Zechariah 7:1-5
Zechariah 7:1-5 TPT
In the fourth year of Emperor Darius, on the seventh of December, YAHWEH spoke again to Zechariah. Now the people of Bethel had sent Sharezer and Regem-Melech with a delegation to Jerusalem to pray for the favor of YAHWEH. So they went to the prophets and priests who were at the Temple of YAHWEH and asked them: “For many years, each July we have mourned and fasted. Should we continue to do this?” Then YAHWEH spoke this message to me: “Ask all the priests and the people of the land: ‘For nearly seventy years, you have been fasting and mourning in the fifth and seventh months. Have you truly been doing this to honor me?