스가랴 7:8-9 KRV

The Pulpit Commentary - Zechariah 7:9

Thus speaketh; thus saith. The Lord hath always so said, and saith so now. Revised Version, thus hath the Lord of hosts spoken, saying. Execute true judgment; literally, judge ye judgment of truth; i.e. judge according to truth without bias or partiality. The same phrase occurs in Ezekiel 18:8 . Exhortations to this effect are often found; e.g. Exodus 23:6 , etc.; Deuteronomy 24:14 ; Isaiah 1:17 ; Jeremiah 7:5-7 ; Jeremiah 22:3 . Show mercy. Kindness and love in... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Zechariah 7:8

Instead of quoting the former prophets, Zechariah gives the substance of their exhortations, as renewed to himself. read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Zechariah 7:9

Thus spake the Lord - that is, through the former prophets, for he goes on to speak of their rejection in the past. “Execute true judgment.” He retains the words of Ezekiel. The injunction itself runs throughout the prophets. “Shew mercy” (as Isaiah 1:17, Isaiah 1:23; Isaiah 58:6-7; Jeremiah 7:5; Ezekiel 18:8; Hosea 12:6, etc.), that is, tender love, to all; compassion, to the unhappy. Omit no act of love, God so loves the loving. Lap.: “Like Paul to the Romans Romans 13:9, he names only the... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Zechariah 7:9-12

Zechariah 7:9-12. Thus speaketh the Lord of hosts Or did speak, that is, to your fathers, and thus he speaks to you now; Execute true judgment I often put your fathers in mind that judgment and mercy were more acceptable to me than fasting, or any external performances; (see the margin;) and I repeat the same admonition to you of the present age. And let none of you imagine evil against his brother, &c. Neither think ill of, nor wish ill to, nor plot evil against one another. But... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Zechariah 7:1-14

7:1-8:23 A QUESTION ABOUT CERTAIN FASTSMourning over the past (7:1-14)In captivity the Jews had instituted four fasts to mourn the destruction of Jerusalem. One fast was in the tenth month, which was the month the Babylonians laid siege to the city. One was in the fourth month, to mark the day eighteen months later when the Babylonians broke through the walls and invaded the city. Another was in the fifth month, to mark the destruction of the temple. The other was in the seventh month, to mark... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Zechariah 7:9

Execute. judgment. Note the Figure of speech Polyptoton ( App-6 ). Hebrew. mishpat . shephotu = true judgment judge ye. Compare Isaiah 58:6 , Isaiah 58:7 . mercy = lovingkindness. every man. Hebrew. ish . App-14 . read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Zechariah 7:8

"And the word of Jehovah came unto Zechariah, saying, Thus hath Jehovah of hosts spoken, saying, execute true judgment, and show kindness and compassion every man to his brother".These and the following verses amount to a Bible lesson taught by Zechariah to his inquirers. They constitute somewhat of a thumbnail summary of what the previous prophets had taught.We are purposely passing over the allegations of some critical scholars to the effect that this or that passage is an interpolation, or... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Zechariah 7:9

9. speaketh—implying that these precepts addressed to their ancestors were the requirements of Jehovah not merely then, but now. We must not only not hurt, but we must help our fellow men. God is pleased with such loving obedience, rather than with empty ceremonies. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Zechariah 7:8-10

Zechariah received another message from the Lord related to this inquiry. The sovereign Lord commanded His people to dispense justice (Heb. mishpat), to exercise kindness (Heb. hesed) and compassion (Heb. rahamim) toward each other, not to oppress the weak and vulnerable among them, and not to plot evil against each other."Here . . . is a concise yet comprehensive range of ethical teaching condensed into four pithy utterances." [Note: Ellis, p. 1037. Cf. Micah 6:8.] "Morality is certainly not... read more