Zechariah 7:5
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?
Context
This verse from Zechariah Chapter 7 connects to 10 cross-references. A delegation asks whether to continue the fasts commemorating Jerusalem's fall. God replies with a question: were those fasts really for him? He calls for genuine justice, kindness, and mercy — not oppressing widows, orphans, strangers, and the poor. The …
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Speak unto all the people of the land, and to the priests, saying, When ye fasted and mourned in the fifth and in the seventh month, even these 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:
Say to all the people of the land and to the priests, When you went without food and gave yourselves to grief in the fifth and the seventh months for these seventy years, did you ever do it because of me?
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