And when ye did eat, and when ye did drink, did not ye eat for yourselves, and drink for yourselves?

Should ye not hear the words which the Lord hath cried by the former prophets, when Jerusalem was inhabited and in prosperity, and the cities thereof round about her, when men inhabited the south and the plain?

And the word of the Lord came unto Zechariah, saying,

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And when you eat and drink, [a]do you not eat for yourselves and drink for yourselves? Are these not the words which the Lord (A)proclaimed by the former prophets, when Jerusalem was inhabited and (B)carefree along with its cities around it, and the [b](C)Negev and the [c]foothills were inhabited?’”

Then the word of the Lord came to Zechariah, saying,

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Footnotes

  1. Zechariah 7:6 Lit is it not you who eat and you who drink
  2. Zechariah 7:7 I.e., South country
  3. Zechariah 7:7 Heb Shephelah