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And when you eat and drink, are you not eating and drinking for yourselves? Are not these the words that Yahweh proclaimed through[a] the former prophets, when Jerusalem and its surrounding towns[b] were inhabited and at ease, and the Negev[c] and the Shephelah[d] were inhabited?’”

And the word of Yahweh came to Zechariah, saying,

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Footnotes

  1. Zechariah 7:7 Literally “by the hand of”
  2. Zechariah 7:7 Literally “her towns around her”
  3. Zechariah 7:7 The Negev is an arid region south of the Judean hills
  4. Zechariah 7:7 The Shephelah is a geographical area on the western edge of the Judean hills

And when you were eating and drinking, were you not just feasting for yourselves?(A) Are these not the words the Lord proclaimed through the earlier prophets(B) when Jerusalem and its surrounding towns were at rest(C) and prosperous, and the Negev and the western foothills(D) were settled?’”(E)

And the word of the Lord came again to Zechariah:

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