Zechariah 7

In the fourth year of King Darius, representatives from Bethel inquire through Zechariah whether to continue fasting and mourning in the fifth month. YHWH responds by questioning the sincerity of their fasts (צוֹם), which were self-centered, and urges true justice, mercy, compassion, and obedience to the words of the former prophets, recalling the ancestors' rebellion (סָרַר), hard-heartedness like flint (שָׁמִיר), and resulting exile.[1][2][3]

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Verse 7 הֲ/ל֣וֹא 𐤄/𐤋𐤅𐤀 halo not? is it not? HTi/Tn אֶת 𐤀𐤕 et the object-marker HTo הַ/דְּבָרִ֗ים 𐤄/𐤃𐤁𐤓𐤉𐤌 hadevarim words the spoken matters HTd/Ncmpa אֲשֶׁ֨ר 𐤀𐤔𐤓 asher that that-which HTr קָרָ֤א 𐤒𐤓𐤀 qara proclaimed he called out HVqp3ms יְהוָה֙ 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 yehvah Nyambe (Lozi) the LORD Yahweh Yahweh HNp בְּ/יַד֙ 𐤁/𐤉𐤃 beyad by the hand of by the hand of HR/Ncbsc הַ/נְּבִיאִ֣ים 𐤄/𐤍𐤁𐤉𐤀𐤉𐤌 haneviim prophets the proclaiming-spokesmen HTd/Ncmpa הָ/רִֽאשֹׁנִ֔ים 𐤄/𐤓𐤀𐤔𐤍𐤉𐤌 harishonim former the first ones HTd/Aampa בִּ/הְי֤וֹת 𐤁/𐤄𐤉𐤅𐤕 biheyot when was in being HR/Vqc יְרוּשָׁלִַ֨ם֙ 𐤉𐤓𐤅𐤔𐤋𐤌 yerushalaim Jerusalem Foundation of Wholeness Yerushalam HNp יֹשֶׁ֣בֶת 𐤉𐤔𐤁𐤕 yoshevet inhabited she who dwells HVqrfsa וּ/שְׁלֵוָ֔ה 𐤅/𐤔𐤋𐤅𐤄 ushelevah and prosperous and tranquil-at-ease HC/Aafsa וְ/עָרֶ֖י/הָ 𐤅/𐤏𐤓𐤉/𐤄 veareyha and her cities and her cities HC/Ncfpc/Sp3fs סְבִיבֹתֶ֑י/הָ 𐤎𐤁𐤉𐤁𐤕𐤉/𐤄 sevivoteyha around her her surroundings HNcbpc/Sp3fs וְ/הַ/נֶּ֥גֶב 𐤅/𐤄/𐤍𐤂𐤁 vehanegev and the Negev and the Arid-South HC/Td/Ncmsa וְ/הַ/שְּׁפֵלָ֖ה 𐤅/𐤄/𐤔𐤐𐤋𐤄 vehashefelah and the Shephelah and the lowland region HC/Td/Ncfsa יֹשֵֽׁב 𐤉𐤔𐤁 yoshev inhabited dwelling-one of HVqrmsa
Verse 12 וְ/לִבָּ֞/ם 𐤅/𐤋𐤁/𐤌 velibam and-their-heart their inner core HC/Ncmsc/Sp3mp שָׂ֣מוּ 𐤔𐤌𐤅 samu they-made they placed HVqp3cp שָׁמִ֗יר 𐤔𐤌𐤉𐤓 shamir flint hard thorn HNcmsa מִ֠/שְּׁמוֹעַ 𐤌/𐤔𐤌𐤅𐤏 mishemoa from-hearing from hearing HR/Vqc אֶת 𐤀𐤕 et direct-object-marker object-marker HTo הַ/תּוֹרָ֤ה 𐤄/𐤕𐤅𐤓𐤄 hatorah the-law the instruction HTd/Ncfsa וְ/אֶת 𐤅/𐤀𐤕 veet and-obj and object-marker HC/To הַ/דְּבָרִים֙ 𐤄/𐤃𐤁𐤓𐤉𐤌 hadevarim the-words the spoken matters HTd/Ncmpa אֲשֶׁ֨ר 𐤀𐤔𐤓 asher which that-which HTr שָׁלַ֜ח 𐤔𐤋𐤇 shalach he-sent to send off HVqp3ms יְהוָ֤ה 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 yehvah Nyambe (Lozi) the LORD Yahweh Yahweh HNp צְבָאוֹת֙ 𐤑𐤁𐤀𐤅𐤕 tsevaot Hosts organized hosts HNcbpa בְּ/רוּח֔/וֹ 𐤁/𐤓𐤅𐤇/𐤅 berucho Roho (Swahili) by-his-Spirit in his breath-spirit HR/Ncbsc/Sp3ms בְּ/יַ֖ד 𐤁/𐤉𐤃 beyad by-hand-of by the hand of HR/Ncbsc הַ/נְּבִיאִ֣ים 𐤄/𐤍𐤁𐤉𐤀𐤉𐤌 haneviim the-prophets the proclaiming-spokesmen HTd/Ncmpa הָ/רִֽאשֹׁנִ֑ים 𐤄/𐤓𐤀𐤔𐤍𐤉𐤌 harishonim the-former the first ones HTd/Aampa וַֽ/יְהִי֙ 𐤅/𐤉𐤄𐤉 vayehi and-it-was and he became HC/Vqw3ms קֶ֣צֶף 𐤒𐤑𐤐 qetsef wrath outburst of wrath HNcmsa גָּד֔וֹל 𐤂𐤃𐤅𐤋 gadol great great HAamsa מֵ/אֵ֖ת 𐤌/𐤀𐤕 meet from from beside HR/R יְהוָ֥ה 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 yehvah-2 Nyambe (Lozi) the LORD Yahweh Yahweh HNp צְבָאֽוֹת 𐤑𐤁𐤀𐤅𐤕 tsevaot-2 Hosts organized hosts HNcbpa