Verse 3
Zechariah 7:3
New Living Translation
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They were to ask this question of the prophets and the priests at the Temple of the LORD of Heaven’s Armies: “Should we continue to mourn and fast each summer on the anniversary of the Temple’s destruction, as we have done for so many years?”
Original Language Text
hebrew
לֵ/אמֹ֗ר אֶל הַ/כֹּֽהֲנִים֙ אֲשֶׁר֙ לְ/בֵית יְהוָ֣ה צְבָא֔וֹת וְ/אֶל הַ/נְּבִיאִ֖ים לֵ/אמֹ֑ר הַֽ/אֶבְכֶּה֙ בַּ/חֹ֣דֶשׁ הַ/חֲמִשִׁ֔י הִנָּזֵ֕ר כַּ/אֲשֶׁ֣ר עָשִׂ֔יתִי זֶ֖ה כַּ/מֶּ֥ה שָׁנִֽים
English Translation
To say to the priests who are in the house of the Lord of Hosts and to the prophets, to say: "I will weep in the fifth month; you are to beware, as I have done this for how many years."
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