Then take some silver and gold to make a crown<n id="1" /> and set it on the head of Joshua son of Jehozadak, the high priest.

But have my words and statutes, which I commanded my servants the prophets, not outlived your fathers?<n id="1" /> Then they paid attention<n id="2" /> and confessed, &#8216;The <sc>Lordsc> who rules over all has indeed done what he said he would do to us, because of our sinful ways.&#8217;&#8221;p>

&#8220;The <sc>Lordsc> who rules over all said, &#8216;Exercise true judgment and show brotherhood and compassion to each other.

These are the things you must do: Speak the truth, each of you, to one another. Practice true and righteous judgment in your courts.<n id="1" />

<t /><p class="bodytext">Ask the <sc>Lordsc> for rain in the season of the late spring rains<n id="1" /> &#8211; the <sc>Lordsc> who causes thunderstorms &#8211; and he will give everyone showers of rain and green growth in the field.

by asking both the priests of the temple<n id="1" /> of the <sc>Lord who rules over allsc> and the prophets, &#8220;Should we weep in the fifth month,<n id="2" /> fasting as we have done over the years?&#8221;

I asked, &#8220;What are these going to do?&#8221; He answered, &#8220;These horns are the ones that have scattered Judah so that there is no one to be seen.<n id="1" /> But the blacksmiths have come to terrify Judah&#8217;s enemies<n id="2" /> and cut off the horns of the nations that have thrust themselves against the land of Judah in order to scatter its people.&#8221;<n id="3" />p>