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17 Also let none of you (A)devise evil in your heart against another, and do not love [a](B)false oaths; for all these are what I (C)hate,’ declares Yahweh.”

18 Then the word of Yahweh of hosts came to me, saying, 19 “Thus says Yahweh of hosts, ‘The fast of the (D)fourth, the fast of the (E)fifth, the fast of the (F)seventh, and the fast of the (G)tenth months will become (H)joy, gladness, and [b]merry appointed feasts for the house of Judah; so (I)love truth and peace.’

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Footnotes

  1. Zechariah 8:17 Lit lying, cf. Ex 20:16
  2. Zechariah 8:19 Or goodly

17 do not plot evil(A) against each other, and do not love to swear falsely.(B) I hate all this,” declares the Lord.

18 The word of the Lord Almighty came to me.

19 This is what the Lord Almighty says: “The fasts of the fourth,(C) fifth,(D) seventh(E) and tenth(F) months will become joyful(G) and glad occasions and happy festivals for Judah. Therefore love truth(H) and peace.”

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