Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, saying, (k) Execute true judgment, and show mercy and compassions every man to his brother:
(k) He shows that they did not fast with a sincere heart, but because of hypocrisy, and that it was not done from a pure religion, because they lacked these offices of charity which should have declared that they were godly; (Matthew 23:23).
Verse Zechariah 7:9. _EXECUTE TRUE JUDGMENT_] See the parallel texts in the margin. (Isaiah 58:6; Jeremiah 7:23; Micah 6:8)...
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...
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)...
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....
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....
_thus speaketh_ Rather, THUS SAITH. Some would render, _thus said the Lord of hosts_, i.e. to your fathers by the former prophets (Zechariah 7:7), a summary of whose teaching is then given, Zechariah...
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...
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...
Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, saying, Execute true judgment, and shew mercy and compassions every man to his brother: THUS SPEAKETH THE LORD OF HOSTS - implying that these precepts addressed to...
7:9 Execute (c-7) Lit. 'Judge.'...
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....
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...
(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...
כֹּ֥ה אָמַ֛ר יְהוָ֥ה צְבָאֹ֖ות לֵ אמֹ֑ר מִשְׁ
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...
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...
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...
_Judgment. Avoid sinning, when you fast. (Worthington)_...
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...
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...
_Thus saith Jehovah of hosts_, (71) saying, _The judgment of truth judge, and kindness and mercies show, every one to his brother_. We have seen what the Prophet said of fasting, when messengers were...
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...
THUS SPEAKETH THE LORD OF HOSTS, SAYING,.... The same things as he had before; for the things following are ever in force, and always to be attended to, and to be regarded and preferred before anythin...
Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, saying, Execute true judgment, and shew mercy and compassions every man to his brother: Ver. 9. _Execute true judgment_] According to Deuteronomy 1:17. See the note t...
_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...
AN APPEAL TO THE PAST...
Thus speaketh the Lord of hosts, rather, "Thus spake Jehovah," in addressing the children of Judah in former days, before the exile, SAYING, EXECUTE TRUE JUDGMENT, literally, "judge the judgment of tr...
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...
EXECUTE TRUE JUDGMENT: _ Heb._ judge judgment of truth...
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...
THUS SPEAKETH, or did speak, i.e. to your fathers, and thus he doth speak to you now. EXECUTE TRUE JUDGMENT: God required former judges, and he requireth present judges, without hatred, prejudice, par...
Zechariah 7:9 says H559 (H8804) H559 (H8800) LORD H3068 hosts H6635 Execute H8199 (H8798) true...
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 ‘...
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...
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...
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...
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...
_Did ye at all fast unto Me, even to Me?_ REBUKE OF MERE CEREMONIES God had, through successive ages, exhorted the Jews to true repentance, and condemned their dissimulation, that they might not thin...
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...
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...
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...
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
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...
Amos 5:24; Deuteronomy 10:18; Deuteronomy 10:19; Deuteronomy 15:7;...
Spake — To your fathers....