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When Sarasar, and Rogommelech, and the men that were with him, sent to the house of God, to entreat the face of the Lord:
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To speak to the priests of the house of the Lord of hosts, and to the prophets, saying: Must I weep in the fifth month, or must I sanctify myself as I have now done for many years?
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And the word of the Lord of hosts came to me, saying:
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Speak to all the people of the land, and to the priests, saying: When you fasted, and mourned in the fifth and the seventh month for these seventy years: did you keep a fast unto me?
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And when you did eat and drink, did you not eat for yourselves, and drink for yourselves?