| NETBible | by asking both the priests of the temple 1 of the Lord who rules over all and the prophets, “Should we weep in the fifth month, 2 fasting as we have done over the years?” |
| NIV © |
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?" |
| NASB © |
speaking to the priests who belong to the house of the LORD of hosts, and to the prophets, saying, "Shall I weep in the fifth month and abstain, as I have done these many years?" |
| NLT © |
They were to ask this question of the prophets and of the priests at the Temple of the LORD Almighty: "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?" |
| MSG © |
and to confer with the priests of the Temple of GOD-of-the-Angel-Armies, and also with the prophets. They posed this question: "Should we plan for a day of mourning and abstinence next August, the seventieth anniversary of Jerusalem's fall, as we have been doing all these years?" |
| BBE © |
And to say to the priests of the house of the Lord of armies and to the prophets, Am I to go on weeping in the fifth month, separating myself as I have done in past years? |
| NRSV © |
and to ask the priests of the house of the LORD of hosts and the prophets, "Should I mourn and practice abstinence in the fifth month, as I have done for so many years?" |
| NKJV © |
and to ask the priests who were in the house of the LORD of hosts, and the prophets, saying, "Should I weep in the fifth month and fast as I have done for so many years?" |
| KJV | [And] to speak <0559> (8800) unto the priests <03548> which [were] in the house <01004> of the LORD <03068> of hosts <06635>_, and to the prophets <05030>_, saying <0559> (8800)_, Should I weep <01058> (8799) in the fifth <02549> month <02320>_, separating <05144> (8736) myself, as I have done <06213> (8804) these so many years <08141>_? |
| NASB © |
speaking <559> to the priests <3548> who <834> belong to the house <1004> of the LORD <3068> of hosts <6635> , and to the prophets <5030> , saying <559> , "Shall I weep <1058> in the fifth <2549> month <2320> and abstain <5144> , as I have done <6213> these <2088> many <4100> years ?"<8141> |
| LXXM | legwn <3004> V-PAPNS prov <4314> PREP touv <3588> T-APM iereiv <2409> N-NPM touv <3588> T-APM en <1722> PREP tw <3588> T-DSM oikw <3624> N-DSM kuriou <2962> N-GSM pantokratorov <3841> N-GSM kai <2532> CONJ prov <4314> PREP touv <3588> T-APM profhtav <4396> N-APM legwn <3004> V-PAPNS eiselhluyen <1525> V-RAI-3S wde <3592> ADV en <1722> PREP tw <3588> T-DSM mhni <3303> N-DSM tw <3588> T-DSM pemptw <3991> A-DSM to <3588> T-NSN agiasma {N-NSN} kayoti <2530> ADV epoihsa <4160> V-AAI-1S hdh <2235> ADV ikana <2425> A-APN eth <2094> N-APN |
| NET [draft] ITL | by asking <0559> both the priests <03548> of the temple <01004> of the Lord <03068> who rules over all <06635> and the prophets <05030> , “Should we weep <01058> in the fifth <02549> month <02320> , fasting <05144> as <0834> we have done <06213> over the years ?”<08141> |
| HEBREW | P Myns <08141> hmk <04100> hz <02088> ytyve <06213> rsak <0834> rznh <05144> ysmxh <02549> sdxb <02320> hkbah <01058> rmal <0559> Myaybnh <05030> law <0413> twabu <06635> hwhy <03068> tybl <01004> rsa <0834> Mynhkh <03548> la <0413> rmal (7:3) <0559> |
| NETBible | by asking both the priests of the temple 1 of the Lord who rules over all and the prophets, “Should we weep in the fifth month, 2 fasting as we have done over the years?” |
| NET Notes |
1 tn Heb “house” (so NAB, NIV, NRSV). 2 sn This lamentation marked the occasion of the destruction of Solomon’s temple on August 14, 586 |