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strkjv@Zechariah:7:1 @ And it came to pass in the fourth year of king Darius, that the word of the LORD Y@hovah# came unto Zechariah Z@karyah# in the fourth day of the ninth month, even in Chisleu;

strkjv@Zechariah:7:2 @ When they had sent unto the house of God Sherezer and Regemmelech Regem, and their men, to pray before the LORD Y@hovah#,

strkjv@Zechariah:7:3 @ And to speak unto the priests which were in the house of the LORD Y@hovah# of hosts, and to the prophets, saying, Should I weep in the fifth month, separating myself, as I have done these so many years?

strkjv@Zechariah:7:4 @ Then came the word of the LORD Y@hovah# of hosts unto me, saying,

strkjv@Zechariah:7:5 @ 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?

strkjv@Zechariah:7:6 @ And when ye did eat, and when ye did drink, did not ye eat for yourselves, and drink for yourselves?

strkjv@Zechariah:7:7 @ Should ye not hear the words which the LORD Y@hovah# hath cried by the former prophets, when Jerusalem Y@ruwshalaim# was inhabited and in prosperity, and the cities thereof round about her, when men inhabited the south and the plain?

strkjv@Zechariah:7:8 @ And the word of the LORD Y@hovah# came unto Zechariah Z@karyah#, saying,

strkjv@Zechariah:7:9 @ Thus speaketh the LORD Y@hovah# of hosts, saying, Execute true judgment, and shew mercy and compassions every man to his brother:

strkjv@Zechariah:7:10 @ 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.

strkjv@Zechariah:7:11 @ But they refused to hearken, and pulled away the shoulder, and stopped their ears, that they should not hear.

strkjv@Zechariah:7:12 @ Yea, they made their hearts as an adamant stone, lest they should hear the law, and the words which the LORD Y@hovah# of hosts hath sent in his spirit by the former prophets: therefore came a great wrath from the LORD Y@hovah# of hosts.

strkjv@Zechariah:7:13 @ Therefore it is come to pass, that as he cried, and they would not hear; so they cried, and I would not hear, saith the LORD Y@hovah# of hosts:

strkjv@Zechariah:7:14 @ But I scattered them with a whirlwind among all the nations whom they knew not. Thus the land was desolate after them, that no man passed through nor returned: for they laid the pleasant land desolate.

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The command seemed simple enough, to execute true judgment, show mercy, oppress not. To do these things as an individual is one thing; as a nation quite another. When the Lord cried out they would not hear. Now that they are crying out the Lord seems to not hear. What was so hard about the command? The answer may be within. Now they fast in the fifth month these many years, but, is it to the Lord they fast or to themselves? They send men to inquire of the prophet, but, is it for the truth or to bend God's ear? Why should He listen if they do not listen? Why should He do for them when they intend to do plenty for themselves only as well? Worship is not about doing better for yourself. It is not about bending His will around yours. It is not Him plucking you out of the pit that you've dug yourself so that you can run along to dig yet another. Worship is about Him, it is about what you most value, what you are most willing to serve. One cannot perform the command without the deepest reverence and worship towards Him who wants you first to listen. And to best do that one must do this worship as a nation. That is what is so hard.

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