Verse 5
Zechariah 7:5
World English Bible, British Edition
5
“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?
Original Language Text
hebrew
אֱמֹר֙ אֶל כָּל עַ֣ם הָ/אָ֔רֶץ וְ/אֶל הַ/כֹּהֲנִ֖ים לֵ/אמֹ֑ר כִּֽי צַמְתֶּ֨ם וְ/סָפ֜וֹד בַּ/חֲמִישִׁ֣י וּ/בַ/שְּׁבִיעִ֗י וְ/זֶה֙ שִׁבְעִ֣ים שָׁנָ֔ה הֲ/צ֥וֹם צַמְתֻּ֖/נִי אָֽנִי
English Translation
Say to all the people of the land and to the priests, saying: "Because you have fasted and mourned on the fifth and on the seventh, and this is the seventy years, I have been fasting."
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