Zechariah 7
7
True Righteousness
1And it came to pass in the fourth year of king Darius, that the word of the LORD came unto Zechariah in the fourth day of the ninth month, even in Chisleu; 2when they had sent unto the house of God Sherezer and Regem-melech, and their men, to pray before the LORD, 3and to speak unto the priests which were in the house of the LORD of hosts, and to the prophets, saying, Should I weep in the fifth month, separating myself, as I have done these so many years? 4Then came the word of the LORD of hosts unto me, saying, 5Speak unto all the people of the land, and to the priests, saying, When ye fasted and mourned in the fifth and seventh month, even those seventy years, did ye at all fast unto me, even to me? 6And when ye did eat, and when ye did drink, did not ye eat for yourselves, and drink for yourselves? 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. 12Yea, they made their hearts as an adamant stone, lest they should hear the law, and the words which the LORD of hosts hath sent in his spirit by the former prophets: therefore came a great wrath from the LORD of hosts. 13Therefore it is come to pass, that as he cried, and they would not hear; so they cried, and I would not hear, saith the LORD of hosts: 14but I scattered them with a whirlwind among all the nations whom they knew not. Thus the land was desolate after them, that no man passed through nor returned: for they laid the pleasant land desolate.
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A Call for Justice and Mercy
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1:1, 7 ] In the fourth year of King Darius, the word of the Lord came to Zechariah on the fourth day of the ninth month, which is #Neh. 1:1Chislev. 2Now the people of Bethel had sent Sharezer and Regem-melech and their men #ch. 8:21, 22; 1 Sam. 13:12; Mal. 1:9to entreat the favor of the Lord, 3#Mal. 2:7saying to the priests of the house of the Lord of hosts and #ch. 8:9; [Ezra 5:1; 6:14] the prophets, “Should I weep and #[ch. 12:12] abstain in #ch. 8:19; [2 Kgs. 25:8]the fifth month, as I have done for so many years?”
4Then the word of the Lord of hosts came to me: 5“Say to all the people of the land and the priests, ‘When you fasted and mourned in #[See ver. 3 above] the fifth month and in #[2 Kgs. 25:25] the seventh, for these #See ch. 1:12seventy years, #[Isa. 58:4, 5]was it #[Isa. 58:4, 5]for me that you fasted? 6#[1 Cor. 11:20, 21]And when you eat and when you drink, do you not eat for yourselves and drink for yourselves? 7#[ch. 1:5, 6] Were not these the words that the Lord proclaimed #ver. 12by the former prophets, when Jerusalem was inhabited and prosperous, #Jer. 17:26with her cities around her, and the #Jer. 17:26South and the #Jer. 17:26lowland were inhabited?’”
8And the word of the Lord came to Zechariah, saying, 9“Thus says the Lord of hosts, #Isa. 1:17; Jer. 21:12; Mic. 6:8; [Matt. 23:23]Render true judgments, show kindness and mercy to one another, 10#Isa. 1:23; Jer. 5:28; See Ex. 22:21, 22do not oppress the widow, the fatherless, the sojourner, #Prov. 22:22or the poor, and #ch. 8:17let none of you devise evil against another in your heart.” 11But #ch. 1:4they refused to pay attention #Neh. 9:29and turned a stubborn shoulder and stopped their ears that they might not hear.#7:11 Hebrew and made their ears too heavy to hear 12#[Ezek. 11:19; 36:26] They made their hearts diamond-hard #[Neh. 9:30] lest they should hear the law and the words that the Lord of hosts had sent #[Neh. 9:30] by his Spirit through #ver. 7the former prophets. #[2 Chr. 36:16; 1 Thess. 2:16]Therefore great anger came from the Lord of hosts. 13#[Isa. 1:15; Jer. 11:11]; See Prov. 1:24-28“As I#7:13 Hebrew he called, and they would not hear, #[Isa. 1:15; Jer. 11:11]; See Prov. 1:24-28so they called, and I would not hear,” says the Lord of hosts, 14#[ch. 2:6] “and I scattered them with a whirlwind among all #See Deut. 28:33the nations that they had not known. #Ezek. 12:19Thus the land they left was desolate, #ch. 9:8; [Zeph. 3:6] so that no one went to and fro, #[Jer. 7:34]and the pleasant land was made desolate.”
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