Zechariah 7:1WEB
In the fourth year of King Darius, Yahweh’s word came to Zechariah in the fourth day of the ninth month, the month of Chislev.
“Yahweh” is the divine name in this translation. Many Bibles say “the LORD.”
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Zechariah 7:1WEB
In the fourth year of King Darius, Yahweh’s word came to Zechariah in the fourth day of the ninth month, the month of Chislev.
“Yahweh” is the divine name in this translation. Many Bibles say “the LORD.”
Zechariah 7:2WEB
The people of Bethel sent Sharezer and Regem Melech and their men to entreat Yahweh’s favor,
“Yahweh” is the divine name in this translation. Many Bibles say “the LORD.”
Zechariah 7:3WEB
and to speak to the priests of the house of Yahweh of Armies and to the prophets, saying, “Should I weep in the fifth month, separating myself, as I have done these so many years?”
“Yahweh” is the divine name in this translation. Many Bibles say “the LORD.”
Zechariah 7:4WEB
Then the word of Yahweh of Armies came to me, saying,
“Yahweh” is the divine name in this translation. Many Bibles say “the LORD.”
Zechariah 7:5WEB
“Speak to all the people of the land and to the priests, saying, ‘When you fasted and mourned in the fifth and in the seventh month for these seventy years, did you at all fast to me, really to me?
Zechariah 7:6WEB
When you eat and when you drink, don’t you eat for yourselves and drink for yourselves?
Zechariah 7:7WEB
Aren’t these the words which Yahweh proclaimed by the former prophets when Jerusalem was inhabited and in prosperity, and its cities around her, and the South and the lowland were inhabited?’”
“Yahweh” is the divine name in this translation. Many Bibles say “the LORD.”
Zechariah 7:8WEB
Yahweh’s word came to Zechariah, saying,
“Yahweh” is the divine name in this translation. Many Bibles say “the LORD.”
Zechariah 7:9WEB
“Thus has Yahweh of Armies spoken, saying, ‘Execute true judgment, and show kindness and compassion every man to his brother.
“Yahweh” is the divine name in this translation. Many Bibles say “the LORD.”
Zechariah 7:10WEB
Don’t oppress the widow, the fatherless, the foreigner, nor the poor; and let none of you devise evil against his brother in your heart.’
Zechariah 7:11WEB
But they refused to listen, and turned their backs, and stopped their ears, that they might not hear.
Zechariah 7:12WEB
Yes, they made their hearts as hard as flint, lest they might hear the law and the words which Yahweh of Armies had sent by his Spirit by the former prophets. Therefore great wrath came from Yahweh of Armies.
“Yahweh” is the divine name in this translation. Many Bibles say “the LORD.”
Zechariah 7:13WEB
It has come to pass that, as he called and they refused to listen, so they will call and I will not listen,” said Yahweh of Armies;
“Yahweh” is the divine name in this translation. Many Bibles say “the LORD.”
Zechariah 7:14WEB
“but I will scatter them with a whirlwind among all the nations which they have not known. Thus the land was desolate after them, so that no man passed through nor returned; for they made the pleasant land desolate.”
Scripture quotations are from the World English Bible, which is in the public domain.