Zechariah 7:4-7

New International Reader's Version

⁴ Then the message came to me from the Lord who rules over all. He said, ⁵ “Ask the priests and all the people in the land a question for me. Say to them, ‘You mourned and fasted in the fifth and seventh months. You did it for the past 70 years. But did you really do it for me? ⁶ And when you were eating and drinking, weren’t you just enjoying good food for yourselves? ⁷ Didn’t I tell you the same thing through the earlier prophets? That was when Jerusalem and the towns around it were at rest and enjoyed success. People lived in the Negev Desert and the western hills at that time.’ ”