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Verse Zechariah 7:10. _EVIL AGAINST HIS BROTHER IN YOUR HEART._] Do
not indulge an _unfavourable opinion_ of another: do not _envy_ him;
do not _harbour_ an _unbrotherly feeling_ towards him....
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AND OPPRESS NOT - He had commanded positive acts of love; he now
forbids every sort of unlove. “He that oppresseth the poor,”
Solomon had said, “reproacheth his Maker. The widow, the orphan, the
stran...
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II. QUESTIONS CONCERNING CERTAIN FASTS
CHAPTER 7
_ 1. The question (Zechariah 7:1) _
2. The reproof (Zechariah 7:4)
3. The lessons of the past (Zechariah 7:8)...
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ZECHARIAH 7:8 is probably an amplification of the original address by
a later hand and likewise Zechariah 8:1. Both are much like Zechariah
1:2....
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OPPRESS NOT THE WIDOW. STRANGER. Reference to Pentateuch (Exodus
22:21; Exodus 22:22.Deuteronomy 24:17; Deuteronomy 24:17). App-92
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The Answer. Second Section
8. _the word of the Lord came_ It is not necessary to suppose that
there was a break, or interval of time, between the sections which are
introduced by this formula. The fr...
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LET NONE OF YOU IMAGINE, &C.— _Let none of you devise in your heart
the hurt of his brother._...
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THE SECOND ANSWERING STATEMENT. Zechariah 7:8-14
RV. And the word of Jehovah came unto Zechariah, saying, Thus hath
Jehovah of hosts spoken, saying, Execute true judgement, and show
kindness and compa...
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And oppress not the widow, nor the fatherless, the stranger, nor the
poor; and let none of you imagine evil against his brother in your
heart.
LET NONE OF YOU IMAGINE EVIL AGAINST HIS BROTHER IN YO...
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WARNINGS FROM THE PAST
Chs.7 and 8 go together, and were spoken on a date (fourth day of the
ninth month in the fourth year of Darius) two years later than the
series of visions described above, viz....
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GOD REMEMBERS HIS PROMISES
ZECHARIAH
_GORDON CHURCHYARD_
CHAPTER 7
V1 The word of the *LORD came to Zechariah on the fourth day of the
9th month (called) Kislev. This happened in the fourth year...
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(8-14) The prophet implies that true fasting is to loose the bands of
wickedness and leave off oppression. But Israel had adopted quite the
opposite course, and therefore God, in accordance with Deute...
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And let none of you imagine evil against his brother in your heart.
— Better, _and imagine not evil against one another in your heart._
The LXX., (καὶ κακίαν ἕκαστος τοῦ�), and
Auth. Version are here...
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וְ אַלְמָנָ֧ה וְ יָתֹ֛ום גֵּ֥ר וְ
עָנִ֖י
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Zechariah 8:1
"THE SEED OF PEACE"
Zechariah 7:1; Zechariah 8:1
THE Visions have revealed the removal of the guilt of the land, the
restoration of Israel to their standing before God, the revival of...
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THE PENALTY OF INJUSTICE AND CRUELTY
Zechariah 7:1-14
During their captivity the Jews observed four feasts. That of the 10th
month recalled the first enclosure of Jerusalem by the enemies' lines;
of...
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The third message of Zechariah was uttered nearly two years later. It
was a fourfold answer to an inquiry made by the people concerning the
necessity for observing certain fasts.
The history of these...
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_Devise. Septuagint, "wickedly remember in your hearts each one the
evil of his brother." (Haydock)_...
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And the word of the Lord came unto Zechariah, saying 9 Thus speaketh
the Lord of hosts, saying, Execute true judgment, and shew mercy and
compassions every man to his brother: 10 And oppress not the w...
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Lectures on the Minor Prophets.
W. Kelly.
Zechariah was plainly a contemporary of Haggai. Like him he dates his
prophecies from the second imperial power of the Gentiles; but he goes
a great deal far...
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He mentions here some other duties, but for the same purpose of
showing, that the fear of God is not proved by ceremonies, but by
acting justly towards our brethren, and not by abstaining only from
do...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 7, 8, 9, AND 10.
The prophecy, from chapter 7 to the end of the book, has for its
special object the introduction of the Messiah in Israel, with the
consequen...
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AND OPPRESS NOT THE WIDOW, NOR THE FATHERLESS, THE STRANGER, NOR THE
POOR,.... Such as have no husband to provide for them, nor father and
mother to care for them, and are in a strange land, where the...
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And oppress not the widow, nor the fatherless, the stranger, nor the
poor; and let none of you imagine evil against his brother in your
heart.
Ver. 10. _And oppress not the widow, nor the fatherless_...
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_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
acce...
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AN APPEAL TO THE PAST...
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and oppress not the widow nor the fatherless, the orphans, THE
STRANGER NOR THE POOR, these four classes ever being in the care of
the Lord, Isaiah 1:17; Jeremiah 5:28; AND LET NONE OF YOU IMAGINE EVI...
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A QUESTION ANSWERED NEGATIVELY
(vv. 1-7)
The visions and prophecies of the first six Chapter s are connected
with the eighth month of the second year of the reign of Darius
(Zechariah 1:1). It is tw...
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8-14 God's judgements upon Israel of old for their sins, were written
to warn Christians. The duties required are, not keeping fasts and
offering sacrifices, but doing justly and loving mercy, which...
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OPPRESS NOT; do not first misreport their persons, their actions, and
their cases, and on that pretence do them wrong, and oppress them: it
is double oppression, to oppress by false information, and t...
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Zechariah 7:10 oppress H6231 (H8799) widow H490 fatherless H3490 alien
H1616 poor H6041 plan H2803 (H8799) evil...
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GOD CALLS THE PEOPLE TO RIGHTEOUS LIVING RATHER THAN RELIGIOUS ZEAL
AND WARNS OF THE CONSEQUENCES OF REFUSAL (ZECHARIAH 7:8).
What Zechariah is saying is now expressed in more depth.
Zechariah 7:8
‘...
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FURTHER PROPHECIES OF ZECHARIAH (ZECHARIAH 7:1 TO ZECHARIAH 8:23)
These prophecies occur approximately two years after the previous ones
demonstrating that Zechariah's ministry continued. It would ap...
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Zechariah 7:1. _And it came to pass in the fourth year of king Darius,
that the word of the LORD came unto Zechariah in the fourth day of the
ninth month, even in Chisleu;_
God's prophets were not al...
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CONTENTS: The mission from Babylon, and Jehovah's answer to the
question of fasts. Why prayer was not answered.
CHARACTERS: God, Holy Spirit, Darius, Zechariah, Sherezer,
Regemmelich.
CONCLUSION: Wh...
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Zechariah 7:1. _In the fourth year of Darius_ Hystaspes, _in the ninth
month,_ the end of November, a deputation went from Babylon to
Jerusalem, a long journey in the beginning of winter, to enquire i...
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ZECHARIAH 7:1 From Fasts to Feasts. This section mentions fasts that
commemorate the destruction of Jerusalem, which will be transformed
into feasts celebrating its renewal. The renewal gives the peop...
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ZECHARIAH—NOTE ON ZECHARIAH 7:9 The test of true repentance is a
life of obedience to God. Obedience includes giving TRUE JUDGMENTS
that SHOW KINDNESS AND MERCY to the WIDOW and...
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CRITICAL NOTES.] ZECHARIAH 7:8.] God requires obedience, not formal
fastings. The disobedience of the fathers brought judgment upon the
nation.
ZECHARIAH 7:9. EXECUTE] Admonitions which have special r...
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EXPOSITION
VERSE 1-8:23
Part II. THE ANSWER TO A QUESTION CONCERNING THE OBSERVANCE OF CERTAIN
FASTS.
ZECHARIAH 7:1
§ 1. A deputation comes fr
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Now some men came to Zechariah with a question. While they were in
Babylon they had been observing a couple of days of fasting. The
day... they commemorated the day that the temple was destroyed by th...
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1 Corinthians 6:10; 1 John 3:15; Amos 4:1; Amos 5:11; Amos 5:12;...