Zechariah 8:14-17
Legacy Standard Bible
14 “For thus says Yahweh of hosts, ‘Just as I (A)purposed to bring about evil to you when your fathers provoked Me to wrath,’ says Yahweh of hosts, ‘and I have not (B)relented, 15 so I have again purposed in these days to (C)do good to Jerusalem and to the house of Judah. (D)Do not fear! 16 These are the things which you should do: speak the (E)truth to one another; (F)judge with truth and judgment for peace in your [a]gates. 17 Also let none of you (G)devise evil in your heart against another, and do not love [b](H)false oaths; for all these are what I (I)hate,’ declares Yahweh.”
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- Zechariah 8:16 The place where court was held
- Zechariah 8:17 Lit lying, cf. Ex 20:16
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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