The word of the Lord came to Zechariah: “The Lord of Armies says this: ‘Make fair decisions.(A) Show faithful love and compassion(B) to one another. 10 Do not oppress the widow or the fatherless, the resident alien or the poor,(C) and do not plot evil in your hearts against one another.’(D)

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The Consequence of Turning from God

This message from the Lord came to Zechariah again: “This is what the Lord of the Heavenly Armies says: ‘Administer true justice, and show gracious love and mercy toward each other.[a] 10 You are not to wrong the widow, orphans, the foreigner, or the poor, and you are not to plan evil against each other.[b]

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Footnotes

  1. Zechariah 7:9 Lit. toward his brother
  2. Zechariah 7:10 Lit. toward his brother