Study it in the app““Say to all the people of the land and to the priests, saying, When you fasted and lamented in the fifth and in the seventh, and this for seventy years, did you truly fast for me, for me?”
“Sayאֱמֹרtoאֶלallכָּלthe peopleעַםof the landהָאָרֶץand toוְאֶלthe priests,הַכֹּהֲנִיםsaying,לֵאמֹרWhenכִּיyou fastedצַמְתֶּםand lamentedוְסָפוֹדin the fifthבַּחֲמִישִׁיand in the seventh,וּבַשְּׁבִיעִיand thisוְזֶהfor seventyשִׁבְעִיםyears,שָׁנָהdid you truly fastהֲצוֹם צַמְתֻּfor me,נִיfor me?אָנִי
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “emor” appearscrowd
The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.
Where else “am” appearsland
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “arets” appearspriest
One who serves in the sanctuary and offers for the people.
Where else “kohanim” appearsfast
Fast: go without food for a time, as a sign of grief or to seek God.
Where else “tsamtem” appearsmourn, lament
Mourn, lament: wail over the dead with the customary signs of grief, such as beating the breast.
Where else “safod” appearsfifth
The one in fifth place in an order.
Where else “chamishi” appearsseventh
Seventh.
Where else “shevii” appearsseventy
Seventy.
Where else “shivim” appearsyear
Each full turn of the seasons, by which time is counted.
Where else “shana” appears4And the word of YHWH Tsevaot came to me, saying,
5 · This verse (above)
6And when you eat and when you drink, is it not you who eat, and you who drink?
