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And to say to the priests of the house of the Lord of armies and to the prophets, Am I to go on weeping in the fifth month, separating myself as I have done in past years?

לֵאמֹ֗ר (לֵ) le. “to”לְבֵית־ (לְ) le. “[belonged] to”לֵאמֹ֑ר (לֵ) le. “<to>”

Then the word of the Lord of armies came to me, saying

לֵאמֹֽר׃ (לֵ) le. “<to>”

Say to all the people of the land and to the priests, When you went without food and gave yourselves to grief in the fifth and the seventh months for these seventy years, did you ever do it because of me?

לֵאמֹ֑ר (לֵ) le. “<to>”

And the word of the Lord came to Zechariah, saying,

לֵאמֹֽר׃ (לֵ) le. “<to>”

This is what the Lord of armies has said: Let your judging be upright and done in good faith, let every man have mercy and pity for his brother:

לֵאמֹ֑ר (לֵ) le. “<to>”

But they would not give attention, turning their backs and stopping their ears from hearing;

לְהַקְשִׁ֔יב (לְ) le. “to”

But with a storm-wind I sent them in flight among all the nations of whom they had no knowledge. So the land was waste after them, so that no man went through or came back: for they had made waste the desired land.

לְשַׁמָּֽה׃ (לְ) le. “into”

And the word of the Lord of armies came to me, saying,

לֵאמֹֽר׃ (לֵ) le. “<to>”

These are the words of the Lord of armies: I am angry about the fate of Zion, I am angry about her with great wrath.

לְצִיּ֖וֹן (לְ) le. “for”לָֽהּ׃ (לָֽ) La “for”

And I will make them come and be living in Jerusalem and they will be to me a people and I will be to them a God, in good faith and in righteousness.

לִ֣י (לִ֣) l “for”לְעָ֗ם (לְ) le. “<into>”לָהֶם֙ (לָ) la. “for”לֵֽאלֹהִ֔ים (לֵֽ) le. “<into>”

This is what the Lord of armies has said: Let your hands be strong, you who are now hearing these words from the mouths of the prophets, that is to say, in the days when the base of the house of the Lord of armies has been put in place for the building o

לְהִבָּנֽוֹת׃ (לְ) le. “to”

For before those days there was no payment for a man's work, or for the use of a beast, and there was no peace for him who went out or him who came in, because of the attacker: for I had every man turned against his neighbour.

לִפְנֵי֙ (לִ) li “<to>”וְלַיּוֹצֵ֨א (לַ) lai. “[belonged] to the”וְלַבָּ֤א (לַ) la. “to the”

But now I will not be to the rest of this people as I was in the past, says the Lord of armies.

לִשְׁאֵרִ֖ית (לִ) li “[will be] to”

For this is what the Lord of armies has said: As it was my purpose to do evil to you when your fathers made me angry, says the Lord of armies, and my purpose was not changed:

לְהָרַ֣ע (לְ) le. “to”לָכֶ֗ם (לָ) la. “to”

So in these days it is again my purpose to do good to Jerusalem and to the children of Judah: have no fear.

לְהֵיטִ֥יב (לְ) le. “to”

And the word of the Lord of armies came to me, saying,

לֵאמֹֽר׃ (לֵ) le. “<to>”

This is what the Lord of armies has said: The times of going without food in the fourth month and in the fifth and the seventh and the tenth months, will be for the people of Judah times of joy and happy meetings; so be lovers of good faith and of peace.

לְבֵית־ (לְ) le. “for”לְשָׂשׂ֣וֹן (לְ) le. “<into>”וּלְשִׂמְחָ֔ה (לְ) le. “<into>”וּֽלְמֹעֲדִ֖ים (לְ) le. “<into>”

And the people of one town go to another and say, Let us certainly go with a request for grace from the Lord, and to give worship to the Lord of armies, then I will go with you.

לֵאמֹ֗ר (לֵ) le. “<to>”לְחַלּוֹת֙ (לְ) le. “to”וּלְבַקֵּ֖שׁ (לְ) le. “to”

And great peoples and strong nations will come to give worship to the Lord of armies in Jerusalem and to make requests for grace from the Lord.

לְבַקֵּ֛שׁ (לְ) le. “to”וּלְחַלּ֖וֹת (לְ) le. “to”

This is what the Lord of armies has said: In those days, ten men from all the languages of the nations will put out their hands and take a grip of the skirt of him who is a Jew, saying, We will go with you, for it has come to our ears that God is with yo

לֵאמֹ֗ר (לֵ) le. “<to>”

A word of the Lord: The Lord has come to the land of Hadrach, and Damascus is his resting-place: for the towns of Aram are the Lord's,

לַֽיהוָה֙ (לַֽ) la. “[is] to”

And Tyre made for herself a strong place, and got together silver like dust and the best gold like the earth of the streets.

לָ֑הּ (לָ֑) La “for”

And I will take away his blood from his mouth, and his disgusting things from between his teeth; and some of his people will be kept for our God: and he will be as a family in Judah, and Ekron as one living in Jerusalem.

לֵֽאלֹהֵ֑ינוּ (לֵֽ) le. “to”

And I will put my forces in position round my house, so that there may be no coming and going: and no cruel master will again go through them: for now I have seen his trouble.

לְבֵיתִ֤י (לְ) le. “for”

Be full of joy, O daughter of Zion; give a glad cry, O daughter of Jerusalem: see, your king comes to you: he is upright and has overcome; gentle and seated on an ass, on a young ass.

לָ֔ךְ (לָ֔) La “to”