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17 Do not think to do bad things against other people. Do not use my name to promise things and then not do those things. All these things make me very angry.’

18 Again Zechariah the prophet heard this message from the Lord Almighty. 19 ‘On special days in the year you eat no food. Those days are in the fourth, fifth, seventh and tenth months. But I want you to enjoy those days,’ says the Lord Almighty. ‘I want the people in Judah to be happy. So speak true words and live quiet lives.’

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17 do not plot evil(A) against each other, and do not love to swear falsely.(B) I hate all this,” declares the Lord.

18 The word of the Lord Almighty came to me.

19 This is what the Lord Almighty says: “The fasts of the fourth,(C) fifth,(D) seventh(E) and tenth(F) months will become joyful(G) and glad occasions and happy festivals for Judah. Therefore love truth(H) and peace.”

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