Zechariah 7:2-4

Complete Jewish Bible

² He sent Sar’etzer and Regem-Melekh with his men to Beit-El in order to ask Adonai’s favor, ³ as they inquired of the cohanim of the house of Adonai-Tzva’ot and the prophets, “Should we go into mourning and abstain from pleasure during the fifth month, as we have been doing for all these years?” ⁴ It was then that this message came to me from Adonai-Tzva’ot: