Then the word of the Lord came to Zechariah, saying, “This is what the Lord of armies has said: ‘(A)Dispense true justice and practice (B)kindness and compassion each to his brother; 10 and (C)do not oppress the widow or the [a]orphan, the stranger or the poor; and do (D)not devise evil in your hearts against one another.’

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Footnotes

  1. Zechariah 7:10 Or fatherless

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