Zechariah 7:10

10 Don't hurt widows and orphans, foreigners or the poor; don't even think of doing evil to somebody else.'

Zechariah 7:10 Meaning and Commentary

Zechariah 7:10

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 they have no friends or acquaintance, and are poor, and can not help themselves. Laws of this kind were frequently inculcated among the Jews; see ( Deuteronomy 24:14 Deuteronomy 24:17 ) : and let none of you imagine evil against his brother in your heart;
thoughts of evil are sinful, and forbidden by the law of God, as well as actions, which agrees with our Lord's sense of the law, ( Matthew 5:22 Matthew 5:28 ) , see ( Leviticus 19:17 ) .

Zechariah 7:10 In-Context

8 And the Lord spoke his word to Zechariah again, saying,
9 "This is what the Lord All-Powerful says: 'Do what is right and true. Be kind and merciful to each other.
10 Don't hurt widows and orphans, foreigners or the poor; don't even think of doing evil to somebody else.'
11 "But they refused to pay attention; they were stubborn and did not want to listen anymore.
12 They made their hearts as hard as rock and would not listen to the teachings of the Lord All-Powerful. And they would not hear the words he sent by his Spirit through the earlier prophets. So the Lord All-Powerful became very angry.
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