Zechariah 7:8-14

Contemporary English Version

^8-9 So once again, I, the Lord All-Powerful, tell you, “See that justice is done and be kind and merciful to one another! ¹⁰ Don't mistreat widows or orphans or foreigners or anyone who is poor, and stop making plans to hurt each other.”

^11-12 But everyone who heard those prophets, stubbornly refused to obey. Instead, they turned their backs on everything my Spirit^[a] had commanded the earlier prophets to preach. So I, the Lord, became angry ¹³ and said, “You people paid no attention when I called out to you, and now I'll pay no attention when you call out to me.”

¹⁴ That's why I came with a whirlwind and scattered them among foreign nations, leaving their lovely country empty of people and in ruins.^[b]