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 should do: speak the truth to one another; judge with truth and judgment for peace in your gates.
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'Also let none of you devise evil in your heart against another, and do not love perjury ; for all these are what I hate,' declares the LORD ."
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Then the word of the LORD of hosts came to me, saying,
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"Thus says the LORD of hosts, 'The fast of the fourth, the fast of the fifth, the fast of the seventh and the fast of the tenth months will become joy, gladness, and cheerful feasts for the house of Judah; so love truth and peace.'
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"Thus says the LORD of hosts, 'It will yet be that peoples will come, even the inhabitants of many cities.