Zechariah 7:2-4

Amplified Bible, Classic Edition

² Now the people of Bethel had sent Sharezer and Regem-melech and their men to pray and entreat the favor of the Lord

³ And to speak to the priests of the house of the Lord of hosts and to the prophets, saying, [Now that I am returned from exile] should I weep in the fifth month, separating myself as I have done these so many years [in Babylon]?

⁴ Then came the word of the Lord of hosts to me [Zechariah], saying,