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And then,[a] in the fourth year of King Darius, the word of Yahweh came to Zechariah on the fourth day of the ninth month, which is Kislev. And the people of Bethel sent Sharezer and Regem-Melech, and their[b] men, to entreat the favor[c] of Yahweh, saying to the priests of the house of Yahweh of hosts[d] and to the prophets, “Should I mourn in the fifth month and keep myself separate[e] as I have done for these many years?”

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Footnotes

  1. Zechariah 7:1 Literally “and it happened”
  2. Zechariah 7:2 Hebrew “his”
  3. Zechariah 7:2 Literally “the face”
  4. Zechariah 7:3 Literally “priests who are for the house of Yahweh of hosts”
  5. Zechariah 7:3 Or “abstain”; some interpret this as a reference to fasting

Justice and Mercy, Not Fasting

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) The people of Bethel had sent Sharezer and Regem-Melek, together with their men, to entreat(C) the Lord(D) 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?”

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