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And Beth-El sendeth Sherezer and Regem-Melech, and its men, to appease the face of Jehovah,
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speaking unto the priests who [are] at the house of Jehovah of Hosts, and unto the prophets, saying, `Do I weep in the fifth month -- being separated -- as I have done these so many years?'
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And there is a word of Jehovah of Hosts unto me, saying:
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`Speak unto all the people of the land, and unto the priests, saying:
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When ye fasted with mourning in the fifth and in the seventh [months] -- even these seventy years -- did ye keep the fast [to] Me -- Me? And when ye eat, and when ye drink, is it not ye who are eating, and ye who are drinking?
Young's Literal Translation is in the public domain.