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The Consequence of Turning from God

This message from the Lord came to Zechariah again: “This is what the Lord of the Heavenly Armies says: ‘Administer true justice, and show gracious love and mercy toward each other.[a] 10 You are not to wrong the widow, orphans, the foreigner, or the poor, and you are not to plan evil against each other.[b]

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  1. Zechariah 7:9 Lit. toward his brother
  2. Zechariah 7:10 Lit. toward his brother

And the word of the Lord came again to Zechariah: “This is what the Lord Almighty said: ‘Administer true justice;(A) show mercy and compassion to one another.(B) 10 Do not oppress the widow(C) or the fatherless, the foreigner(D) or the poor.(E) Do not plot evil against each other.’(F)

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And the word of the Lord came unto Zechariah, saying,

Thus speaketh the Lord of hosts, saying, Execute true judgment, and shew mercy and compassions every man to his brother:

10 And 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.

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Disobedience Resulted in Captivity

Then the word of the Lord came to Zechariah, saying, “Thus says the Lord of hosts:

(A)‘Execute true justice,
Show [a]mercy and compassion
Everyone to his brother.
10 (B)Do not oppress the widow or the fatherless,
The alien or the poor.
(C)Let none of you plan evil in his heart
Against his brother.’

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Footnotes

  1. Zechariah 7:9 Or lovingkindness