King James Version (KJV) With Strong Codes

1. And it came to pass[H1961] in the fourth[H702] year[H8141] of king[H4428] Darius,[H1867] that the word[H1697] of the LORD[H3068] came[H1961] unto[H413] Zechariah[H2148] in the fourth[H702] day of the ninth[H8671] month,[H2320] even in Chisleu;[H3691]

2. When they had sent[H7971] unto the house of God[H1008] Sherezer[H8272] and Regem-melech,[H7278] and their men,[H376] to pray[H2470] [H853] before[H6440] the LORD,[H3068]

3. And to speak[H559] unto[H413] the priests[H3548] which[H834] were in the house[H1004] of the LORD[H3068] of hosts,[H6635] and to[H413] the prophets,[H5030] saying,[H559] Should I weep[H1058] in the fifth[H2549] month,[H2320] separating myself,[H5144] as[H834] I have done[H6213] these[H2088] so many[H4100] years?[H8141]

4. Then came[H1961] the word[H1697] of the LORD[H3068] of hosts[H6635] unto[H413] me, saying,[H559]

5. Speak[H559] unto[H413] all[H3605] the people[H5971] of the land,[H776] and to[H413] the priests,[H3548] saying,[H559] When[H3588] ye fasted[H6684] and mourned[H5594] in the fifth[H2549] and seventh[H7637] month, even those[H2088] seventy[H7657] years,[H8141] did ye at all fast[H6684] [H6684] unto me, even to me?[H589]

6. And when[H3588] ye did eat,[H398] and when[H3588] ye did drink,[H8354] did not[H3808] ye[H859] eat[H398] for yourselves, and drink[H8354] for yourselves?

7. Should ye not[H3808] hear[H853] the words[H1697] which[H834] the LORD[H3068] hath cried[H7121] by[H3027] the former[H7223] prophets,[H5030] when Jerusalem[H3389] was[H1961] inhabited[H3427] and in prosperity,[H7961] and the cities[H5892] thereof round about[H5439] her, when men inhabited[H3427] the south[H5045] and the plain?[H8219]

8. And the word[H1697] of the LORD[H3068] came[H1961] unto[H413] Zechariah,[H2148] saying,[H559]

9. Thus[H3541] speaketh[H559] the LORD[H3068] of hosts,[H6635] saying,[H559] Execute[H8199] true[H571] judgment,[H4941] and show[H6213] mercy[H2617] and compassions[H7356] every man[H376] to[H854] his brother: [H251]

10. And oppress[H6231] not[H408] the widow,[H490] nor the fatherless,[H3490] the stranger,[H1616] nor the poor;[H6041] and let none[H408] of you imagine[H2803] evil[H7451] [H376] against his brother[H251] in your heart.[H3824]

11. But they refused[H3985] to hearken,[H7181] and pulled[H5414] away[H5637] the shoulder,[H3802] and stopped[H3513] their ears,[H241] that they should not hear.[H4480] [H8085]

12. Yea, they made[H7760] their hearts[H3820] as an adamant stone,[H8068] lest they should hear[H4480] [H8085] the[H853] law,[H8451] and the words[H1697] which[H834] the LORD[H3068] of hosts[H6635] hath sent[H7971] in his spirit[H7307] by[H3027] the former[H7223] prophets:[H5030] therefore came[H1961] a great[H1419] wrath[H7110] from[H4480] [H854] the LORD[H3068] of hosts.[H6635]

13. Therefore it is come to pass,[H1961] that as[H834] he cried,[H7121] and they would not[H3808] hear;[H8085] so[H3651] they cried,[H7121] and I would not[H3808] hear,[H8085] saith[H559] the LORD[H3068] of hosts: [H6635]

14. But I scattered them with a whirlwind[H5590] among[H5921] all[H3605] the nations[H1471] whom[H834] they knew[H3045] not.[H3808] Thus the land[H776] was desolate[H8074] after[H310] them, that no man passed through[H4480] [H5674] nor returned:[H4480] [H7725] for they laid[H7760] the pleasant[H2532] land[H776] desolate.[H8047]