Zec 7:5 | NET2full | STEP | “ Speak to all the people and priests of the land as follows : ‘ When you fasted and lamented in the fifth and seventh months through all these 70 years , did you truly fast for me

Zechariah 7:5

5 “Speak to all the people and priests of the land as follows: ‘When you fasted and lamented in the fifth and seventh ^{▼▼tn The seventh month apparently refers to the anniversary of the assassination of Gedaliah, governor of Judah (Jer 40:13-14; 41:1), in approximately 581 b.c.} months through all these 70 years, did you truly fast for me—for me, indeed?