{"meta":{"source":"Prime Bible","sourceUrl":"https://primebible.com","license":"Public domain (translation text); see citation policy at /citation-policy","organization":"501(c)(3) nonprofit — EIN 41-2531951","canonicalUrl":"https://primebible.com/kjv/zechariah/7","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-28T22:11:04.146Z"},"reference":{"translation":"KJV","book":"Zechariah","bookSlug":"zechariah","chapter":7,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":6,"nextChapter":8,"totalChapters":14,"totalVerses":14},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"And it came to pass in the fourth year of king Darius, <i>that</i> the word of the LORD came unto Zechariah in the fourth <i>day</i> of the ninth month, <i>even</i> in Chisleu;"},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"When they had sent unto the house of God Sherezer and Regemmelech, and their men, to pray before the LORD,"},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"<i>And</i> to speak unto the priests which <i>were</i> 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?"},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"Then came the word of the LORD of hosts unto me, saying,"},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"Speak unto all the people of the land, and to the priests, saying, When ye fasted and mourned in the fifth and seventh <i>month</i>, even those seventy years, did ye at all fast unto me, <i>even</i> to me?"},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"And when ye did eat, and when ye did drink, did not ye eat <i>for yourselves</i>, and drink <i>for yourselves</i>?"},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"<i>Should ye</i> not <i>hear</i> 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 <i>men</i> inhabited the south and the plain?"},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"And the word of the LORD came unto Zechariah, saying,"},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, saying, Execute true judgment, and shew mercy and compassions every man to his brother:"},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"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."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"But they refused to hearken, and pulled away the shoulder, and stopped their ears, that they should not hear."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"Yea, they made their hearts <i>as</i> 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."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"Therefore it is come to pass, <i>that</i> as he cried, and they would not hear; so they cried, and I would not hear, saith the LORD of hosts:"},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"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."}],"citation":{"inline":"Zechariah 7 (KJV)","markdown":"[Zechariah 7](https://primebible.com/kjv/zechariah/7)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* KJV. https://primebible.com/kjv/zechariah/7 (accessed 2026-05-28)."}}