Zechariah 7:8

8 The word of Yahweh came to Zechariah, saying,

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 eat, and when you drink, don't you eat for yourselves, and drink for yourselves?

7 Aren't these the words which Yahweh proclaimed by the former prophets, when Jerusalem was inhabited and in prosperity, and its cities around her, and the South and the lowland were inhabited?'"

8 The word of Yahweh came to Zechariah, saying,

9 "Thus has Yahweh of Hosts spoken, saying, 'Execute true judgment, and show kindness and compassion every man to his brother.

10 Don't oppress the widow, nor the fatherless, the sojourner, nor the poor; and let none of you devise evil against his brother in your heart.'