Verse
KJV
King James Version
YLT
Young's Literal Translation
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 ;
And it cometh
to pass ,
in the fourth year of Darius the king
hath
a
word of Jehovah
been
unto Zechariah ,
in the fourth of the ninth month, in Chisleu .
When
they
had
sent
unto
the
house
of
God
Sherezer and Regemmelech
, and their
men, to pray
before
the LORD
,
And
Beth-El
sendeth
Sherezer and Regem-Melech
, and its
men, to appease
the face
of
Jehovah
,
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?
speaking
unto the priests who
`are'
at
the house of Jehovah
of Hosts, and unto
the prophets, saying, `Do
I weep in the fifth month --
being
separated
--
as I have done these so many years? '
Then
came
the
word of the
LORD
of hosts unto me, saying ,
And
there
is
a
word of Jehovah
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?
`
Speak unto all the people of the land, and unto
the priests, saying :
And
when ye did eat, and when ye did
drink, did
not ye eat
for
yourselves
, and drink
for
yourselves
?
When ye fasted
with
mourning
in
the
fifth
and
in
the
seventh
`months'
--
even
these
seventy
years
--
did ye
keep
the
fast
`to'
Me
--
Me?
And
when
ye
eat, and when ye drink, is
it
not ye who
are
eating
, and ye
who
are
drinking
?
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?
`Are
not `these'
the words that
Jehovah
proclaimed
by the hand
of
the
former prophets, in
Jerusalem's
being
inhabited ,
and `
in '
safety
, and its
cities round about it
, and
the south and the plain --
abiding
? '
And the
word of the
LORD
came
unto Zechariah, saying ,
And there
is
a
word of Jehovah
unto Zechariah, saying :
Thus speaketh
the
LORD
of hosts, saying ,
Execute
true judgment, and shew
mercy
and compassions
every
man
to
his
brother:
`
Thus spake
Jehovah
of Hosts, saying :
True judgment judge
ye
, And kindness
and mercy
do
one
with
another.
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.
And widow, and
fatherless, Sojourner
, and
poor ,
ye
do
not
oppress,
And the
calamity
of one
another
ye
do
not
devise
in your heart.
But
they refused
to hearken
, and pulled
away
the
shoulder, and stopped
their ears ,
that
they
should
not
hear
.
And
they refuse
to attend
, And they
give
a
refractory
shoulder, And their ears have
made
heavy
against
hearing
.
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.
And
their
heart
they have
made adamant, Against
hearing
the law, and the words ,
That
Jehovah
of Hosts sent by
His Spirit ,
By the hand
of
the
former prophets ,
And
their
is
great wrath from Jehovah
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 :
And
it cometh
to pass, as He called
, And they have
not hearkened,
So do
they call
, and I do
not hearken
, Said
Jehovah
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.
And
I toss
them on
all the nations ,
That
they have
not known,
The land hath
been
desolate behind
them, Of
any
passing
by
and
turning
back,
And
they set
a
desirable
land for
a
desolation!
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