1 And it came to pass in the fourth|strong="H0702" year|strong="H8141" of king|strong="H4428" Darius|strong="H1867", that the word|strong="H1697" of the \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* came unto Zechariah|strong="H2148" in the fourth|strong="H0702" day of the ninth|strong="H8671" month|strong="H2320", even in Chisleu|strong="H3691";
2 When they had sent|strong="H7971" unto the house|strong="H1004" of God|strong="H0410" Sherezer|strong="H8272" and Regem-melech|strong="H7278", and their men|strong="H0582", to pray|strong="H2470" before|strong="H6440" the \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*,
3 And to speak|strong="H0559" unto the priests|strong="H3548" which were in the house|strong="H1004" of the \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* of hosts|strong="H6635", and to the prophets|strong="H5030", saying|strong="H0559", Should I weep|strong="H1058" in the fifth|strong="H2549" month|strong="H2320", separating|strong="H5144" myself, as I have done|strong="H6213" these so many years|strong="H8141"?
4 Then came the word|strong="H1697" of the \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* of hosts|strong="H6635" unto me, saying|strong="H0559",
5 Speak|strong="H0559" unto all the people|strong="H5971" of the land|strong="H0776", and to the priests|strong="H3548", saying|strong="H0559", When ye fasted|strong="H6684" and mourned|strong="H5594" in the fifth|strong="H2549" and seventh|strong="H7637" month, even those seventy|strong="H7657" years|strong="H8141", did ye at all|strong="H6684" fast|strong="H6684" unto me, even to me?
6 And when ye did eat|strong="H0398", and when ye did drink|strong="H8354", did not ye eat|strong="H0398" for yourselves, and drink|strong="H8354" for yourselves?
7 Should ye not hear the words|strong="H1697" which the \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* hath cried|strong="H7121" by|strong="H3027" the former|strong="H7223" prophets|strong="H5030", when Jerusalem|strong="H3389" was inhabited|strong="H3427" and in prosperity|strong="H7961", and the cities|strong="H5892" thereof round about her|strong="H5439", when men inhabited|strong="H3427" the south|strong="H5045" and the plain|strong="H8219"?
8 And the word|strong="H1697" of the \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* came unto Zechariah|strong="H2148", saying|strong="H0559",
9 Thus speaketh|strong="H0559" the \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* of hosts|strong="H6635", saying|strong="H0559", Execute|strong="H8199" true|strong="H0571" judgment|strong="H4941", and shew|strong="H6213" mercy|strong="H2617" and compassions|strong="H7356" every man|strong="H0376" to his brother|strong="H0251":
10 And oppress|strong="H6231" not the widow|strong="H0490", nor the fatherless|strong="H3490", the stranger|strong="H1616", nor the poor|strong="H6041"; and let none of you imagine|strong="H2803" evil|strong="H7451" against|strong="H0376" his brother|strong="H0251" in your heart|strong="H3824".
11 But they refused|strong="H3985" to hearken|strong="H7181", and pulled away|strong="H5414" the shoulder|strong="H3802", and stopped|strong="H3513" their ears|strong="H0241", that they should not hear|strong="H8085".
12 Yea, they made|strong="H7760" their hearts|strong="H3820" as an adamant stone|strong="H8068", lest they should hear|strong="H8085" the law|strong="H8451", and the words|strong="H1697" which the \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* of hosts|strong="H6635" hath sent|strong="H7971" in his spirit|strong="H7307" by|strong="H3027" the former|strong="H7223" prophets|strong="H5030": therefore came a great|strong="H1419" wrath|strong="H7110" from the \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* of hosts|strong="H6635".
13 Therefore it is come to pass, that as he cried|strong="H7121", and they would not hear|strong="H8085"; so they cried|strong="H7121", and I would not hear|strong="H8085", saith|strong="H0559" the \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* of hosts|strong="H6635":
14 But I scattered them with a whirlwind|strong="H5590" among all the nations|strong="H1471" whom they knew|strong="H3045" not. Thus the land|strong="H0776" was desolate|strong="H8074" after|strong="H0310" them, that no man passed through|strong="H5674" nor returned|strong="H7725": for they laid|strong="H7760" the pleasant|strong="H2532" land|strong="H0776" desolate|strong="H8047".