Verse 2
Zechariah 7:2
Free Bible Version
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They were to ask the priests of the Temple of the Lord Almighty and the prophets, “Should I go on mourning and fasting in the fifth month, as I have done for so many years?”
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יִּשְׁלַח֙ בֵּֽית אֵ֔ל שַׂר אֶ֕צֶר וְ/רֶ֥גֶם מֶ֖לֶךְ וַֽ/אֲנָשָׁ֑י/ו לְ/חַלּ֖וֹת אֶת פְּנֵ֥י יְהוָֽה
English Translation
And he sent to Bethel a leader of the grove and Rechem the king and his men to entreat the favor of the LORD.
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Chapter 7 Context
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The Lord sent a message to Zechariah on the fourth day of the ninth month, the month of Chislev. Thi...
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2
They were to ask the priests of the Temple of the Lord Almighty and the prophets, “Should I go on mo...
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The Lord Almighty sent a message to me saying,
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4
Tell everyone in the land and the priests, when you fasted and mourned in the fifth month and the se...
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5
And when you eat and drink, don't you eat and drink for yourselves?
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6
Isn't this what the Lord told you to do through the former prophets, when Jerusalem was prosperous a...
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7
This is what the Lord says. Judge fairly and truthfully. Show mercy and kindness to one another.
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8
Don't exploit those who are widowed or fatherless, foreigners or the poor. Don't think up ways of mi...
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9
But they refused to listen. They were obstinate, turning their backs and closing their ears.
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10
They made their minds unreceptive, as hard as stone. They refused to listen to the law or to what th...
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11
So since they didn't listen when I called out to them, I wouldn't listen when they called out to me,...
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12
With the winds of a storm I scattered them among the nations where they lived as foreigners. The lan...
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