5 “Say to all the people of the land and to the priests: ‘When you fasted and lamented in the fifth and seventh months for these seventy years, did you really fast for me?
6 And when you eat and drink, are you not eating and drinking for yourselves?
7 Are not these the words that Yahweh proclaimed through the former prophets, when Jerusalem and its surrounding towns were inhabited and at ease, and the Negev and the Shephelah were inhabited?’ ”
8 And the word of Yahweh came to Zechariah, saying,
9 “Thus says Yahweh of hosts: ‘Judge with trustworthy justice, and show steadfast love and compassion to one another.
10 You must not oppress the widow, the orphan, the foreigner, and the needy. You must not devise evil in your heart against one another.’
11 But they refused to listen, and turned a stubborn shoulder and stopped their ears from listening.