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1 And it will be in the fourth year to Darius the king, the word of Jehovah was to Zechariah in the fourth to the ninth month, in Chisleu; 2 And he will send to the house of God, the chief of the treasure, and the friend of the king, and his men to beseech the face of Jehovah. 3 To speak to the priests which were to the house of Jehovah of armies, and to the prophets, saying, Should I weep in the fifth month, separating myself according as I did, how many the years? 4 And the word of Jehovah of armies was to me, saying, 5 Say to all the people of the land, and to the priests, saying, When ye fasted and mourned in the fifth and in the seventh, and this seventy years, fasting, fasted ye to me, me? 6 And when ye shall eat, and when ye shall drink, are ye not eating, and are ye not drinking? 7 Is it not the words which Jehovah called by the hand of the former prophets in Jerusalem being inhabited and in security, and its cities round about her, and inhabiting the south and the low country? Zechariah 7:1-7, Smith's Literal Translation. Public domain.
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