American Standard Version (ASV) With Strong Codes

1. And it came to pass in the fourth[H702] year[H8141] of king[H4428] Darius[H1867], that the word[H1697] of Jehovah[H3068] came unto Zechariah[H2148] in the fourth[H702] day of the ninth[H8671] month[H2320], even in Chislev[H3691].

2. Now they of Beth[H1004] - el[H410] had sent[H7971] Sharezer[H8272] and Regem-melech[H7278], and their men[H582], to entreat[H2470] the favor[H6440] of Jehovah[H3068],

3. and to speak[H559] unto the priests[H3548] of the house[H1004] of Jehovah[H3068] of hosts[H6635], and to the prophets[H5030], saying[H559], Should I weep[H1058] in the fifth[H2549] month[H2320], separating[H5144] myself[H6213], as I have done these so many years[H8141]?

4. Then came the word[H1697] of Jehovah[H3068] of hosts[H6635] unto me[H559], saying,

5. Speak[H559] unto all the people[H5971] of the land[H776], and to the priests[H3548], saying[H559], When ye fasted[H6684] and mourned[H5594] in the fifth[H2549] and in the seventh[H7637] month[H7657], even these seventy years[H8141], did ye at all[H6684] fast unto me[H6684], even to me?

6. And when ye eat[H398], and when ye drink[H8354], do not ye eat[H398] for yourselves[H8354], and drink for yourselves?

7. Should ye not hear the words[H1697] which Jehovah[H3068] cried[H7121] by[H3027] the former[H7223] prophets[H5030], when Jerusalem[H3389] was inhabited[H3427] and in prosperity[H7961], and the cities[H5892] thereof round about her[H5439], and the South[H5045] and the lowland[H8219] were inhabited[H3427]?

8. And the word[H1697] of Jehovah[H3068] came unto Zechariah[H2148], saying[H559],

9. Thus hath Jehovah[H3068] of hosts[H6635] spoken[H559], saying[H559], Execute[H8199] true[H571] judgment[H4941], and show[H6213] kindness[H2617] and compassion[H7356] every man[H376] to his brother[H251];

10. and oppress[H6231] not the widow[H490], nor the fatherless[H3490], the sojourner[H1616], nor the poor[H6041]; and let none of you devise[H2803] evil[H7451] against[H376] his brother[H251] in your heart[H3824].

11. But they refused[H3985] to hearken[H7181], and pulled away[H5414] the shoulder[H3802], and stopped[H3513] their ears[H241], that they might not hear[H8085].

12. Yea[H7760], they made their hearts[H3820] as an adamant stone[H8068], lest they should hear[H8085] the law[H8451], and the words[H1697] which Jehovah[H3068] of hosts[H6635] had sent[H7971] by his Spirit[H7307] by[H3027] the former[H7223] prophets[H5030]: therefore there came great[H1419] wrath[H7110] from Jehovah[H3068] of hosts[H6635].

13. And it is come to pass that[H7121], as he cried, and they would not hear[H8085], so they shall cry[H7121], and I will not hear[H8085], said[H559] Jehovah[H3068] of hosts[H6635];

14. but I will scatter them with a whirlwind[H5590] among all the nations[H1471] which they have not known[H3045]. Thus the land[H776] was desolate[H8074] after[H310] them[H5674], so that no man passed through nor returned[H7725]: for they laid[H7760] the pleasant[H2532] land[H776] desolate[H8047].