifth ,
and the fast of the seventh ,
and the fast of the tenth ,
shall be to the house of Judah joy and gladness ,
and cheerful feasts ;
therefore love the truth and peace .
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Thus saith the LORD of hosts ;
It shall yet come to pass ,
that there shall come people ,
and the inhabitants of many cities :
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And the inhabitants of one city shall go to another ,
saying ,
Let us go speedily to pray before the LORD ,
and to seek the LORD of hosts :
I will go also .
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Yea ,
many people and strong nations shall come to seek the LORD of hosts in Jerusalem ,
and to pray before the LORD .
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Thus saith the LORD of hosts ;
In those days it shall come to pass ,
that ten men shall take hold out of all languages of the nations ,
even shall take hold of the skirt of him that is a Jew ,
saying ,
We will go with you :
for we have heard that God is with you .
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The burden of the word of the LORD in the land of Hadrach ,
and Damascus shall be the rest thereof :
when the eyes of man ,
as of all the tribes of Israel ,
shall be toward the LORD .