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Zechariah 8:16 KJV

Zechariah · chapter 8 · verse 16

These are the things that ye shall do; Speak ye every man the truth to his neighbour; execute the judgment of truth and peace in your gates:Zechariah 8:16 · King James Version

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Zechariah 8:16 in context

14For thus saith the LORD of hosts; As I thought to punish you, when your fathers provoked me to wrath, saith the LORD of hosts, and I repented not:

15So again have I thought in these days to do well unto Jerusalem and to the house of Judah: fear ye not.

16These are the things that ye shall do; Speak ye every man the truth to his neighbour; execute the judgment of truth and peace in your gates:

17And let none of you imagine evil in your hearts against his neighbour; and love no false oath: for all these are things that I hate, saith the LORD.

18And the word of the LORD of hosts came unto me, saying,

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Commentary

God, by the prophet, here gives further assurances of the mercy he had in store for Judah and Jerusalem. Here is line upon line for their comfort, as before there was for their conviction. These verses contain strong encouragements with reference to the difficulties they now laboured under. And we may observe, I.

— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 9-17

Cross references

Key words (Strong's)

neighbourrêaʻan associateH7453 →
judgmentmishpâṭproperly, a verdict pronounced judicially, especially a sentence or formal decree divine…H4941 →
executeshâphaṭto judgeH8199 →
Speakdâbarperhaps properly, to arrangeH1696 →
truthʼemethstabilityH571 →
peaceshâlôwmsafeH7965 →

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