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Zechariah 7:9 KJV
Zechariah · chapter 7 · verse 9
Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, saying, Execute true judgment, and shew mercy and compassions every man to his brother:Zechariah 7:9 · King James Version
Zechariah 7:9 in context
7Should ye not hear the words which the LORD hath cried by the former prophets, when Jerusalem was inhabited and in prosperity, and the cities thereof round about her, when men inhabited the south and the plain?
8And the word of the LORD came unto Zechariah, saying,
9Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, saying, Execute true judgment, and shew mercy and compassions every man to his brother:
10And oppress not the widow, nor the fatherless, the stranger, nor the poor; and let none of you imagine evil against his brother in your heart.
11But they refused to hearken, and pulled away the shoulder, and stopped their ears, that they should not hear.
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Key words (Strong's)
- compassionsrachamcompassionH7356 →
- speakethʼâmarto sayH559 →
- judgmentmishpâṭproperly, a verdict pronounced judicially, especially a sentence or formal decree divine…H4941 →
- Executeshâphaṭto judgeH8199 →
- hoststsâbâʼa mass of persons , especially reg. organized forwarH6635 →
- mercychêçêdkindnessH2617 →
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What was said Zac 7:7, that they should have heard the words of the former prophets, is here enlarged upon, for warning to these hypocritical enquirers, who continued their sins when they asked with great preciseness whether they should continue their fasts.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 8-14