1 And in the fourth year of Sovereign Dareyawesh it came to be that the word of יהוה came to Zeḵaryah, on the fourth of the ninth month, Kislĕw.
2 Now Bĕyth Ěl had sent Shar’etser, with Reg̅em-Meleḵ and his men, to pray before יהוה,
3 speaking to the priests who belonged to the House of יהוה of hosts, and to the prophets, saying, “Should I weep in the fifth month and fast as I have done for so many years?”
4 Then the word of יהוה of hosts came to me, saying,