Zechariah 7:10 KJV — MannaFest

Zechariah 7:10

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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ASV

and oppress not the widow, nor the fatherless, the sojourner, nor the poor; and let none of you devise evil against his brother in your heart.

WEB

Do not oppress the widow or the fatherless, the foreigner or the poor. And do not plot evil in your hearts against one another.’

YLT

And widow, and fatherless, Sojourner, and poor, ye do not oppress, And the calamity of one another ye do not devise in your heart.

DBT

and oppress not the widow and the fatherless, the stranger and the afflicted; and let none of you imagine evil against his brother in your heart.

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Zechariah — Contemporary of Haggai — but longer, stranger, and more explicitly Messianic. Eight night visions, a royal-priestly crown, Zion's king riding on a donkey, and the pierced one they shall look upon.

Author: Zechariah son of Berechiah, son of Iddo (1:1) — priest and prophet of the return
Date: Began 520 BC, contemporary with Haggai; later oracles (ch. 9–14) may date to the later 5th c. BC

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Proverbs 22:22
Rob not the poor, because he is poor: neither oppress the afflicted in the gate:
Proverbs 23:10
Remove not the old landmark; and enter not into the fields of the fatherless:
Jeremiah 5:28
They are waxen fat, they shine: yea, they overpass the deeds of the wicked: they judge not the cause, the cause of the fatherless, yet they prosper; and the right of the needy do they not judge.
Isaiah 1:23
Thy princes are rebellious, and companions of thieves: every one loveth gifts, and followeth after rewards: they judge not the fatherless, neither doth the cause of the widow come unto them.
Exodus 22:22
Ye shall not afflict any widow, or fatherless child.

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This occasional sermon, which the prophet preached, and which is recorded in this and the next chapter, was above two years after the former, in which he gave them an account of his visions, as appears by comparing the date of this (

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

Neighbours must have a tender concern for one another, and must not only do one another no wrong, but must be ready to do one another all the good offices that lie in their power. They must show mercy and compassion every man to his brother, as the case called for it. The infirmities of others, as well as their calamities, are to be looked upon with compassion.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

Or it intimates that that which is but exactness with others is exaction upon the widows and the fatherless; nay, that not relieving and helping them as we ought is, in effect, oppressing them. They must not only not do wrong to any, but they must not so much as desire it nor think of it: " Let none of you imagine evil against his brother in your heart.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

imagine evil--that is, devise evil. The Septuagint takes it, Harbor not the desire of revenge (Le 19:18). "Devise evil against one another" is simpler (Ps 36:4;

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

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