Zechariah 7:10 BSB — MannaFest

Original language & word study

12 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וְאַלְמָנָ֧ה	ve.'al.ma.Nah	and [the] widow	H490 →
וְיָת֛וֹם	ve.ya.Tom	and [the] fatherless	H3490 →
גֵּ֥ר	ger	[the] sojourner	H1616 →
וְעָנִ֖י	ve.'a.Ni	and [the] poor	H6041 →
אַֽל־	'al-	may not	H408 →
תַּעֲשֹׁ֑קוּ	ta.'a.Sho.ku	you oppress	H6231 →
וְרָעַת֙	ve.ra.'At	and [the] harm of	H7451 →
אִ֣ישׁ	'ish	each	H376 →
אָחִ֔יו	'a.Chiv	brother his	H251 →
אַֽל־	'al-	may not	H408 →
תַּחְשְׁב֖וּ	tach.she.Vu	you plan	H2803 →
בִּלְבַבְכֶֽם׃	bil.vav.Khem	in heart your	H3824 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

H6041veaniand [the] poor73×

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Psalms 72:4
May he vindicate the afflicted among the people; may he save the children of the needy and crush the oppressor.
leads to
- Isaiah 11:4
  but with righteousness He will judge the poor, and with equity He will decide for the lowly of the earth. He will strike the earth with the rod of His mouth and slay the…
- Ezekiel 34:15–16
  I will tend My flock and make them lie down, declares the Lord GOD.
- Psalms 109:31
  For He stands at the right hand of the needy one, to save him from the condemners of his soul.
- Zechariah 9:8–10
  But I will camp around My house because of an army, because of those who march to and fro, and never again will an oppressor overrun My people, for now I keep watch with…
Through
Isaiah 1:23
Your rulers are rebels, friends of thieves. They all love bribes and chasing after rewards. They do not defend the fatherless, and the plea of the widow never comes before them.
leads to
- Micah 7:3
  Both hands are skilled at evil; the prince and the judge demand a bribe. When the powerful utters his evil desire, they all conspire together.
- Exodus 23:8
  Do not accept a bribe, for a bribe blinds those who see and twists the words of the righteous.
Through
Jeremiah 5:28
They have grown fat and sleek, and have excelled in the deeds of the wicked. They have not taken up the cause of the fatherless, that they might prosper; nor have they defended the…
leads to
- Isaiah 1:23
  Your rulers are rebels, friends of thieves. They all love bribes and chasing after rewards. They do not defend the fatherless, and the plea of the widow never comes before them.
- Deuteronomy 32:15
  But Jeshurun grew fat and kicked—becoming fat, bloated, and gorged. He abandoned the God who made him and scorned the Rock of his salvation.

The gold bar shows how strongly the cross-reference sources tie the two verses together: a long bar means many compiled references make the connection, a short one means few.

Proverbs 22:22Do not rob a poor man because he is poor, and do not crush the afflicted at the gate,Proverbs 23:10Do not move an ancient boundary stone or encroach on the fields of the fatherless,Jeremiah 5:28They have grown fat and sleek, and have excelled in the deeds of the wicked. They have not taken up the cause of the fatherless, that they might prosper; nor have they defended the rights of the needy.Exodus 22:22You must not mistreat any widow or orphan.Proverbs 22:22–23Do not rob a poor man because he is poor, and do not crush the afflicted at the gate,Psalms 72:4May he vindicate the afflicted among the people; may he save the children of the needy and crush the oppressor.Isaiah 1:16–17Wash and cleanse yourselves. Remove your evil deeds from My sight. Stop doing evil!Isaiah 1:23Your rulers are rebels, friends of thieves. They all love bribes and chasing after rewards. They do not defend the fatherless, and the plea of the widow never comes before them.Psalms 21:11Though they intend You harm, the schemes they devise will not prevail.James 5:4Look, the wages you withheld from the workmen who mowed your fields are crying out against you. The cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord of Hosts.Deuteronomy 27:19‘Cursed is he who withholds justice from the foreigner, the fatherless, or the widow.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’1 John 3:15Everyone who hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that eternal life does not reside in a murderer.Zephaniah 3:1Woe to the city of oppressors, rebellious and defiled!Exodus 22:21You must not exploit or oppress a foreign resident, for you yourselves were foreigners in the land of Egypt.Jeremiah 11:19–20For I was like a gentle lamb led to slaughter; I did not know that they had plotted against me: “Let us destroy the tree with its fruit; let us cut him off from the land of the living, that his name may be remembered no more.”Proverbs 3:29Do not devise evil against your neighbor, for he trustfully dwells beside you.Micah 3:1–4Then I said: “Hear now, O leaders of Jacob, you rulers of the house of Israel. Should you not know justice?Amos 5:11–12Therefore, because you trample on the poor and exact from him a tax of grain, you will never live in the stone houses you have built; you will never drink the wine from the lush vineyards you have planted.

Featured studies on this passage

On Zechariah 7:10

The Widow, the Orphan & the Stranger

Open the study →

Commentary

The record, by era

Voices on this verse

Original language & word study

The walk

Where the connections lead

Featured studies on this passage

About Zechariah

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

01Commentary

The record, by era

Voices on this verse

02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About Zechariah

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Zechariah