Zechariah 7:10 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ 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. ”

Zechariah 7:10 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

And oppress not - He had commanded positive acts of love; he now forbids every sort of unlove. “He that oppresseth the poor,” Solomon had said, “reproacheth his Maker. The widow, the orphan, the...
Zechariah 7:10 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Zechariah 7:8-14 is probably an amplification of the original address by a later hand and likewise Zechariah 8:1-17 . Both are much like Zechariah 1:2-6 .
Zechariah 7:10 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

oppress not the widow. stranger. Reference to Pentateuch ( Exodus 22:21 ; Exodus 22:22 . Deuteronomy 24:17 ; Deuteronomy 24:17 ). App-92. nor . and. evil. raa . App-44.
Zechariah 7:10 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

He mentions here some other duties, but for the same purpose of showing, that the fear of God is not proved by ceremonies, but by acting justly towards our brethren, and not by abstaining only...
Zechariah 7:10 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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. Evil against his brother in your heart - Do not indulge...
Zechariah 7:10 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Let none of you imagine, &c.— Let none of you devise in your heart the hurt of his brother.
Zechariah 7:10 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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. Let none of you imagine evil against his brother...
Zechariah 7:10 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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, v...
Zechariah 7:10 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

(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 Deu...
Zechariah 7:10 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Zechariah 8:1-23 "THE SEED OF PEACE" Zechariah 7:1-14 ; Zechariah 8:1-23 THE Visions have revealed the removal of the guilt of the land, the restoration of Israel to their standing before...
Zechariah 7:10 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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' line...
Zechariah 7:10 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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 thes...
Zechariah 7:10 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

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...
Zechariah 7:10 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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...
Zechariah 7:10 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

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. Ver. 10. And oppress not the widow, nor the fatherles...
Zechariah 7:10 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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 acc...
Zechariah 7:10 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Zechariah 7:10 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Wilful Disobedience of Israel; Consequences of Disobedience. B. C. 520. 8 And the word...
Zechariah 7:10 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Oppress not; do not first misreport their persons, their actions, and their cases, and on that pretence do them wrong, and oppress them: it is double oppression, to oppress by false information, an...
Zechariah 7:10 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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 w...
Zechariah 7:10 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.] Zechariah 7:8-14 .] God requires obedience, not formal fastings. The disobedience of the fathers brought judgment upon the nation. Zechariah 7:9 . Execute ] Admonitions which...
Zechariah 7:10 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

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 no...
Zechariah 7:10 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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 enquir...
Zechariah 7:10 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Verse 1-8:23 Part II . THE ANSWER TO A QUESTION CONCERNING THE OBSERVANCE OF CERTAIN FASTS . Zechariah 7:1-38 § 1. A deputation comes from Bethel to ask...
Zechariah 7:10 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

An Appeal to the Past
Zechariah 7:10 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Corinthians 6:10 ; 1 John 3:15 ; Amos 4:1 ; Amos 5:11 ; Amos 5:12 ; Deuteronomy 24:14-18 ; Deuteronomy 27:19 ; Exodus 22:21-24 ; Exodus 23:9 ; Ezekiel 22:12 ; Ezekiel 22:29 ; Ezekiel 22...
Zechariah 7:10 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Imagine evil — Neither think ill of, or with ill to, nor plot evil against one another.

Zechariah 7:10 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Zechariah 7:10 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Zechariah 7:10 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Zechariah 7:10 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Zechariah 7:10 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Zechariah 7:10 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Zechariah 7:10 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Zechariah 7:10 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Zechariah 7:10 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Zechariah 7:10 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Zechariah 7:10 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Zechariah 7:10 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Zechariah 7:10 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Zechariah 7:10 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Zechariah 7:10 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Zechariah 7:10 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Zechariah 7:10 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Zechariah 7:10 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Zechariah 7:10 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Zechariah 7:10 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Zechariah 7:10 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Zechariah 7:10 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Zechariah 7:10 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Zechariah 7:10 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Zechariah 7:10 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Zechariah 7:10 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Zechariah 7:10 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes