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which
were
in the house of the L
ORD
of hosts, and to the prophets, saying, Should I weep in the
fifth month, separating myself, as I have done these so many years?
4
Then came the word of the L
ORD
of hosts unto me, saying,
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?
6
And when ye did eat, and when ye
did drink, did not ye eat
for yourselves,
and drink
for yourselves?
7
Should ye
not
hear
the words
which the L
ORD
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?
8
And the word of the L
ORD
came unto Zechariah, saying,
9
Thus speaketh the L
ORD
of hosts,
saying, Execute true judgment, and shew mercy and compassions every man to his brother:
10
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.
11
But they refused to hearken, and pulled away the shoulder,
and stopped their ears, that they should not hear.
12
Yea, they made their hearts
as
an adamant stone,
lest they should hear the law, and the words which the L
ORD
of hosts hath sent in his spirit by the
former prophets: therefore came a great wrath from the L
ORD
of hosts.
13
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 L
ORD
of hosts:
14
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.
CHAPTER 8
Again the word of the L
ORD
of hosts came
to me,
saying,
2
Thus saith the L
ORD
of hosts; I was
jealous for Zion with great jealousy, and I was jealous for her with great fury.
3
Thus saith the L
ORD
;
I am returned unto Zion, and will dwell in the midst of Jerusalem: and Jerusalem shall be called a
city of truth; and the mountain of the L
ORD
of hosts the holy mountain.
4
Thus saith the L
ORD
of
hosts; There shall yet old men and old women dwell in the streets of Jerusalem, and every man
with his staff in his hand for very age.
5
And the streets of the city shall be full of boys and girls
playing in the streets thereof.
6
Thus saith the L
ORD
of hosts; If it be marvellous in the eyes of the
remnant of this people in these days, should it also be marvellous in mine eyes? saith the L
ORD
of
hosts.
7
Thus saith the L
ORD
of hosts; Behold, I will save my people from the east country, and from
the west country;
8
And I will bring them, and they shall dwell in the midst of Jerusalem: and they
shall be my people, and I will be their God, in truth and in righteousness.
9
Thus saith the L
ORD
of hosts; Let your hands be strong, ye that hear in these days these words
by the mouth of the prophets, which
were
in the day
that
the foundation of the house of the L
ORD
of hosts was laid, that the temple might be built.
10
For before these days there was no hire for man,
nor any hire for beast; neither
was there any
peace to him that went out or came in because of the
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