Parallel Strong's Berean Study Bible“Ask all the people of the land and the priests, ‘When you fasted and mourned in the fifth and seventh months for these seventy years, was it really for Me that you fasted? Young's Literal Translation ‘Speak unto all the people of the land, and unto the priests, saying: King James Bible Speak unto all the people of the land, and to the priests, saying, When ye fasted and mourned in the fifth and seventh [month], even those seventy years, did ye at all fast unto me, [even] to me? Hebrew “Askאֱמֹר֙ (’ĕ·mōr) Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular Strong's 559: To utter, say all כָּל־ (kāl-) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every the people עַ֣ם (‘am) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 5971: A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock of the land הָאָ֔רֶץ (hā·’ā·reṣ) Article | Noun - feminine singular Strong's 776: Earth, land and the priests, הַכֹּהֲנִ֖ים (hak·kō·hă·nîm) Article | Noun - masculine plural Strong's 3548: Priest ‘When כִּֽי־ (kî-) Conjunction Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction you fasted צַמְתֶּ֨ם (ṣam·tem) Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine plural Strong's 6684: To abstain from food, fast and mourned וְסָפ֜וֹד (wə·sā·p̄ō·wḏ) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Infinitive absolute Strong's 5594: To tear the hair and beat the breasts, to lament, to wail in the fifth בַּחֲמִישִׁ֣י (ba·ḥă·mî·šî) Preposition-b, Article | Number - ordinal masculine singular Strong's 2549: Fifth, a fifth and seventh months וּבַשְּׁבִיעִ֗י (ū·ḇaš·šə·ḇî·‘î) Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b, Article | Number - ordinal masculine singular Strong's 7637: Seventh (an ordinal number) for these וְזֶה֙ (wə·zeh) Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - masculine singular Strong's 2088: This, that seventy שִׁבְעִ֣ים (šiḇ·‘îm) Number - common plural Strong's 7657: Seventy (a cardinal number) years, שָׁנָ֔ה (šā·nāh) Noun - feminine singular Strong's 8141: A year {was it really} for Me אָֽנִי׃ (’ā·nî) Pronoun - first person common singular Strong's 589: I that you fasted? הֲצ֥וֹם (hă·ṣō·wm) Verb - Qal - Infinitive absolute Strong's 6684: To abstain from food, fast |