Charles Ellicott Commentary Zechariah 7:7

"[Should ye] not [hear] the words which Jehovah cried by the former prophets, when Jerusalem was inhabited and in prosperity, and the cities thereof round about her, and the South and the lowland were inhabited?" — Zechariah 7:7 (ASV)

Should ye not hear the words which ...—Better, are not these the very words which ... Haggai 2:5, and Zechariah 8:17 afford exactly parallel constructions. There is no need to supply any verb, such as “should you not hear?” “should you not do?” or “do you not know?” Septuagint, rightly, οὐχ οὗτοι οἱ λόγοι;

The south.—District belonging to Judah (Joshua 15:21).

And the plain.—To the west of Judah (Joshua 15:33).