Zechariah 7:4-7
New American Standard Bible
4 Then the word of the Lord of armies came to me, saying, 5 “Say to all the people of the land and to the priests, ‘When you fasted and mourned in the fifth and seventh months [a]these (A)seventy years, was it actually for (B)Me that you fasted? 6 And when you eat and drink, [b]do you not eat for yourselves and drink for yourselves? 7 Are these not the words which the Lord (C)proclaimed by the former prophets, when Jerusalem was inhabited and (D)carefree along with its cities around it, and the [c](E)Negev and the [d]foothills were inhabited?’”
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- Zechariah 7:5 Lit and this
- Zechariah 7:6 Lit is it not you who eat and you who drink
- Zechariah 7:7 I.e., South country
- Zechariah 7:7 Heb Shephelah
Zechariah 7:4-7
New King James Version
4 Then the word of the Lord of hosts came to me, saying, 5 “Say to all the people of the land, and to the priests: ‘When you (A)fasted and mourned in the fifth (B)and seventh months (C)during those seventy years, did you really fast (D)for Me—for Me? 6 (E)When you eat and when you drink, do you not eat and drink for yourselves? 7 Should you not have obeyed the words which the Lord proclaimed through the (F)former prophets when Jerusalem and the cities around it were inhabited and prosperous, and (G)the [a]South and the Lowland were inhabited?’ ”
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- Zechariah 7:7 Heb. Negev
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