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The people of Bethel sent Sharezer, Regem-Melech, and his men to ask the Lord a question. They went to the prophets and to the priests at the Temple of the Lord All-Powerful. They asked them this question: “For many years we have shown our sadness for the destruction of the Temple. In the fifth month of each year, we have had a special time of crying and fasting. Should we continue to do this?”

I received this message from the Lord All-Powerful:

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The people of Bethel had sent Sharezer and Regem-Melek, together with their men, to entreat(A) the Lord(B) by asking the priests of the house of the Lord Almighty and the prophets, “Should I mourn(C) and fast in the fifth(D) month, as I have done for so many years?”

Then the word of the Lord Almighty came to me:

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