Verse 6
Zechariah 7:6
New Living Translation
6
And even now in your holy festivals, aren’t you eating and drinking just to please yourselves?
Original Language Text
hebrew
וְ/כִ֥י תֹאכְל֖וּ וְ/כִ֣י תִשְׁתּ֑וּ הֲ/ל֤וֹא אַתֶּם֙ הָ/אֹ֣כְלִ֔ים וְ/אַתֶּ֖ם הַ/שֹּׁתִֽים
English Translation
And when you eat and when you drink, are you not the ones who eat and you are the ones who drink?
AI translation from hebrew via gpt-4o-mini
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Chapter 7 Context
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