Zechariah 7:10

10 Do not oppress the widow or the fatherless, the foreigner or the poor. Do not plot evil against each other.’

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Zechariah 7:10 in Other Translations

10 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.

ESV

10 do not oppress the widow, the fatherless, the sojourner, or the poor, and let none of you devise evil against another in your heart."

NLT

10 Do not oppress widows, orphans, foreigners, and the poor. And do not scheme against each other.

MSG

10 Don't take advantage of widows, orphans, visitors, and the poor. Don't plot and scheme against one another - that's evil.'

CSB

10 Do not oppress the widow or the fatherless, the stranger or the poor, and do not plot evil in your hearts against one another.

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 ) .

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Zechariah 7:10 In-Context

8 And the word of the LORD came again to Zechariah:

9 “This is what the LORD Almighty said: ‘Administer true justice; show mercy and compassion to one another.

10 Do not oppress the widow or the fatherless, the foreigner or the poor. Do not plot evil against each other.’

11 “But they refused to pay attention; stubbornly they turned their backs and covered their ears.

12 They made their hearts as hard as flint and would not listen to the law or to the words that the LORD Almighty had sent by his Spirit through the earlier prophets. So the LORD Almighty was very angry.

Cross References 4

1. Jeremiah 49:11
2. S Exodus 22:21
3. S Leviticus 25:17; Isaiah 1:23
4. S Exodus 22:22; S Job 35:8; S Isaiah 1:17; S Ezekiel 45:9; S Micah 6:8