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Zechariah 7
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Zechariah 7
New International Version
Justice and Mercy, Not Fasting
7 In the fourth year of King Darius, the word of the Lord came to Zechariah(A) on the fourth day of the ninth month, the month of Kislev.(B) 2 The people of Bethel had sent Sharezer and Regem-Melek, together with their men, to entreat(C) the Lord(D) 3 by asking the priests of the house of the Lord Almighty and the prophets, “Should I mourn(E) and fast in the fifth(F) month, as I have done for so many years?”
4 Then the word of the Lord Almighty came to me: 5 “Ask all the people of the land and the priests, ‘When you fasted(G) and mourned in the fifth and seventh(H) months for the past seventy years,(I) was it really for me that you fasted? 6 And when you were eating and drinking, were you not just feasting for yourselves?(J) 7 Are these not the words the Lord proclaimed through the earlier prophets(K) when Jerusalem and its surrounding towns were at rest(L) and prosperous, and the Negev and the western foothills(M) were settled?’”(N)
8 And the word of the Lord came again to Zechariah: 9 “This is what the Lord Almighty said: ‘Administer true justice;(O) show mercy and compassion to one another.(P) 10 Do not oppress the widow(Q) or the fatherless, the foreigner(R) or the poor.(S) Do not plot evil against each other.’(T)
11 “But they refused to pay attention; stubbornly(U) they turned their backs(V) and covered their ears.(W) 12 They made their hearts as hard as flint(X) and would not listen to the law or to the words that the Lord Almighty had sent by his Spirit through the earlier prophets.(Y) So the Lord Almighty was very angry.(Z)
13 “‘When I called, they did not listen;(AA) so when they called, I would not listen,’(AB) says the Lord Almighty.(AC) 14 ‘I scattered(AD) them with a whirlwind(AE) among all the nations, where they were strangers. The land they left behind them was so desolate that no one traveled through it.(AF) This is how they made the pleasant land desolate.(AG)’”
Sacharja 7
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Sacharja 7
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Ein Aufruf zur Umkehr (Kapitel 7–8)
Ihr wolltet nicht auf mich hören!
7 Im 4. Regierungsjahr des Königs Darius, am 4. Tag des 9. Monats, des Monats Kislew, empfing Sacharja eine Botschaft vom Herrn. 2 An diesem Tag trafen Gesandte aus Bethel in Jerusalem ein: Sarezer und Regem-Melech mit seinen Begleitern. Sie waren gekommen, um den Segen des Herrn zu erbitten. 3 Sie wollten nämlich die Priester am Tempel des Herrn, des allmächtigen Gottes, und die Propheten fragen: »Sollen wir auch weiterhin wegen des zerstörten Tempels im 5. Monat einen Fasten- und Trauertag einhalten, wie wir es nun schon so viele Jahre tun?«
4 Da sprach der Herr, der allmächtige Gott, zu mir: 5 »Sag dem ganzen Volk im Land und den Priestern: Schon siebzig Jahre lang fastet und trauert ihr im 5. und im 7. Monat. Doch habt ihr das wirklich für mich getan? 6 Und wenn ihr esst und trinkt, tut ihr das nicht auch nur euch selbst zuliebe? 7 Schon vor dieser Zeit sprach ich durch die Propheten zu euch. Wisst ihr das denn nicht mehr? Damals lebte euer Volk noch ruhig und sicher in Jerusalem und den umliegenden Dörfern, in der Steppe im Süden und im westlichen Hügelland.«
8 Der Herr fuhr fort: 9-10 »Durch die Propheten schärfte ich euren Vorfahren ein: ›Fällt gerechte Urteile! Geht liebevoll und barmherzig miteinander um! Die Witwen und Waisen, die Armen und die Ausländer sollt ihr nicht unterdrücken! Schmiedet keine bösen Pläne gegeneinander! Das befehle ich, der Herr, der allmächtige Gott!‹ 11 Doch eure Vorfahren wollten mir nicht zuhören. Sie kehrten mir den Rücken und stellten sich taub. 12 Sie verschlossen ihr Herz und schlugen alle Worte und Weisungen in den Wind, die ich, der Herr, der allmächtige Gott, ihnen durch meinen Geist – durch den Mund der Propheten – gegeben hatte. Deshalb entlud sich mein ganzer Zorn über sie. 13 Weil sie mich nicht anhörten, als ich sie rief, darum hörte ich auch nicht mehr auf sie, als sie zu mir um Hilfe schrien. 14 Ich fegte sie hinweg zu fremden Völkern und ließ ihr Land veröden, als sie fort waren. Niemand wollte mehr auch nur hindurchziehen. So hatten sie selbst ihr schönes Land zu einer trostlosen Wüste gemacht.«
Zechariah 7
King James Version
Zechariah 7
King James Version
7 And it came to pass in the fourth year of king Darius, that the word of the Lord came unto Zechariah in the fourth day of the ninth month, even in Chisleu;
2 When they had sent unto the house of God Sherezer and Regemmelech, and their men, to pray before the Lord,
3 And to speak unto the priests which were in the house of the Lord of hosts, and to the prophets, saying, Should I weep in the fifth month, separating myself, as I have done these so many years?
4 Then came the word of the Lord of hosts unto me, saying,
5 Speak unto all the people of the land, and to the priests, saying, When ye fasted and mourned in the fifth and seventh month, even those seventy years, did ye at all fast unto me, even to me?
6 And when ye did eat, and when ye did drink, did not ye eat for yourselves, and drink for yourselves?
7 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?
8 And the word of the Lord came unto Zechariah, saying,
9 Thus speaketh the Lord of hosts, saying, Execute true judgment, and shew mercy and compassions every man to his brother:
10 And oppress not the widow, nor the fatherless, the stranger, nor the poor; and let none of you imagine evil against his brother in your heart.
11 But they refused to hearken, and pulled away the shoulder, and stopped their ears, that they should not hear.
12 Yea, they made their hearts as an adamant stone, lest they should hear the law, and the words which the Lord of hosts hath sent in his spirit by the former prophets: therefore came a great wrath from the Lord of hosts.
13 Therefore it is come to pass, that as he cried, and they would not hear; so they cried, and I would not hear, saith the Lord of hosts:
14 But I scattered them with a whirlwind among all the nations whom they knew not. Thus the land was desolate after them, that no man passed through nor returned: for they laid the pleasant land desolate.
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