Zec 7:3, 5, 12:10-14, Jam 4:8-9 | ESV | STEP | saying to the priests of the house of the Lord of hosts and the prophets , Should I weep and abstain in the fifth month , as I have done for so many years ?

3 ^asaying to the priests of the house of the Lord of hosts and ^bthe prophets, “Should I weep and ^cabstain in ^dthe fifth month, as I have done for so many years?”

Zechariah 7:5

5 “Say to all the people of the land and the priests, 'When you fasted and mourned in ^ethe fifth month and in ^fthe seventh, for these ^gseventy years, ^hwas it ⁱfor me that you fasted?

Zechariah 12:10-14

Him Whom They Have Pierced

10 “And ^jI will pour out on the house of David and the inhabitants of Jerusalem a spirit of grace and ^kpleas for mercy, so that, ^lwhen they look on me, on him whom they have pierced, ^mthey shall mourn for him, ⁿas one mourns for an only child, and weep bitterly over him, as one weeps over a firstborn. 11 ^oOn that day ^pthe mourning in Jerusalem will be as great ^qas the mourning for Hadad-rimmon in the plain of Megiddo. 12 The land shall mourn, ^reach family ^{▼▼Or clan; also verses 13, 14} by itself: the family of the house of David by itself, and their wives by themselves; the family of the house of ^tNathan by itself, and their wives by themselves; 13 the family of the house of Levi by itself, and their wives by themselves; the family of ^uthe Shimeites by itself, and their wives by themselves; 14 and all the families that are left, each by itself, and their wives by themselves.

James 4:8-9

8 ^vDraw near to God, and he will draw near to you. ^wCleanse your hands, you sinners, and ^xpurify your hearts, ^yyou double-minded. 9 ^zBe wretched and mourn and weep. Let your laughter be turned to mourning and your joy to gloom.