Zechariah · God's Word for You (Latin American Textual Bible)
Zechariah 7 God's Word for You (Latin American Textual Bible)
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1 El año cuarto del rey Darío, el día cuarto del mes noveno, Kislev, aconteció que la Palabra de Yavé vino a Zacarías.
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 Entonces Bet-ʼEl envió a Sarezer, al portavoz real y a su gente a implorar el favor de Yavé.
2 The people of Bethel sent Sharezer and Regem Melech and their men to entreat Yahweh’s favor,
3 [También envió] a hablar a los sacerdotes que estaban en la Casa de Yavé de las huestes y a los profetas: ¿Debo llorar y ayunar el mes quinto como lo hice tantos años?
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 Entonces la Palabra de Yavé de las huestes vino a mí:
4 Then the word of Yahweh of Armies came to me, saying,
5 Habla a todo el pueblo de esta tierra y a los sacerdotes: Cuando ustedes ayunaban y lloraban los meses quinto y séptimo durante estos 70 años, ¿ayunaban por Mí?
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 Cuando comen y beben, ¿no comen y beben para ustedes mismos?
6 When you eat and when you drink, don’t you eat for yourselves and drink for yourselves?
7 ¿No son estas las palabras que Yavé proclamó por medio de los primeros profetas, cuando Jerusalén y las ciudades que la circundan, los pueblos vecinos, el Neguev y la Sefela, estaban habitados y prósperos?
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 Vino la Palabra de Yavé a Zacarías:
8 Yahweh’s word came to Zechariah, saying,
9 Yavé de las huestes dice: Administren verdadera justicia. Muestren misericordia y compasión cada uno a su prójimo.
9 “Thus has Yahweh of Armies spoken, saying, ‘Execute true judgment, and show kindness and compassion every man to his brother.
10 No opriman a la viuda, ni al huérfano, ni al extranjero, ni al pobre. Ni alguno piense el mal en su corazón contra su hermano.
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 Pero no quisieron escuchar, más bien volvieron la espalda, y taparon sus oídos para no escuchar.
11 But they refused to listen, and turned their backs, and stopped their ears, that they might not hear.
12 Endurecieron su corazón como un diamante para no escuchar la Ley ni las palabras que Yavé de las huestes enviaba por su Espíritu a través de los antiguos profetas. Por tanto un gran furor vino de parte Yavé de las huestes.
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 Aconteció que, así como Él llamó y no escucharon, también ellos llamaron y Yo no escuché, dice Yavé de las huestes.
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 Pero los dispersé con un remolino de viento por todas las naciones que ellos no conocían. Y después de ellos, la tierra quedó desolada, de tal modo que nadie pasaba por ella, ni regresaba a ella, porque ellos convirtieron la tierra agradable en desolación.
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)
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- 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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