Zechariah 7:3-5
New American Standard Bible
3 speaking to the (A)priests who belong to the house of the Lord of armies, and to the prophets, saying, “Shall I weep in the (B)fifth month [a]and fast, as I have done these many years?” 4 Then the word of the Lord of armies came to me, saying, 5 “Say to all the people of the land and to the priests, ‘When you fasted and mourned in the fifth and seventh months [b]these (C)seventy years, was it actually for (D)Me that you fasted?
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- Zechariah 7:3 Lit to fast
- Zechariah 7:5 Lit and this
Zechariah 7:3-5
New International Version
3 by asking the priests of the house of the Lord Almighty and the prophets, “Should I mourn(A) and fast in the fifth(B) month, as I have done for so many years?”
4 Then the word of the Lord Almighty came to me: 5 “Ask all the people of the land and the priests, ‘When you fasted(C) and mourned in the fifth and seventh(D) months for the past seventy years,(E) was it really for me that you fasted?
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