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Zechariah 7:7-10

King James Version (KJV)

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— D.L. Moody

Scripture focus

7. [Should 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? 8. And the word of the LORD came unto Zechariah, saying, 9. 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.

Zechariah 7:7-10 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Zechariah 7:7

Theological / Devotional

Should ye not hear? The opening part of the verse should probably be rendered as in the LXX, “Are not these the words?” Repeatedly “the former prophets” had warned against putting confidence in the observance of outward ceremonies alone (1 Sam. 15:22; Prov. 21:3; etc.).

In prosperity. The contrast between the Israelites’ former prosperity and their present low estate was a sad reminder of what they had lost through disobedience.

South. Negeb (see on Joshua 15:19).

Plain. The Shephelah (see on Joshua 15:33). The Negeb and the Shephelah formed two of the three parts of Judea, the third being “the mountainous” region about Jerusalem (see on Judges 1:9).

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