Zec 7:1-3 | ESV | STEP | In the fourth year of King Darius , the word of the Lord came to Zechariah on the fourth day of the ninth month , which is Chislev .

Zechariah 7:1-3

A Call for Justice and Mercy

1 ^aIn the fourth year of King Darius, the word of the Lord came to Zechariah on the fourth day of the ninth month, which is ^bChislev. 2 Now the people of Bethel had sent Sharezer and Regem-melech and their men ^cto entreat the favor of the Lord, 3 ^dsaying to the priests of the house of the Lord of hosts and ^ethe prophets, “Should I weep and ^fabstain in ^gthe fifth month, as I have done for so many years?”