And the word of the Lord of hosts came unto me, saying. ] The word of prophecy, as the Targum paraphrases it: here begins a new prophecy, respecting the abrogation of Jewish fasts, and the calling of the Gentiles.
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These are the things which you are to do: Let every man say what is true to his neighbour; and let your judging give peace in your towns.
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Let no one have any evil thought in his heart against his neighbour; and have no love for false oaths: for all these things are hated by me, says the Lord.
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And the word of the Lord of armies came to me, saying,
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This is what the Lord of armies has said: The times of going without food in the fourth month and in the fifth and the seventh and the tenth months, will be for the people of Judah times of joy and happy meetings; so be lovers of good faith and of peace.
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This is what the Lord of armies has said: It will again come about that when peoples and those living in great towns come,
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