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Zechariah 7:9

"Long ago I gave these commands to my people: ‘You must see that justice is done, and must show kindness and mercy to one another.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Commandments;   Impenitence;   Integrity;   Kindness;   Rulers;   Thompson Chain Reference - Requirements, Divine;   The Topic Concordance - Compassion;   Heart;   Israel/jews;   Judgment;   Mercy;   Oppression;   Strangers;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Mercy;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Zechariah;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Mercy;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Compassion;   Contribution;   Justice;   Mercy;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Mercy, Merciful;   Regem-Melech;   Zechariah, Book of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Ethics;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Lovingkindness;   Zechariah, Book of;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Compassion;   Duty;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
“The Lord of Armies says this: ‘Make fair decisions. Show faithful love and compassion to one another.
Hebrew Names Version
"Thus has the LORD of Hosts spoken, saying, 'Execute true judgment, and show kindness and compassion every man to his brother.
King James Version (1611)
Thus speaketh the Lord of hostes, saying, Execute true iudgement, and shew mercie and compassions euery man to his brother.
King James Version
Thus speaketh the Lord of hosts, saying, Execute true judgment, and shew mercy and compassions every man to his brother:
English Standard Version
"Thus says the Lord of hosts, Render true judgments, show kindness and mercy to one another,
New American Standard Bible
"This is what the LORD of armies has said: 'Dispense true justice and practice kindness and compassion each to his brother;
New Century Version
"This is what the Lord All-Powerful says: ‘Do what is right and true. Be kind and merciful to each other.
Amplified Bible
"Thus has the LORD of hosts said, 'Dispense true justice and practice kindness and compassion, to each other;
Geneva Bible (1587)
Thus speaketh the Lorde of hostes, saying, Execute true iudgement, and shewe mercy and compassion, euery man to his brother,
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"Thus has the LORD of hosts said, 'Dispense true justice and practice kindness and compassion each to his brother;
Legacy Standard Bible
"Thus has Yahweh of hosts said, ‘Judge with true justice and show lovingkindness and compassion each to his brother;
Berean Standard Bible
"This is what the LORD of Hosts says: 'Administer true justice. Show loving devotion and compassion to one another.
Complete Jewish Bible
"In the past Adonai -Tzva'ot said, ‘Administer true justice. Let everyone show mercy and compassion to his brother.
Darby Translation
Thus speaketh Jehovah of hosts, saying, Execute true judgment, and shew loving-kindness and mercies one to another,
Easy-to-Read Version
"This is what the Lord All-Powerful said: ‘You must do what is right and fair. You must be kind and show mercy to each other.
George Lamsa Translation
Thus says the LORD of hosts: Execute true judgment, and show mercy and compassion every man to his brother;
Lexham English Bible
"Thus says Yahweh of hosts: ‘Judge with trustworthy justice, and show steadfast love and compassion to one another.
Literal Translation
So says Jehovah of Hosts, saying, Judge true judgment, and practice kindness and pity, each man with his brother.
American Standard Version
Thus hath Jehovah of hosts spoken, saying, Execute true judgment, and show kindness and compassion every man to his brother;
Bible in Basic English
This is what the Lord of armies has said: Let your judging be upright and done in good faith, let every man have mercy and pity for his brother:
JPS Old Testament (1917)
'Thus hath the LORD of hosts spoken, saying: Execute true judgment, and show mercy and compassion every man to his brother;
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Thus saith the Lord of hoastes: Execute true iudgement, shew mercie & louing kindnes euery man to his brother.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Thus saith the Lord Almighty;
English Revised Version
Thus hath the LORD of hosts spoken, saying, Execute true judgment, and shew mercy and compassion every man to his brother:
World English Bible
"Thus has Yahweh of Hosts spoken, saying, 'Execute true judgment, and show kindness and compassion every man to his brother.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Deme ye trewe dom, and do ye merci, and doyngis of merci, ech man with his brother.
Update Bible Version
Thus has Yahweh of hosts spoken, saying, Execute true judgment, and show kindness and compassion every man to his brother;
Webster's Bible Translation
Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, saying, Execute true judgment, and show mercy and compassions every man to his brother:
New English Translation
"The Lord who rules over all said, ‘Exercise true judgment and show brotherhood and compassion to each other.
New King James Version
"Thus says the LORD of hosts: "Execute true justice, Show mercy and compassion Everyone to his brother.
New Living Translation
"This is what the Lord of Heaven's Armies says: Judge fairly, and show mercy and kindness to one another.
New Life Bible
"The Lord of All said, ‘Do what is right and be kind and show loving-pity to one another.
New Revised Standard
Thus says the Lord of hosts: Render true judgments, show kindness and mercy to one another;
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Thus, spake Yahweh of hosts, saying, - With true justice, give ye judgment, and, lovingkindness and compassions, observe ye, one with another;
Douay-Rheims Bible
Thus saith the Lord of hosts, saying: Judge ye true judgment, and shew ye mercy and compassion every man to his brother.
Revised Standard Version
"Thus says the LORD of hosts, Render true judgments, show kindness and mercy each to his brother,
Young's Literal Translation
`Thus spake Jehovah of Hosts, saying: True judgment judge ye, And kindness and mercy do one with another.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Thus saieth ye LORDE of hoostes: Execute true iudgment: shewe mercy and louynge kyndnesse, euery man to his brother:

Contextual Overview

8 The Lord gave this message to Zechariah: 9 "Long ago I gave these commands to my people: ‘You must see that justice is done, and must show kindness and mercy to one another. 10 Do not oppress widows, orphans, foreigners who live among you, or anyone else in need. And do not plan ways of harming one another.' 11 "But my people stubbornly refused to listen. They closed their minds 12 and made their hearts as hard as rock. Because they would not listen to the teaching which I sent through the prophets who lived long ago, I became very angry. 13 Because they did not listen when I spoke, I did not answer when they prayed. 14 Like a storm I swept them away to live in foreign countries. This good land was left a desolate place, with no one living in it."

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

saying: Zechariah 7:7, Zechariah 8:16, Zechariah 8:17, Leviticus 19:15, Leviticus 19:35-37, Deuteronomy 10:18, Deuteronomy 10:19, Deuteronomy 15:7-14, Deuteronomy 16:18-20, Psalms 82:2-4, Proverbs 21:3, Isaiah 58:6-10, Jeremiah 7:5, Jeremiah 7:23, Ezekiel 45:9, Hosea 10:12, Hosea 10:13, Amos 5:24, Micah 6:8, Matthew 23:23, Luke 11:42, James 2:13-17

Execute true judgment: Heb. Judge judgment of truth, Jeremiah 21:12, *marg. John 7:51

Reciprocal: Exodus 18:21 - men Leviticus 10:20 - he was content Proverbs 21:13 - at Proverbs 22:16 - that oppresseth Proverbs 31:9 - General Ecclesiastes 5:8 - regardeth Isaiah 1:17 - seek Isaiah 3:5 - the people Isaiah 5:7 - he looked Isaiah 16:3 - execute Jeremiah 7:6 - oppress Jeremiah 17:11 - he that Jeremiah 22:3 - Execute Ezekiel 18:7 - hath not Ezekiel 18:8 - hath executed Hosea 4:2 - swearing Hosea 12:6 - keep Haggai 2:17 - yet Matthew 21:34 - he sent Mark 12:3 - and sent Luke 20:10 - sent 1 Peter 3:8 - having

Cross-References

Genesis 2:19
So he took some soil from the ground and formed all the animals and all the birds. Then he brought them to the man to see what he would name them; and that is how they all got their names.
Genesis 7:6
Noah was six hundred years old when the flood came on the earth.
Genesis 7:9
went into the boat with Noah, as God had commanded.
Genesis 7:11
When Noah was six hundred years old, on the seventeenth day of the second month all the outlets of the vast body of water beneath the earth burst open, all the floodgates of the sky were opened,
Genesis 7:12
and rain fell on the earth for forty days and nights.
Genesis 7:16
as God had commanded. Then the Lord shut the door behind Noah.
Isaiah 65:25
Wolves and lambs will eat together; lions will eat straw, as cattle do, and snakes will no longer be dangerous. On Zion, my sacred hill, there will be nothing harmful or evil."
Jeremiah 8:7
Even storks know when it is time to return; doves, swallows, and thrushes know when it is time to migrate. But, my people, you do not know the laws by which I rule you.
Galatians 3:28
So there is no difference between Jews and Gentiles, between slaves and free people, between men and women; you are all one in union with Christ Jesus.
Colossians 3:11
As a result, there is no longer any distinction between Gentiles and Jews, circumcised and uncircumcised, barbarians, savages, slaves, and free, but Christ is all, Christ is in all.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Thus speaketh the Lord of hosts, saying,.... The same things as he had before; for the things following are ever in force, and always to be attended to, and to be regarded and preferred before anything merely ritual and ceremonial; and especially before the traditions and commandments of men, of which nature the above fasts were:

Execute true judgment; or, "judge judgment e of truth"; this is addressed to the judges of the people, that when any cause came before them between man and man, that they would judge righteously, according to the law of God; and, without respect to persons, pass sentence as the truth of the case required:

and show mercy and compassion every man to his brother; whether in want of food, raiment, or in whatsoever distress, whether of body or mind; which is much more acceptable to God than any legal sacrifices, or outward abstinences and humiliations, Hosea 6:6.

e משפט אמת "judicium veritatis", Montanus, Calvin, Cocceius, Burkius; "jus veritatis", Junius & Tremellius, Tarnovius.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Thus spake the Lord - that is, through the former prophets, for he goes on to speak of their rejection in the past. “Execute true judgment.” He retains the words of Ezekiel. The injunction itself runs throughout the prophets. “Shew mercy” (as Isaiah 1:17, Isaiah 1:23; Isaiah 58:6-7; Jeremiah 7:5; Ezekiel 18:8; Hosea 12:6, etc.), that is, tender love, to all; compassion, to the unhappy. Omit no act of love, God so loves the loving. Lap.: “Like Paul to the Romans Romans 13:9, he names only the duties to the neighbor, but understands what relates to God. For the love of our neighbor presupposes the love of God, from which it springs.” Jerome: “After strictness of justice, let mercy to all follow, and specially to brethren, of the same blood and of one faith. Brother and neighbor we ought to account the whole human race, since we are all born of one parent, or those who are of the household of faith, according to the parable of the Gospel, “which willeth us to understand by neighbor, nor our kin, but all men” (Luke 10:30 ff).

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Zechariah 7:9. Execute true judgment — See the parallel texts in the margin. (Isaiah 58:6-7; Jeremiah 7:23; Micah 6:8)


 
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