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7 And then,[fn] in the fourth year of King Darius, the word of Yahweh came to Zechariah onthe fourth day of the ninth month, which is Kislev. 2 And the people of Bethel sent Sharezer and Regem-Melech, and their[fn] men, to entreatthe favor[fn] of Yahweh, 3 saying to the priests of the house of Yahweh of hosts[fn] and to the prophets, “Should I mourn in the fifth month and keep myself separate[fn] as I have done for these many years?” 4 And the word of Yahweh of hosts came to me, saying, 5 “Say to all the people of the land and to the priests: ‘When you fasted and lamented in the fifth and seventh months for these seventy years, did you really fast for me? 6 And when you eat and drink, are you not eating and drinking for yourselves? 7 Are not these the words that Yahweh proclaimed through[fn] the former prophets, when Jerusalem andits surrounding towns[fn] were inhabited and at ease, and the Negev[fn] and the Shephelah[fn] were inhabited?’ ”
8 And the word of Yahweh came to Zechariah, saying, 9 “Thus says Yahweh of hosts: ‘Judge with trustworthy justice, and show[fn] steadfast love and compassionto one another.[fn] 10 You must not oppress the widow, the orphan, the foreigner, and the needy. You must not devise evil in your heart against one another.’[fn] 11 But they refused to listen, and turned[fn] a stubborn shoulder andstopped their ears from listening.[fn] 12 They made their hearts adamant[fn] in order not to hear the law[fn] and the words that Yahweh of hosts had sent by his spirit through[fn] the former prophets;therefore great wrath came from Yahweh of hosts. 13 ‘Thus, just as I[fn] called and they would not hear, so they will call and I will not hear,’ says Yahweh of hosts. 14 ‘And I scattered them with a wind among all the nations that they had not known; the land was made desolate behind them— no one crossing through it or returning—and they made the desirable land[fn] a desolation.’ ”
?:? Literally “and it happened”
?:? Hebrew “his”
?:? Literally “the face”
?:? Literally “priests who are for the house of Yahweh of hosts”
?:? Or “abstain”; some interpret this as a reference to fasting
?:? Literally “by the hand of”
?:? Literally “her towns around her”
?:? The Negev is an arid region south of the Judean hills
?:? The Shephelah is a geographical area on the western edge of the Judean hills
?:? Literally “do”
?:? Literally “a man his brother”
?:? Literally “a man his brother”
?:? Hebrew “gave”
?:? Literally “their ears were heavy from hearing”
?:? Literally “They set their hearts like hard stone”
?:? Hebrew torah
?:? Literally “by the hand of”
?:? Hebrew “he called” (but still referring to Yahweh)
?:? Hebrew “land of desire,” but this could be understood as a land characterized by desire rather than a desirable land