Zechariah 7
1And it came to pass in the fourth year of Darius the king,that the word of the Lord came to Zacharias on the fourthday of the ninth month, which is Chaseleu. 2And Sarasar and Arbeseer the king and his men sent to Bethel, andthat to propitiate the Lord, 3speaking 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. 4And the word of the Lord of hosts came to me, saying, 5Speak to the whole people of the land, and to the priests, saying, Though you⌃ fastedor lamented in the fifth or seventhmonths (yes, behold, these seventy years) have you⌃ at all fasted to me? 6And if you⌃ eat or drink, do you⌃ not eat and drink for yourselves? 7Are not these the words which the Lord spoke by the former prophets, when Jerusalem wasinhabited and in prosperity, and her cities round about her, and the hill country and the low countrywas inhabited? 8And the word of the Lord came to Zacharias, saying, 9Thus says the Lord Almighty; Judge righteous judgment, and deal mercifully and compassionatelyevery one with his brother: 10and oppress not the widow, or the fatherless, or the stranger, or the poor; and let notone of you remember in his heart the injury of his brother. 11But they refused to attend, and madly turned their back, and made their ears heavy, sothat they should not hear. 12And they made their heart disobedient, so as not to hearken to my law, and the wordswhich the Lord Almighty sent forth by his Spirit by the former prophets: so there was great wrath fromthe Lord Almighty. 13And it shall come to pass,that as he spoke, and they hearkened not, so they shall cry, and I will not hearken, says theLord Almighty. 14And I will cast them out among all the nations, whom they know not; and the land behindthem shall be made utterly destitute of any going through or returning: yes they have made the choiceland a desolation.
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