In Context

1 And it cometh to pass, in the fourth year of Darius the king hath a word of Jehovah been unto Zechariah, in the fourth of the ninth month, in Chisleu.

2 And Beth-El sendeth Sherezer and Regem-Melech, and its men, to appease the face of Jehovah,

3 speaking unto the priests who are at the house of Jehovah of Hosts, and unto the prophets, saying, 'Do I weep in the fifth month — being separated — as I have done these so many years?'

4 And there is a word of Jehovah of Hosts unto me, saying:

5 'Speak unto all the people of the land, and unto the priests, saying:

6 When ye fasted with mourning in the fifth and in the seventh months — even these seventy years — did ye keep the fast to Me — Me? And when ye eat, and when ye drink, is it not ye who are eating, and ye who are drinking?

Zechariah 7:4 in Other Translations