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And it cameH1961 to pass in the fourthH702 yearH8141 of kingH4428 Darius,H1867 that the wordH1697 of the LORDH3068 cameH1961 to ZechariahH2148 in the fourthH702 day of the ninthH8671 month,H2320 even in Chisleu;H3691
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When they had sentH7971 to the houseH1008 of GodH1008 SherezerH8272 and Regemmelech,H7278 and their men,H582 to prayH2470 beforeH854 H6440 the LORD,H3068
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And to speakH559 to the priestsH3548 whichH834 were in the houseH1004 of the LORDH3068 of hosts,H6635 and to the prophets,H5030 saying,H559 Should I weepH1058 in the fifthH2549 month,H2320 separatingH5144 myself, as I have doneH6213 theseH2088 so many years?H8141
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Then cameH1961 the wordH1697 of the LORDH3068 of hostsH6635 to me, saying,H559
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SpeakH559 to allH3605 the peopleH5971 of the land,H776 and to the priests,H3548 saying,H559 WhenH3588 you fastedH6684 and mournedH5594 in the fifthH2549 and seventhH7637 month, even thoseH2088 seventyH7657 years,H8141 did you at all fastH6684 to me, even to me?
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And whenH3588 you did eat,H398 and whenH3588 you did drink,H8354 did not you eatH398 for yourselves, and drinkH8354 for yourselves?
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Should you not hear the wordsH1697 whichH834 the LORDH3068 has criedH7121 by the formerH7223 prophets,H5030 when JerusalemH3389 was inhabitedH3427 and in prosperity,H7961 and the citiesH5892 thereof roundH5439 about her, when men inhabitedH3427 the southH5045 and the plain?H8219
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And the wordH1697 of the LORDH3068 cameH1961 to Zechariah,H2148 saying,H559
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ThusH3541 speaksH559 the LORDH3068 of hosts,H6635 saying,H559 ExecuteH8199 trueH571 judgment,H4941 and showH6213 mercyH2617 and compassionsH7356 every manH376 to his brother:H251
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And oppressH6231 not the widow,H490 nor the fatherless,H3490 the stranger,H1616 nor the poor;H6041 and let noneH408 of you imagineH2803 evilH7451 against his brotherH251 in your heart.H3824
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But they refusedH3985 to listen,H7181 and pulledH5414 away the shoulder,H3802 and stoppedH3513 their ears,H241 that they should not hear.H8085
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Yes, they madeH7760 their heartsH3820 as an adamantH8068 stone,H8068 lestH6435 they should hearH8085 the law,H8451 and the wordsH1697 whichH834 the LORDH3068 of hostsH6635 has sentH7971 in his spiritH7307 by the formerH7223 prophets:H5030 therefore cameH1961 a greatH1419 wrathH7110 from the LORDH3068 of hosts.H6635
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Therefore it is comeH1961 to pass, that as he cried,H7121 and they would not hear;H8085 soH3651 they cried,H7121 and I would not hear,H8085 saidH559 the LORDH3068 of hosts:H6635
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But I scattered them with a whirlwindH5590 amongH5921 allH3605 the nationsH1471 whomH834 they knewH3045 not. Thus the landH776 was desolateH8074 afterH310 them, that no man passedH5674 through nor returned:H7725 for they laidH7760 the pleasantH2532 landH776 desolate.H8047
