Then the wordof the LORDcameto Zechariahsaying,
"Moreover, we have not listenedto Your servantsthe prophets,whospokein Your nameto our kings,our princes,our fathersand allthe peopleof the land.
When Mosesheard[that], it seemedgoodin his sight.
Are not [these] the wordswhichthe LORDproclaimedby the formerprophets,when Jerusalemwas inhabitedand prosperousalong with its citiesaroundit, and the Negevand the foothillswere inhabited?'"
"Thushas the LORDof hostssaid,Dispensetrue~justiceand practicekindnessand compassioneachto his brother;