Zechariah 7
King James Version with Strongs Numbers - Zechariah 7 << | >> 1234567891011121314 7:1 And it came to pass in the fourth0702 year8141 of king4428 Darius1867, {that} the word1697 of the LORD3068 came unto Zechariah2148 in the fourth0702 {day} of the ninth8671 month2320, {even} in Chisleu3691; 7:2 When they had sent7971 unto the house1004 of God0410 Sherezer8272 and Regemmelech7278, and their men0582, to pray2470 before6440 the LORD3068, 7:3 {And} to speak0559 unto the priests3548 which {were} in the house1004 of the LORD3068 of hosts6635, and to the prophets5030, saying0559, Should I weep1058 in the fifth2549 month2320, separating5144 myself, as I have done6213 these so many years8141? 7:4 Then came the word1697 of the LORD3068 of hosts6635 unto me, saying0559, 7:5 Speak0559 unto all the people5971 of the land0776, and to the priests3548, saying0559, When ye fasted6684 and mourned5594 in the fifth2549 and seventh7637 {month}, even those seventy7657 years8141, did ye at all6684 fast6684 unto me, {even} to me? 7:6 And when ye did eat0398, and when ye did drink8354, did not ye eat0398 {for yourselves}, and drink8354 {for yourselves}? 7:7 {Should ye} not {hear} the words1697 which the LORD3068 hath cried7121 by3027 the former7223 prophets5030, when Jerusalem3389 was inhabited3427 and in prosperity7961, and the cities5892 thereof round about her5439, when {men} inhabited3427 the south5045 and the plain8219? 7:8 And the word1697 of the LORD3068 came unto Zechariah2148, saying0559, 7:9 Thus speaketh0559 the LORD3068 of hosts6635, saying0559, Execute8199 true0571 judgment4941, and shew6213 mercy2617 and compassions7356 every man0376 to his brother0251: 7:10 And oppress6231 not the widow0490, nor the fatherless3490, the stranger1616, nor the poor6041; and let none of you imagine2803 evil7451 against0376 his brother0251 in your heart3824. 7:11 But they refused3985 to hearken7181, and pulled away5414-5637 the shoulder3802, and stopped3513 their ears0241, that they should not hear8085. 7:12 Yea, they made7760 their hearts3820 {as} an adamant stone8068, lest they should hear8085 the law8451, and the words1697 which the LORD3068 of hosts6635 hath sent7971 in his spirit7307 by3027 the former7223 prophets5030: therefore came a great1419 wrath7110 from the LORD3068 of hosts6635. 7:13 Therefore it is come to pass, {that} as he cried7121, and they would not hear8085; so they cried7121, and I would not hear8085, saith0559 the LORD3068 of hosts6635: 7:14 But I scattered them with a whirlwind5590 among all the nations1471 whom they knew3045 not. Thus the land0776 was desolate8074 after0310 them, that no man passed through5674 nor returned7725: for they laid7760 the pleasant2532 land0776 desolate8047.