KJV ORIGINAL
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?
Close to the original. Clear modern English.
✦ MADE SIMPLE
Tell everyone — the regular people and the religious leaders — 'When you've been fasting and mourning during those specific months for the past seventy years, were you actually doing it for me? Like, really for me?'
⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE
God's asking the real question: are your spiritual practices actually about connecting with him, or just going through the motions?
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