Zechariah 7:9 BSB — MannaFest

Zechariah 7:9

“This is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘Administer true justice. Show loving devotion and compassion to one another.

BSB

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ASV

Thus hath Jehovah of hosts spoken, saying, Execute true judgment, and show kindness and compassion every man to his brother;

KJV

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

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Commentary

2 voices

Jerome

Commentary on Zechariah (420)

(Verses 8 onwards) And the word of the Lord came to Zechariah, saying: Thus says the Lord of hosts: Render true judgments, show kindness and mercy to one another; do not oppress the widow, the orphan, the foreigner, or the poor; and do not devise evil in your hearts against one another. But they refused to listen, and turned a stubborn shoulder, and stopped their ears in order not to hear. They made their hearts adamant in order not to hear the law and the words that the Lord of hosts had sent by his spirit through the former prophets.

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The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

Thus spake the Lord - that is, through the former prophets, for he goes on to speak of their rejection in the past. “Execute true judgment.” He retains the words of Ezekiel. The injunction itself runs throughout the prophets. “Shew mercy” (as Isa 1:17, Isa 1:23; Isa 58:6-7; Jer 7:5; Eze 18:8; Hos 12:6, etc.), that is, tender love, to all; compassion, to the unhappy. Omit no act of love, God so loves the loving. Lap.: “Like Paul to the Romans Rom 13:9, he names only the duties to the neighbor, but understands what relates to God.

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Original language & word study

14 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
כֹּ֥ה	koh	thus	H3541 →
אָמַ֛ר	'a.Mar	he says	H559 →
יְהוָ֥ה	Yah.weh	Yahweh	H3068 →
צְבָא֖וֹת	tze.va.'ot	of hosts	H6635 →
לֵאמֹ֑ר	le.Mor	<to> saying	H559 →
מִשְׁפַּ֤ט	mish.Pat	justice of	H4941 →
אֱמֶת֙	'e.Met	faithfulness	H571 →
שְׁפֹ֔טוּ	she.Fo.tu	judge	H8199 →
וְחֶ֣סֶד	ve.Che.sed	and loyalty	H2617 →
וְרַֽחֲמִ֔ים	ve.ra.cha.Mim	and compassion<s>	H7356 →
עֲשׂ֖וּ	'a.Su	do	H6213 →
אִ֥ישׁ	'ish	each	H376 →
אֶת־	'et-	with	H854 →
אָחִֽיו׃	'a.Chiv	brother his	H251 →

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

H571ʾemetfaithfulness127×

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
Micah 6:8
He has shown you, O man, what is good. And what does the LORD require of you but to act justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God?
leads to
- Deuteronomy 10:12–13
  And now, O Israel, what does the LORD your God ask of you but to fear the LORD your God by walking in all His ways, to love Him, to serve the LORD your…
- Hosea 6:6
  For I desire mercy, not sacrifice, and the knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Proverbs 21:3
  To do righteousness and justice is more desirable to the LORD than sacrifice.
- Colossians 3:12
  Therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, clothe yourselves with hearts of compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience.
- Jeremiah 22:3
  This is what the LORD says: Administer justice and righteousness. Rescue the victim of robbery from the hand of his oppressor. Do no wrong or violence to the foreigner, the fatherless, or the widow.…
Through
Proverbs 21:3
To do righteousness and justice is more desirable to the LORD than sacrifice.
leads to
- 1 Samuel 15:22
  But Samuel declared: “Does the LORD delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices as much as in obedience to His voice? Behold, obedience is better than sacrifice, and attentiveness is better than the fat of…
- Proverbs 15:8
  The sacrifice of the wicked is detestable to the LORD, but the prayer of the upright is His delight.
- Micah 6:6–8
  With what shall I come before the LORD when I bow before the God on high? Should I come to Him with burnt offerings, with year-old calves?

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Zechariah's Vision of Four Chariots — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain

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Justice
post-exilic restatement of the same triad — execute true judgment, show mercy and compassion.
Mercy
Post-exilic charge: 'shew mercy and compassions every man to his brother' as the practice true worship require…

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Where the connections lead

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About Zechariah