7:1 ¶
And it came to pass in the fourth year of Darius the king, [that] the word of the Lord came to Zechariah{gr.Zacharias} on the fourth [day] of the ninth month, which is Chaseleu. |
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7:1 ¶
And it came to pass°
in the fourth°
year°
of king°
Darius,°
[that] the word°
of Yahweh°
came°
unto°
Zechariah°
in the fourth°
[day] of the ninth°
month,°
[even] in Chisleu;° |
7:2
And Sarasar and Arbeseer the king and his men sent to Bethel, and [that] to propitiate the Lord, |
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7:2
When they had sent°°
unto the house°
of El°°
Sherezer°
and Regemmelech,°
and their men,°°
to pray°°°
before°
Yahweh,° |
7:3
speaking to the priests that were in the house of the Lord Almighty, and to the prophets, saying, The holy offering has come in hither in the fifth month, as it has done already many years. |
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7:3
[And] to speak°°
unto°
the priests°
which°
[were] in the house°
of Yahweh°
Sabaoth,°
and to°
the prophets,°
saying,°°
Should I weep°°
in the fifth°
month,°
separating°°
myself,°
as°
I have done°°
these°
so many°
years?° |
7:4 ¶
And the word of the Lord of hosts came to me, saying, |
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7:4 ¶
Then came°
the word°
of Yahweh°
Sabaoth°
unto°
me, saying,°° |
7:5
Speak to the whole people of the land, and to the priests, saying, Though ye fasted or lamented in the fifth or seventh [months] (yea, behold, these seventy years) have ye at all fasted to me? |
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7:5
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?° |
7:6
And if ye eat or drink, do ye not eat and drink for yourselves? |
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7:6
And when°
ye did eat,°°
and when°
ye did drink,°°
did not°
ye°
eat°°
[for yourselves], and drink°°
[for yourselves]? |
7:7
Are not these the words which the Lord spoke by the former prophets, when Jerusalem was inhabited and in prosperity, and her cities round about her, and the hill country and the low country was inhabited? |
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7:7
[Should ye] not°
[hear]°
the words°
which°
Yahweh°
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?° |
7:8 ¶
And the word of the Lord came to Zechariah{gr.Zacharias}, saying, |
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7:8 ¶
And the word°
of Yahweh°
came°
unto°
Zechariah,°
saying,°° |
7:9
Thus saith the Lord Almighty; Judge righteous judgment, and deal mercifully and compassionately every one with his brother: |
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7:9
Thus°
speaketh°°
Yahweh°
Sabaoth,°
saying,°°
Execute°°
true°
judgment,°
and shew°°
mercy°
and compassions°
every man°
to°
his brother:° |
7:10
and oppress not the widow, or the fatherless, or the stranger, or the poor; and let not one of you remember in his heart the injury of his brother. |
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7:10
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.° |
7:11
But they refused to attend, and madly turned their back, and made their ears heavy, so that they should not hear. |
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7:11
But they refused°°
to hearken,°°
and pulled°
away°°°°
the shoulder,°
and stopped°°
their ears,°
that they should not hear.°°° |
7:12
And they made their heart disobedient, so as not to hearken to my law, and the words which the Lord Almighty sent forth by his Spirit by the former prophets: so there was great wrath from the Lord Almighty. |
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7:12
Yea, they made°°
their hearts°
[as] an adamant stone,°
lest they should hear°°°
the°
law,°
and the words°
which°
Yahweh°
Sabaoth°
hath sent°°
in his spirit°
by°
the former°
prophets:°
therefore came°
a great°
wrath°
from°°
Yahweh°
Sabaoth.° |
7:13
And it shall come to pass, [that] as he spoke, and they hearkened not, so they shall cry, and I will not hearken, saith the Lord Almighty. |
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7:13
Therefore it is come to pass,°
[that] as°
he cried,°°
and they would not°
hear;°°
so°
they cried,°°
and I would not°
hear,°°
saith°°
Yahweh°
Sabaoth:° |
7:14
And I will cast them out among all the nations, whom they know not; and the land behind them shall be made utterly destitute of any going through or returning: yea they have made the choice land a desolation. |
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7:14
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.° |