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when Bethel had sent Sherezer and Regem-melech, and his men, to supplicate Jehovah,
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[and] to speak unto the priests that were in the house of Jehovah of hosts, and to the prophets, saying, Should I weep in the fifth month, separating myself, as I have done now so many years?
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And the word of Jehovah of hosts came unto me, saying,
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Speak unto all the people of the land, and to the priests, saying, When ye fasted and mourned in the fifth and in the seventh [month], even those seventy years, did ye really fast unto me, [even] unto me?
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And when ye ate, and when ye drank, was it not you that were eating and drinking?