Zechariah 7:3

3 saying to the {priests of the house of Yahweh of hosts} and to the prophets, "Should I mourn in the fifth month and keep myself separate as I have done for these many years?"

Zechariah 7:3 In-Context

1 {And then}, in the fourth year of King Darius, the word of Yahweh came to Zechariah on [the] fourth [day] of the ninth month, [which is] Kislev.
2 And [the people of] Bethel sent Sharezer and Regem-Melech, and their men, to entreat {the favor} of Yahweh,
3 saying to the {priests of the house of Yahweh of hosts} and to the prophets, "Should I mourn in the fifth month and keep myself separate as I have done for these many years?"
4 And the word of Yahweh of hosts came to me, saying,
5 "Say to all the people of the land and to the priests: 'When you fasted and lamented in the fifth and seventh months for these seventy years, did you really fast for me?

Footnotes 2

  • [a]. Literally "priests who [are] for the house of Yahweh of hosts"
  • [b]. Or "abstain"; some interpret this as a reference to fasting
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