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And it came to passe in the fourth yeere of King Darius, that the word of the Lord came vnto Zechariah in the fourth day of the ninth moneth, euen in Chisleu.
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When they had sent vnto the house of God, Sherezer and Regem-melech, and their men to pray before the Lord,
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And to speake vnto the priestes, which were in the house of the Lord of hosts, and to the prophets, saying, Should I weepe in the fift moneth, separating my selfe, as I haue done these so many yeeres?
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¶ Then came the word of the Lord of hosts vnto me, saying,
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Speake vnto all the people of the land, and to the priests, saying, When ye fasted and mourned in the fift and seuenth moneth, euen those seuenty yeeres; did ye at all fast vnto me, euen to me?
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And when ye did eat, and when ye did drinke, did not ye eat for your selues, and drinke for your selues?
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Should yee not heare the wordes, which the Lord hath cried by the former Prophets, when Ierusalem was inhabited, and in prosperitie, and the cities thereof round about her, when men inhabited the South of the plaine?
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¶ And the word of the Lord came vnto Zechariah, saying;
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Thus speaketh the Lord of hostes, saying, Execute true iudgement, and shew mercie and compassions euery man to his brother.
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And oppresse not the widow, nor the fatherlesse, the stranger, nor the poore, and let none of you imagine euill against his brother in your heart.
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But they refused to hearken, and pulled away the shoulder, and stopped their eares, that they should not heare.
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Yea, they made their hearts as an adamant stone, lest they should heare the Law, and the wordes which the Lord of hostes hath sent in his spirit by the former Prophets: therefore came a great wrath from the Lord of hostes.
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Therefore it is come to passe, that as he cried, and they would not heare, so they cried, and I would not heare, saith the Lord of hostes.
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But I scattered them with a whirlewinde among all the nations, whom they knew not: thus the land was desolate after them, that no man passed through, nor returned: for they layed the pleasant land desolate.
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Annette Okereke's Zechariah Chapter 7 comment on 2/13/2013, 10:57pm...
It is actually all about obeying God. Disobedience is an act of rebellion and God will not hear us when we call upon HIM. It must be a terrible thing for God not to hearken to our petitions or intervene on our behalf because of our stubbornness; total alienation, darkness and pathetic. Fasting, mourning on the 5th and 7th month, even for 70 years were all wasteful due to disobedience.. God help us to be completely sold out for you, mold and make us unto your will... that our lives will bring you praise and honor in the land of the living...Amen.
Priscilla's Zechariah Chapter 7 comment on 9/01/2012, 12:16am...
Its not about fasting its about being obedient to God,ooh God of mercy help me this day to be obedient to u i pray in Jesus.
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