KJV King James Version
[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 [men] inhabited the south and the plain?
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Zechariah 7:7
[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 [men] inhabited the south and the plain?
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Are these not the words that the LORD proclaimed through the earlier prophets, when Jerusalem and its surrounding towns were populous and prosperous, and the Negev and the foothills were inhabited?’”
WEB World English Bible
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?’”
ASV American Standard Version
Should ye not hear the words which Jehovah cried by the former prophets, when Jerusalem was inhabited and in prosperity, and the cities thereof round about her, and the South and the lowland were inhabited?
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Are not these the words that Jehovah proclaimed by the hand of the former prophets, in Jerusalem’s being inhabited, and in safety, and its cities round about it, and the south and the plain—abiding?’
Surrounding context — Zechariah 7
4 Then came the word of the LORD of hosts unto me, saying,
5 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 at all fast unto me, [even] to me?
6 And when ye did eat, and when ye did drink, did not ye eat [for yourselves], and drink [for yourselves]?
7 [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 [men] inhabited the south and the plain?
8 And the word of the LORD came unto Zechariah, saying,
9 Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, saying, Execute true judgment, and shew mercy and compassions every man to his brother:
10 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.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
הֲל֣וֹאH3808 · lonotאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]הַדְּבָרִ֗יםH1697 · da.varwordאֲשֶׁ֨רH834 · a.sherwhichקָרָ֤אH7121 · qa.rato call: call toיְהוָה֙H3068 · ye.ho.vahLORDבְּיַד֙H3027 · yadhandהַנְּבִיאִ֣יםH5030 · na.viprophetהָרִֽאשֹׁנִ֔יםH7223 · ri.shonfirstבִּהְי֤וֹתH1961 · ha.yahto beיְרוּשָׁלִַ֙ם֙H3389 · ye.ru.sha.laimJerusalemיֹשֶׁ֣בֶתH3427 · ya.shavto dwellוּשְׁלֵוָ֔הH7961 · sha.levat easeוְעָרֶ֖יהָH5892 · irexcitementסְבִיבֹתֶ֑יהָH5439 · sa.vivaroundוְהַנֶּ֥גֶבH5045 · ne.gevNegebוְהַשְּׁפֵלָ֖הH8219 · she.phe.lahShephelahיֹשֵֽׁב׃ פH3427 · ya.shavto dwell
Cross-references
Isaiah 1:16-20Wash you, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes; cease to do evil;Jeremiah 17:26And they shall come from the cities of Judah, and from the places about Jerusalem, and from the land of Benjamin, and from the plain, and from the mountains, and from the south, bringing burnt offerings, and sacrifices, and meat offerings, and incense, and bringing sacrifices of praise, unto the house of the LORD.Jeremiah 7:23But this thing commanded I them, saying, Obey my voice, and I will be your God, and ye shall be my people: and walk ye in all the ways that I have commanded you, that it may be well unto you.Jeremiah 7:5For if ye throughly amend your ways and your doings; if ye throughly execute judgment between a man and his neighbour;Jeremiah 32:44Men shall buy fields for money, and subscribe evidences, and seal [them], and take witnesses in the land of Benjamin, and in the places about Jerusalem, and in the cities of Judah, and in the cities of the mountains, and in the cities of the valley, and in the cities of the south: for I will cause their captivity to return, saith the LORD.Ezekiel 18:30-32Therefore I will judge you, O house of Israel, every one according to his ways, saith the Lord GOD. Repent, and turn [yourselves] from all your transgressions; so iniquity shall not be your ruin.Isaiah 55:6-7Seek ye the LORD while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near:Daniel 9:6-14Neither have we hearkened unto thy servants the prophets, which spake in thy name to our kings, our princes, and our fathers, and to all the people of the land.Zephaniah 2:1-3Gather yourselves together, yea, gather together, O nation not desired;Jeremiah 22:21I spake unto thee in thy prosperity; [but] thou saidst, I will not hear. This [hath been] thy manner from thy youth, that thou obeyedst not my voice.Hosea 14:1-3O Israel, return unto the LORD thy God; for thou hast fallen by thine iniquity.Deuteronomy 34:3And the south, and the plain of the valley of Jericho, the city of palm trees, unto Zoar.Micah 6:6-8Wherewith shall I come before the LORD, [and] bow myself before the high God? shall I come before him with burnt offerings, with calves of a year old?Amos 5:14-15Seek good, and not evil, that ye may live: and so the LORD, the God of hosts, shall be with you, as ye have spoken.Jeremiah 36:2-3Take thee a roll of a book, and write therein all the words that I have spoken unto thee against Israel, and against Judah, and against all the nations, from the day I spake unto thee, from the days of Josiah, even unto this day.Isaiah 55:3Incline your ear, and come unto me: hear, and your soul shall live; and I will make an everlasting covenant with you, [even] the sure mercies of David.Jeremiah 33:13In the cities of the mountains, in the cities of the vale, and in the cities of the south, and in the land of Benjamin, and in the places about Jerusalem, and in the cities of Judah, shall the flocks pass again under the hands of him that telleth [them], saith the LORD.Zechariah 1:3-6Therefore say thou unto them, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Turn ye unto me, saith the LORD of hosts, and I will turn unto you, saith the LORD of hosts.
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