Zechariah 8:14-17
English Standard Version
14 For thus says the Lord of hosts: (A)“As I purposed to bring disaster to you when your fathers provoked me to wrath, and I did not relent, says the Lord of hosts, 15 so again have I purposed in these days to bring good to Jerusalem and to the house of Judah; (B)fear not. 16 These are the things that you shall do: (C)Speak the truth to one another; (D)render in your gates judgments (E)that are true and make for peace; 17 (F)do not devise evil in your hearts against one another, and (G)love no false oath, for all these things I hate, declares the Lord.”
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Zechariah 8:14-17
New English Translation
14 “For the Lord of Heaven’s Armies says, ‘As I had planned to hurt[a] you when your fathers made me angry,’ says the Lord of Heaven’s Armies, ‘and I was not sorry, 15 so, to the contrary, I have planned in these days to do good to Jerusalem and Judah—do not fear! 16 These are the things you must do: Speak the truth, each of you, to one another. Practice true and righteous judgment in your courts.[b] 17 Do not plan evil in your hearts against one another. Do not favor a false oath—these are all things that I hate,’ says the Lord.”
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- Zechariah 8:14 tn The verb זָמַם (zamam) usually means “to plot to do evil,” but with a divine subject (as here), and in light of v. 15 where it means to plan good, the meaning here has to be the implementation of discipline (cf. NCV, CEV “punish”). God may bring hurt but its purpose is redemptive and/or pedagogical.
- Zechariah 8:16 sn For a similar reference to true and righteous judgment see Mic 6:8.
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