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And the people of Bethel sent Sharezer and Regem-Melech, and their[a] men, to entreat the favor[b] of Yahweh, saying to the priests of the house of Yahweh of hosts[c] and to the prophets, “Should I mourn in the fifth month and keep myself separate[d] as I have done for these many years?” And the word of Yahweh of hosts came to me, saying,

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Footnotes

  1. Zechariah 7:2 Hebrew “his”
  2. Zechariah 7:2 Literally “the face”
  3. Zechariah 7:3 Literally “priests who are for the house of Yahweh of hosts”
  4. Zechariah 7:3 Or “abstain”; some interpret this as a reference to fasting

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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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?

Then came the word of the Lord of hosts unto me, saying,

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