And it came to pass in the fourth
year
of king
Darius,
that the word
of the LORD
came unto Zechariah
in the fourth
day of the ninth
month,
even in Chisleu;
Dareios
Δαρείου
dareiou
four
τετράδι
tetradi
Chaseleu
Χασελευ
chaseleu
When they had sent
unto the house
of God
Sherezer
and Regemmelech,
and their men,
to pray
before
the LORD,
And to speak
unto the priests
which were in the house
of the LORD
of hosts,
and to the prophets,
saying,
Should I weep
in the fifth
month,
separating
myself, as I have done
these so many years?
sanctuary
ἁγίασμα
hagiasma
Then came the word
of the LORD
of hosts
unto me, saying,
Speak
unto all the people
of the land,
and to the priests,
saying,
When ye fasted
and mourned
in the fifth
and seventh
month, even those seventy
years,
did ye at all
fast
unto me, even to me?
say
And when ye did eat,
and when ye did drink,
did not ye eat
for yourselves, and drink
for yourselves?
Should ye not hear the words
which the LORD
hath cried
by
the former
prophets,
when Jerusalem
was inhabited
and in prosperity,
and the cities
thereof round about her,
when men inhabited
the south
and the plain?
thrive
εὐθηνοῦσα
euthēnousa
mountainous
ὀρεινὴ
oreinē
And the word
of the LORD
came unto Zechariah,
saying,
Thus speaketh
the LORD
of hosts,
saying,
Execute
true
judgment,
and shew
mercy
and compassions
every man
to his brother:
And oppress
not the widow,
nor the fatherless,
the stranger,
nor the poor;
and let none of you imagine
evil
against
his brother
in your heart.
bear malice
μνησικακείτω
mnēsikakeitō
But they refused
to hearken,
and pulled away
the shoulder,
and stopped
their ears,
that they should not hear.
Yea, they made
their hearts
as an adamant stone,
lest they should hear
the law,
and the words
which the LORD
of hosts
hath sent
in his spirit
by
the former
prophets:
therefore came a great
wrath
from the LORD
of hosts.
Therefore it is come to pass, that as he cried,
and they would not hear;
so they cried,
and I would not hear,
saith
the LORD
of hosts:
But I scattered them with a whirlwind
among all the nations
whom they knew
not. Thus the land
was desolate
after
them, that no man passed through
nor returned:
for they laid
the pleasant
land
desolate.
behind
κατόπισθεν
katopisthen
