1 And it came to pass H1961 W-VPY3MS in the fourth H702 MFS year H8141 B-CFS of king H4428 D-NMS Darius H1867 L-NAME , that the word H1697 NMS of the LORD H3068 EDS came H1961 W-VPY3MS unto H413 PREP Zechariah H2148 in the fourth H702 day of the ninth H8671 month H2320 LD-NMS , even in Chisleu H3691 ;
2 When they had sent H7971 W-VQY3MS unto the house of God H1008 LFS Sherezer H8272 and Regem H7278 - melech , and their men H376 , to pray H2470 before H6440 CMP the LORD H3068 NAME-4MS ,
3 And to speak H559 L-VQFC unto H413 PREP the priests H3548 which H834 RPRO were in the house H1004 of the LORD H3068 EDS of hosts H6635 , and to H413 PREP the prophets H5030 , saying H559 L-VQFC , Should I weep H1058 in the fifth H2549 month H2320 BD-NMS , separating myself H5144 , as H834 RPRO I have done H6213 VQQ1MS these H2088 DPRO so many H4100 years H8141 ?
4 Then came H1961 W-VQY3MS the word H1697 CMS of the LORD H3068 EDS of hosts H6635 unto H413 PREP-1MS me , saying H559 L-VQFC ,
5 Speak H559 unto H413 PREP all H3605 NMS the people H5971 NMS of the land H776 D-GFS , and to H413 PREP the priests H3548 , saying H559 L-VQFC , When H3588 CONJ ye fasted H6684 and mourned H5594 in the fifth H2549 and seventh H7637 month , even those H2088 W-PMS seventy H7657 ONUM years H8141 NFS , did ye at all fast H6684 unto me , even to me H589 PPRO-1MS ?
6 And when H3588 W-CONJ ye did eat H398 , and when H3588 W-CONJ ye did drink H8354 , did not H3808 D-NPAR ye H859 PPRO-2MS eat H398 for yourselves , and drink H8354 for yourselves ?
7 Should ye not H3808 D-NPAR hear the words H1697 AMP which H834 RPRO the LORD H3068 EDS hath cried H7121 VQQ3MS by H3027 B-CFS the former H7223 prophets H5030 , when Jerusalem H3389 was H1961 inhabited H3427 and in prosperity H7961 , and the cities H5892 thereof round about H5439 her , when men inhabited H3427 the south H5045 and the plain H8219 ?
8 And the word H1697 CMS of the LORD H3068 EDS came H1961 W-VPY3MS unto H413 PREP Zechariah H2148 , saying H559 L-VQFC ,
9 Thus H3541 speaketh H559 VQQ3MS the LORD H3068 EDS of hosts H6635 , saying H559 L-VQFC , Execute H8199 true H571 CFS judgment H4941 CMS , and show H6213 mercy H2617 and compassions H7356 every man H376 NMS to H854 PREP his brother H251 CMP-3MS :
10 And oppress H6231 not H408 ADV the widow H490 W-NFS , nor the fatherless H3490 W-NMS , the stranger H1616 NMS , nor the poor H6041 ; and let none H408 ADV of you imagine H2803 evil H7451 against his brother H251 CMS-3MS in your heart H3824 .
11 But they refused H3985 to hearken H7181 L-VHFC , and pulled H5414 W-VQY3MP away H5637 the shoulder H3802 , and stopped H3513 their ears H241 , that they should not hear H8085 .
12 Yea , they made H7760 VQQ3MP their hearts H3820 as an adamant stone H8068 , lest they should hear H8085 the law H8451 , and the words H1697 AMP which H834 RPRO the LORD H3068 EDS of hosts H6635 hath sent H7971 VQQ3MS in his spirit H7307 B-CMS-3MS by H3027 B-CFS the former H7223 prophets H5030 : therefore came H1961 W-VPY3MS a great H1419 AMS wrath H7110 from the LORD H3068 EDS of hosts H6635 .
13 Therefore it is come to pass H1961 W-VQY3MS , that as H834 he cried H7121 VQQ3MS , and they would not H3808 W-NPAR hear H8085 VQY1MS ; so H3651 ADV they cried H7121 VQQ3MS , and I would not H3808 W-NPAR hear H8085 VQY1MS , saith H559 VQQ3MS the LORD H3068 EDS of hosts H6635 :
14 But I scattered them with a whirlwind H5590 among H5921 PREP all H3605 NMS the nations H1471 D-NMP whom H834 RPRO they knew H3045 not H3808 ADV . Thus the land H776 WD-GFS was desolate H8074 after H310 them , that no man passed through H5674 nor returned H7725 : for they laid H7760 W-VQY3MP the pleasant H2532 land H776 desolate H8047 .