¹ H702 And it came to pass in the fourth H8141 year H4428 of king H1867 Darius H1697 , that the word H3068 of the LORD H2148 came unto Zechariah H702 in the fourth H8671 day of the ninth H2320 month H3691 , even in Chisleu;

² H7971 When they had sent [H8799]   H1004 unto the house H410 of God H8272 Sherezer H7278 and Regemmelech H582 , and their men H2470 , to pray [H8763]   H6440 before H3068 the LORD,

³ H559 And to speak [H8800]   H3548 unto the priests H1004 which were in the house H3068 of the LORD H6635 of hosts H5030 , and to the prophets H559 , saying [H8800]   H1058 , Should I weep [H8799]   H2549 in the fifth H2320 month H5144 , separating [H8736]   H6213 myself, as I have done [H8804]   H8141 these so many years?

⁴ H1697 Then came the word H3068 of the LORD H6635 of hosts H559 unto me, saying [H8800]  ,

⁵ H559 Speak [H8798]   H5971 unto all the people H776 of the land H3548 , and to the priests H559 , saying [H8800]   H6684 , When ye fasted [H8804]   H5594 and mourned [H8800]   H2549 in the fifth H7637 and seventh H7657 month, even those seventy H8141 years H6684 , did ye at all [H8800]   H6684 fast [H8804]   unto me, even to me?

⁶ H398 And when ye did eat [H8799]   H8354 , and when ye did drink [H8799]   H398 , did not ye eat [H8802]   H8354 for yourselves, and drink [H8802]   for yourselves ?

⁷ H1697 Should ye not hear the words H3068 which the LORD H7121 hath cried [H8804]   H3027 by H7223 the former H5030 prophets H3389 , when Jerusalem H3427 was inhabited [H8802]   H7961 and in prosperity H5892 , and the cities H5439 thereof round about her H3427 , when men inhabited [H8802]   H5045 the south H8219 and the plain?

⁸ H1697 And the word H3068 of the LORD H2148 came unto Zechariah H559 , saying [H8800]  ,

⁹ H559 Thus speaketh [H8804]   H3068 the LORD H6635 of hosts H559 , saying [H8800]   H8199 , Execute [H8798]   H571 true H4941 judgment H6213 , and shew [H8798]   H2617 mercy H7356 and compassions H376 every man H251 to his brother:

¹⁰ H6231 And oppress [H8799]   H490 not the widow H3490 , nor the fatherless H1616 , the stranger H6041 , nor the poor H2803 ; and let none of you imagine [H8799]   H7451 evil H376 against H251 his brother H3824 in your heart.

¹¹ H3985 But they refused [H8762]   H7181 to hearken [H8687]   H5414 , and pulled away [H8799]   H5637   [H8802]   H3802 the shoulder H3513 , and stopped [H8689]   H241 their ears H8085 , that they should not hear [H8800]  .

¹² H7760 Yea, they made [H8804]   H3820 their hearts H8068 as an adamant stone H8085 , lest they should hear [H8800]   H8451 the law H1697 , and the words H3068 which the LORD H6635 of hosts H7971 hath sent [H8804]   H7307 in his spirit H3027 by H7223 the former H5030 prophets H1419 : therefore came a great H7110 wrath H3068 from the LORD H6635 of hosts.

¹³ H7121 Therefore it is come to pass, that as he cried [H8804]   H8085 , and they would not hear [H8804]   H7121 ; so they cried [H8799]   H8085 , and I would not hear [H8799]   H559 , saith [H8804]   H3068 the LORD H6635 of hosts:

¹⁴ H5590 But I scattered them with a whirlwind [H8762]   H1471 among all the nations H3045 whom they knew [H8804]   H776 not. Thus the land H8074 was desolate [H8738]   H310 after H5674 them, that no man passed through [H8802]   H7725 nor returned [H8802]   H7760 : for they laid [H8799]   H2532 the pleasant H776 land H8047 desolate.