II. DIDACTIC PART, SEVENTH AND EIGHTH CHAPTERS. OBEDIENCE, RATHER THAN FASTING, ENJOINED: ITS REWARD. (Zac 7:1-14) fourth year of . . . Darius--two years after the previous prophecies (Zac 1:1, &c.). Chisleu--meaning "torpidity," the state in which nature is in November, answering to this month.