Zechariah · Brenton's Greek Septuagint
Zechariah 7 Brenton's Greek Septuagint
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Notes on this text (1)
- Ezra and Nehemiah form one book (2 Esdras) in this edition; the reader shows them as Ezra 1–10 and Nehemiah 1–13.
1 Καὶ ἐγένετο ἐν τῷ τετάρτῳ ἔτει ἐπὶ Δαρείου τοῦ βασιλέως, ἐγένετο λόγος Κυρίου πρὸς Ζαχαρίαν τετράδι τοῦ μηνὸς τοῦ ἐννάτου, ὅς ἐστι Χασελεύ.
1 In the fourth year of King Darius, Yahweh’s word came to Zechariah in the fourth day of the ninth month, the month of Chislev.
2 Καὶ ἐξαπέστειλεν εἰς Βαιθὴλ, Σαρασὰρ καὶ Ἀρβεσεὲρ ὁ βασιλεὺς, καὶ οἱ ἄνδρες αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἐξιλάσασθαι τὸν Κύριον,
2 The people of Bethel sent Sharezer and Regem Melech and their men to entreat Yahweh’s favor,
3 λέγων πρὸς τοὺς ἱερεῖς τοὺς ἐν τῷ οἴκῳ Κυρίου παντοκράτορος, καὶ πρὸς τοὺς προφήτας, λέγων, εἰσελήλυθεν ὧδε ἐν τῷ μηνὶ τῷ πέμπτῳ τὸ ἁγίασμα, καθότι ἐποίησεν ἤδη ἱκανὰ ἔτη.
3 and to speak to the priests of the house of Yahweh of Armies and to the prophets, saying, “Should I weep in the fifth month, separating myself, as I have done these so many years?”
4 Καὶ ἐγένετο λόγος Κυρίου τῶν δυνάμεων πρὸς ἐμὲ, λέγων,
4 Then the word of Yahweh of Armies came to me, saying,
5 εἰπὸν πρὸς ἅπαντα τὸν λαὸν τῆς γῆς, καὶ πρὸς τοὺς ἱερεῖς, λέγων, ἐὰν νηστεύσητε ἢ κόψησθε ἐν ταῖς πέμπταις ἢ ἐν ταῖς ἑβδόμαις, καὶ ἰδοὺ ἑβδομήκοντα ἔτη, μὴ νηστείαν νενηστεύκατέ μοι;
5 “Speak to all the people of the land and to the priests, saying, ‘When you fasted and mourned in the fifth and in the seventh month for these seventy years, did you at all fast to me, really to me?
6 Καὶ ἐὰν φάγητε ἢ πίητε, οὐκ ὑμεῖς ἔσθετε καὶ πίνετε;
6 When you eat and when you drink, don’t you eat for yourselves and drink for yourselves?
7 Οὐχ οὗτοι οἱ λόγοι, οὓς ἐλάλησε Κύριος ἐν χερσὶ τῶν προφητῶν τῶν ἔμπροσθεν, ὅτε ἦν Ἱερουσαλὴμ κατοικουμένη, καὶ εὐθηνοῦσα, καὶ αἱ πόλεις κυκλόθεν αὐτῆς, καὶ ἡ ὀρεινὴ καὶ ἡ πεδινὴ κατῳκεῖτο;
7 Aren’t these the words which Yahweh proclaimed by the former prophets when Jerusalem was inhabited and in prosperity, and its cities around her, and the South and the lowland were inhabited?’”
8 Καὶ ἐγένετο λόγος Κυρίου πρὸς Ζαχαρίαν, λέγων,
8 Yahweh’s word came to Zechariah, saying,
9 τάδε λέγει Κύριος παντοκράτωρ, Κρίμα δίκαιον κρίνετε, καὶ ἔλεος καὶ οἰκτιρμὸν ποιεῖτε ἕκαστος πρὸς τὸν ἀδελφὸν αὐτοῦ,
9 “Thus has Yahweh of Armies spoken, saying, ‘Execute true judgment, and show kindness and compassion every man to his brother.
10 καὶ χήραν, καὶ ὀρφανὸν, καὶ προσήλυτον, καὶ πένητα μὴ καταδυναστεύετε, καὶ κακίαν ἕκαστος τοῦ ἀδελφοῦ αὐτοῦ μὴ μνησικακείτω ἐν ταῖς καρδίαις ὑμῶν.
10 Don’t oppress the widow, the fatherless, the foreigner, nor the poor; and let none of you devise evil against his brother in your heart.’
11 Καὶ ἠπείθησαν τοῦ προσέχειν, καὶ ἔδωκαν νῶτον παραφρονοῦντα, καὶ τὰ ὦτα αὐτῶν ἐβάρυναν τοῦ μὴ εἰσακούειν.
11 But they refused to listen, and turned their backs, and stopped their ears, that they might not hear.
12 Καὶ τὴν καρδίαν αὐτῶν ἔταξαν ἀπειθῆ τοῦ μὴ εἰσακούειν τοῦ νόμου μου, καὶ τοὺς λόγους, οὓς ἐξαπέστειλε Κύριος παντοκράτωρ ἐν πνεύματι αὐτοῦ ἐν χερσὶ τῶν προφητῶν τῶν ἔμπροσθεν· καὶ ἐγένετο ὀργὴ μεγάλη παρὰ Κυρίου παντοκράτορος.
12 Yes, they made their hearts as hard as flint, lest they might hear the law and the words which Yahweh of Armies had sent by his Spirit by the former prophets. Therefore great wrath came from Yahweh of Armies.
13 Καὶ ἔσται, ὃν τρόπον εἶπε, καὶ οὐκ εἰσήκουσαν, οὕτως κεκράξονται, καὶ οὐ μὴ εἰσακούσω, λέγει Κύριος παντοκράτωρ.
13 It has come to pass that, as he called and they refused to listen, so they will call and I will not listen,” said Yahweh of Armies;
14 Καὶ ἐκβαλῶ αὐτοὺς εἰς πάντα τὰ ἔθνη, ἃ οὐκ ἔγνωσαν· καὶ ἡ γῆ ἀφανισθήσεται κατόπισθεν αὐτῶν ἐκ διοδεύοντος καὶ ἐξ ἀναστρέφοντος· καὶ ἔταξαν γῆν ἐκλεκτὴν εἰς ἀφανισμόν.
14 “but I will scatter them with a whirlwind among all the nations which they have not known. Thus the land was desolate after them, so that no man passed through nor returned; for they made the pleasant land desolate.”
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Regem-melech
A man sent with Sharezer by the people of Bethel to plead before the LORD.
Cited in the guide: Zechariah 7:2
Cross references (13)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Nehemiah 1:1; Zechariah 1:1; Ezra 6:14–15; Haggai 2:10
- 2 Zechariah 8:21; 1 Samuel 13:12; Jeremiah 26:19; 1 Kings 13:6; Isaiah 60:7
- 3 Zechariah 8:19; James 4:8–10; Hosea 4:6; 1 Corinthians 7:5; Matthew 9:15
- 4 Isaiah 10:16
- 5 Zechariah 1:12; Isaiah 58:4–6; Matthew 5:16–18; 1 Corinthians 10:31; Zechariah 7:6
- 6 1 Corinthians 11:20–21; 1 Corinthians 11:26–29; Hosea 8:13; Colossians 3:17; Deuteronomy 12:7
- 7 Isaiah 1:16–20; Jeremiah 17:26; Jeremiah 7:23; Isaiah 55:6–7; Jeremiah 7:5
- 9 Micah 6:8; Psalm 82:2–4; Proverbs 21:3; Jeremiah 7:5; Luke 11:42
- 10 Jeremiah 5:28; Deuteronomy 27:19; Psalm 21:11; Psalm 72:4; James 5:4
- 11 Nehemiah 9:29; Jeremiah 8:5; Hosea 4:16; Ezekiel 3:7; Acts 7:57
- 12 2 Chronicles 36:16; Nehemiah 9:29–30; Ezekiel 11:19; Acts 28:27; Ezekiel 36:26
- 13 Proverbs 1:24–28; Jeremiah 14:12; Isaiah 1:15; Jeremiah 11:11; Micah 3:4
- 14 Deuteronomy 28:33; Deuteronomy 28:64; Jeremiah 23:19; Deuteronomy 4:27; Jeremiah 5:15
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