<vn='1'>And it came to <sn="1961">pass</s> in the <sn="702">fourth</s><sn="8141">year</s> of <sn="4428">king</s><sn="1867">Darius</s>, that the <sn="1697">word</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="1961">came</s><sn="413">unto</s><sn="2148">Zechariah</s> in the <sn="702">fourth</s> day of the <sn="8671">ninth</s><sn="2320">month</s>, even in <sn="3691">Chisleu</s>; </v>
<vn='2'>When they had <sn="7971">sent</s> unto the house of <sn="1008">God</s><sn="8272">Sherezer</s> and <sn="7278">Regem</s> -melech, and their <sn="376">men</s>, to <sn="2470">pray</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="6440">before</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, </v>
<vn='3'> And to <sn="559">speak</s><sn="413">unto</s> the <sn="3548">priests</s><sn="834">which</s> were in the <sn="1004">house</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s> of <sn="6635">hosts</s>, and <sn="413">to</s> the <sn="5030">prophets</s>, <sn="559">saying</s>, Should I <sn="1058">weep</s> in the <sn="2549">fifth</s><sn="2320">month</s>, separating <sn="5144">myself</s>, <sn="834">as</s> I have <sn="6213">done</s><sn="2088">these</s> so <sn="4100">many</s><sn="8141">years</s>? </v>
<vn='4'>Then <sn="1961">came</s> the <sn="1697">word</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s> of <sn="6635">hosts</s><sn="413">unto</s> me, <sn="559">saying</s>, </v>
<vn='5'><sn="559">Speak</s><sn="413">unto</s><sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="5971">people</s> of the <sn="776">land</s>, and <sn="413">to</s> the <sn="3548">priests</s>, <sn="559">saying</s>, <sn="3588">When</s> ye <sn="6684">fasted</s> and <sn="5594">mourned</s> in the <sn="2549">fifth</s> and <sn="7637">seventh</s> month, even <sn="2088">those</s><sn="7657">seventy</s><sn="8141">years</s>, did ye at all <sn="6684 6684">fast</s> unto me, even to <sn="589">me</s>? </v>
<vn='6'>And <sn="3588">when</s> ye did <sn="398">eat</s>, and <sn="3588">when</s> ye did <sn="8354">drink</s>, did <sn="3808">not</s><sn="859">ye</s><sn="398">eat</s> for yourselves, and <sn="8354">drink</s> for yourselves? </v>
<vn='7'> Should ye <sn="3808">not</s> hear <sn="*853"></s> the <sn="1697">words</s><sn="834">which</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s> hath <sn="7121">cried</s><sn="3027">by</s> the <sn="7223">former</s><sn="5030">prophets</s>, when <sn="3389">Jerusalem</s><sn="1961">was</s><sn="3427">inhabited</s> and in <sn="7961">prosperity</s>, and the <sn="5892">cities</s> thereof round <sn="5439">about</s> her, when men <sn="3427">inhabited</s> the <sn="5045">south</s> and the <sn="8219">plain</s>? </v>
<vn='8'>And the <sn="1697">word</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="1961">came</s><sn="413">unto</s><sn="2148">Zechariah</s>, <sn="559">saying</s>, </v>
<vn='9'><sn="3541">Thus</s><sn="559">speaketh</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s> of <sn="6635">hosts</s>, <sn="559">saying</s>, <sn="8199">Execute</s><sn="571">true</s><sn="4941">judgment</s>, and <sn="6213">show</s><sn="2617">mercy</s> and <sn="7356">compassions</s> every <sn="376">man</s><sn="854">to</s> his <sn="251">brother</s>: </v>
<vn='10'>And <sn="6231">oppress</s><sn="408">not</s> the <sn="490">widow</s>, nor the <sn="3490">fatherless</s>, the <sn="1616">stranger</s>, nor the <sn="6041">poor</s>; and let <sn="408">none</s> of you <sn="2803">imagine</s><sn="7451 376">evil</s> against his <sn="251">brother</s> in your <sn="3824">heart</s>. </v>
<vn='11'>But they <sn="3985">refused</s> to <sn="7181">hearken</s>, and <sn="5414">pulled</s><sn="5637">away</s> the <sn="3802">shoulder</s>, and <sn="3513">stopped</s> their <sn="241">ears</s>, that they should not <sn="4480 8085">hear</s>. </v>
<vn='12'>Yea, they <sn="7760">made</s> their <sn="3820">hearts</s> as an adamant <sn="8068">stone</s>, lest they should <sn="4480 8085">hear</s> the <sn="*853"></s><sn="8451">law</s>, and the <sn="1697">words</s><sn="834">which</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s> of <sn="6635">hosts</s> hath <sn="7971">sent</s> in his <sn="7307">spirit</s><sn="3027">by</s> the <sn="7223">former</s><sn="5030">prophets</s>: therefore <sn="1961">came</s> a <sn="1419">great</s><sn="7110">wrath</s><sn="4480 854">from</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s> of <sn="6635">hosts</s>. </v>
<vn='13'>Therefore it is come to <sn="1961">pass</s>, that <sn="834">as</s> he <sn="7121">cried</s>, and they would <sn="3808">not</s><sn="8085">hear</s>; <sn="3651">so</s> they <sn="7121">cried</s>, and I would <sn="3808">not</s><sn="8085">hear</s>, <sn="559">saith</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s> of <sn="6635">hosts</s>: </v>
<vn='14'>But I scattered them with a <sn="5590">whirlwind</s><sn="5921">among</s><sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="1471">nations</s><sn="834">whom</s> they <sn="3045">knew</s><sn="3808">not</s>. Thus the <sn="776">land</s> was <sn="8074">desolate</s><sn="310">after</s> them, that no man passed <sn="4480 5674">through</s> nor <sn="4480 7725">returned</s>: for they <sn="7760">laid</s> the <sn="2532">pleasant</s><sn="776">land</s><sn="8047">desolate</s>. </v>