NET Bible
"Again the LORD’s message came to Zechariah:"
— Zechariah 7:8, NET Bible
“And the word of the Lord came unto Zechariah, saying,”
“And the word of Jehovah came unto Zechariah, saying, ”
“The word of Yahweh came to Zechariah, saying,”
“And the word of the Lord came to Zechariah, saying:”
“And the word of the Lord came to Zechariah, saying,”
“And the word of the Lord came unto Zechariah, saying,”
“Speak to all the people and priests of the land as follows:‘When you fasted and lamented in the fifth and seventh months through all these seventy years, did you truly fast for me– for me, indeed?
And now when you eat and drink, are you not doing so for yourselves?’”
Should you not have obeyed the words that the LORD cried out through the former prophets when Jerusalem was peacefully inhabited and her surrounding cities, the Negev, and the foothills were also populated?
Again the LORD’s message came to Zechariah:
“The LORD of Heaven’s Armies said,‘Exercise true judgment and show brotherhood and compassion to each other.
You must not oppress the widow, the orphan, the resident foreigner, or the poor, nor should anyone secretly plot evil against his fellow citizen.’
“But they refused to pay attention, turning away stubbornly and stopping their ears so they could not hear.