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…

When they had sent unto the house of God Sherezer and Regem–melech, and their men, to pray before the Lord, Zechariah 7:2 (KJV) Context Zechariah ministered after the Babylonian exile,…

Then came the word of the Lord of hosts unto me, saying, Zechariah 7:4 (KJV) Context Zechariah ministered to the Jewish exiles who had returned from Babylon to rebuild the…

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…

And when ye did eat, and when ye did drink, did not ye eat for yourselves, and drink for yourselves? Zechariah 7:6 (KJV) Context Zechariah prophesied to the people who…

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…

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…

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,…

And the word of the Lord came unto Zechariah, saying, Zechariah 7:8 (KJV) Context The book of Zechariah was written during the Jewish people’s return from Babylonian exile to Jerusalem.…

Thus speaketh the Lord of hosts, saying, Execute true judgment, and shew mercy and compassions every man to his brother: Zechariah 7:9 (KJV) Context The prophet Zechariah delivered this message…