^{3 Ref} speaking unto the priests who `are' at the house of Jehovah of Hosts, and unto the prophets, saying, `Do I weep in the fifth month -- being separated -- as I have done these so many years?'

^{4 Ref} And there is a word of Jehovah of Hosts unto me, saying:

^{5 Ref} `Speak unto all the people of the land, and unto the priests, saying:

^{6 Ref} When ye fasted with mourning in the fifth and in the seventh `months' -- even these seventy years -- did ye keep the fast `to' Me -- Me? And when ye eat, and when ye drink, is it not ye who are eating, and ye who are drinking?