Zechariah 7:9 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, saying, Executeb true judgment, and shew mercy and compassions every man to his brother: ”

Zechariah 7:9 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Thus spake the Lord - that is, through the former prophets, for he goes on to speak of their rejection in the past. “Execute true judgment.” He retains the words of Ezekiel. The injunction itself...
Zechariah 7:9 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, saying, (k) Execute true judgment, and show mercy and compassions every man to his brother: (k) He shows that they did not fast with a sincere heart, but because of...
Zechariah 7:9 - 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 7:9 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Execute. judgment. Note the Figure of speech Polyptoton (App-6). Hebrew. mishpat . shephotu . true judgment judge ye. Compare Isaiah 58:6 ; Isaiah 58:7 . mercy . lovingkindness. every man...
Zechariah 7:9 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, (71) saying, The judgment of truth judge, and kindness and mercies show, every one to his brother. We have seen what the Prophet said of fasting, when messenger...
Zechariah 7:9 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, saying, Execute true judgment, and shew mercy and compassions every man to his brother: Execute true judgment - See Isaiah 58:6 , Isaiah 58:7 ; JeremiahJer 7:23; M...
Zechariah 7:9 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, saying, Execute true judgment, and shew mercy and compassions every man to his brother: Thus speaketh the Lord of hosts - implying that these precepts address...
Zechariah 7:9 - 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 7:9 - 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 7:9 - 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 7:9 - 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 7:9 - 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 7:9 - 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 7:9 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Thus speaketh the Lord of hosts, saying ,.... The same things as he had before; for the things following are ever in force, and always to be attended to, and to be regarded and preferred before anyt...
Zechariah 7:9 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, saying, Execute true judgment, and shew mercy and compassions every man to his brother: Ver. 9. Execute true judgment ] According to Deuteronomy 1:17 . See the no...
Zechariah 7:9 - 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 7:9 - 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 7:9 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Wilful Disobedience of Israel; Consequences of Disobedience. B. C. 520. 8 And the word...
Zechariah 7:9 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Thus speaketh, or did speak, i.e. to your fathers, and thus he doth speak to you now. Execute true judgment: God required former judges, and he requireth present judges, without hatred, prejudice...
Zechariah 7:9 - 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 7:9 - 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 7:9 - 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 7:9 - 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 7:9 - The Biblical Illustrator

Did ye at all fast unto Me, even to Me? Rebuke of mere ceremonies God had, through successive ages, exhorted the Jews to true repentance, and condemned their dissimulation, that they might not...
Zechariah 7:9 - 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 7:9 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

An Appeal to the Past
Zechariah 7:9 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Amos 5:24 ; Deuteronomy 10:18 ; Deuteronomy 10:19 ; Deuteronomy 15:7-14 ; Deuteronomy 16:18-20 ; Ezekiel 45:9 ; Hosea 10:12 ; Hosea 10:13 ; Isaiah 58:6-10 ; James 2:13-17 ; Jeremiah 21:12...
Zechariah 7:9 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Spake — To your fathers.

Zechariah 7:9 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Zechariah 7:9 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Zechariah 7:9 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Zechariah 7:9 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Zechariah 7:9 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Zechariah 7:9 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Zechariah 7:9 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Zechariah 7:9 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Zechariah 7:9 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Zechariah 7:9 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Zechariah 7:9 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Zechariah 7:9 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Zechariah 7:9 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Zechariah 7:9 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Zechariah 7:9 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Zechariah 7:9 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Zechariah 7:9 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Zechariah 7:9 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Zechariah 7:9 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Zechariah 7:9 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Zechariah 7:9 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Zechariah 7:9 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Zechariah 7:9 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Zechariah 7:9 - The Biblical Illustrator

Zechariah 7:9 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Zechariah 7:9 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Zechariah 7:9 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Zechariah 7:9 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes