1	And it came to pass in the fourth year of king Darius, that the word of the LORD came unto Zechariah in the fourth day of the ninth month, even in Chisleu;
			2	When they had sent# unto the house of God Sherezer and Regemmelech, and their men, to pray# before the LORD, [pray...: Heb. intreat the face of]
			3	And to speak# unto the priests which were in the house of the LORD of hosts, and to the prophets, saying# , Should I weep# in the fifth month, separating# myself, as I have done# these so many years?
			4	Then came the word of the LORD of hosts unto me, saying# ,
			5	Speak# unto all the people of the land, and to the priests, saying# , When ye fasted# and mourned# in the fifth and seventh month , even those seventy years, did ye at all# fast# unto me, even to me?
			6	And when ye did eat# , and when ye did drink# , did not ye eat# for yourselves , and drink# for yourselves ? [did not ye: or, be not ye they that]
			7	Should ye not hear the words which the LORD hath cried# by the former prophets, when Jerusalem was inhabited# and in prosperity, and the cities thereof round about her, when men inhabited# the south and the plain? [Should...: or, Are not these the words] [by: Heb. by the hand of]
			8	And the word of the LORD came unto Zechariah, saying# ,
			9	Thus speaketh# the LORD of hosts, saying# , Execute# true judgment, and shew# mercy and compassions every man to his brother: [Execute...: Heb. Judge judgment of truth]
			10	And oppress# not the widow, nor the fatherless, the stranger, nor the poor; and let none of you imagine# evil against his brother in your heart.
			11	But they refused# to hearken# , and pulled away# # # the shoulder, and stopped# their ears, that they should not hear# . [pulled...: Heb. they gave a backsliding shoulder] [stopped: Heb. made heavy]
			12	Yea, they made# their hearts as an adamant stone, lest they should hear# the law, and the words which the LORD of hosts hath sent# in his spirit by the former prophets: therefore came a great wrath from the LORD of hosts. [by: Heb. by the hand of]
			13	Therefore it is come to pass, that as he cried# , and they would not hear# ; so they cried# , and I would not hear# , saith# the LORD of hosts:
			14	But I scattered them with a whirlwind# among all the nations whom they knew# not. Thus the land was desolate# after them, that no man passed through# nor returned# : for they laid# the pleasant land desolate. [pleasant...: Heb. land of desire]