Zechariah 7:9-12

Good News Translation

⁹ “Long ago I gave these commands to my people: ‘You must see that justice is done, and must show kindness and mercy to one another. ¹⁰ Do not oppress widows, orphans, foreigners who live among you, or anyone else in need. And do not plan ways of harming one another.’

¹¹ “But my people stubbornly refused to listen. They closed their minds ¹² and made their hearts as hard as rock. Because they would not listen to the teaching which I sent through the prophets who lived long ago, I became very angry.