³And to speak unto ^dthe priests which were in ^cthe house of the Lord of hosts, and to ^ethe prophets, saying, Should I weep in ^f^gthe fifth month, ^hseparating myself, as I have done ^lthese so many years?

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Footnotes

d Mal. 2:7. See 2 Chr. 35:3.
cver. 3. Judg. 20:31 text or marg.
e Ezra 5:1, 2. & 6:14. ch. 8:9.
fch. 8:19.
hSee ch. 12:12.
lSee ch. 1:12. So ver. 3.

Cross references

g 2 Kin. 25:8. Jer. 52:12.

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ESVEnglish Standard Version

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?”

NIVNew International Version (2011)

by asking the priests of the house of the Lord Almighty and the prophets, “Should I mourn and fast in the fifth month, as I have done for so many years?”

CSBChristian Standard Bible

by asking the priests who were at the house of the Lord of Armies as well as the prophets, “Should we mourn and fast in the fifth month as we have done these many years?”

NLTNew Living Translation

They were to ask this question of the prophets and the priests at the Temple of the Lord of Heaven’s Armies: “Should we continue to mourn and fast each summer on the anniversary of the Temple’s destruction, as we have done for so many years?”

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

saying to the priests of the house of Yahweh of hosts and to the prophets, “Should I mourn in the fifth month and keep myself separate as I have done for these many years?”