Zechariah 7:8

8 The LORD's word came to Zechariah:

Zechariah 7:8 Meaning and Commentary

Zechariah 7:8

And the word of the Lord came unto Zechariah, saying.
] Giving him orders to repeat what the former prophets had said, and to urge the same things on the people which they had before rejected, the rejection of which had issued in their ruin.

Zechariah 7:8 In-Context

6 When you ate and drank, weren't you the ones eating and drinking?

7 Weren't these the words that the LORD proclaimed through the former prophets when Jerusalem was dwelling quietly along with the surrounding cities, and when the arid southern plain and the western foothills were inhabited?

8 The LORD's word came to Zechariah:

9 The LORD of heavenly forces proclaims: Make just and faithful decisions; show kindness and compassion to each other!

10 Don't oppress the widow, the orphan, the stranger, and the poor; don't plan evil against each other!