Zechariah 8:17 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And let none of you imagine evil in your hearts against his neighbour; and love no false oath: for all these are things that I hate, saith the LORD. ”

• Zechariah 8:17 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  For all these things do I hate - Literally, emphatic, “For they are all these things which I hate.” This is the sum of what I hate; for they comprise in brief the breaches of the two tables, the...

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• Zechariah 8:17 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  Zechariah 8:4 f. A beautiful description of the result of the restoration of peace and safety. During the troublous past Jerusalem had been no place for feeble old age or for children. The sympat...

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• Zechariah 8:17 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  evil. Hebrew. ra. '. App-44 love no false oath. Reference to Pentateuch ( Leviticus 6:3 ; Leviticus 19:12 ). all these are things that. hate. Some codices, with Septuagint and Syriac, read "a...

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• Zechariah 8:17 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

  He afterwards adds, And think not evil every one against his friend. Here the Prophet not only condemns open wrongs, but also the hidden purposes of evil. We hence learn, that the law was not...

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• Zechariah 8:17 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  And let none of you imagine evil in your hearts against his neighbour; and love no false oath: for all these are things that I hate, saith the LORD.

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• Zechariah 8:17 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

  And let none of you imagine evil— And let none of you devise in your heart the hurt of his neighbour, &c. It is worthy of observation, that the prophet here not only condemns evil actions, bu...

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• Zechariah 8:17 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  These are the things that ye shall do; Speak ye every man the truth to his neighbour; execute the judgment of truth and peace in your gates: -The promised blessings are connected with obedienc...

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• Zechariah 8:17 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

  Reiteration of God's Promises concerning Jerusalem The whole chapter is made up of ten short oracles each introduced by the formula, 'Thus saith the Lord of hosts' (except Zechariah 8:3 ). God ha...

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• Zechariah 8:17 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  (14-17) As the Captivity had been brought about by God’s decree, so, too, the Restoration. The people, therefore, need not fear, if only they do that which is righteous in His sight.

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• Zechariah 8:17 - 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...

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• Zechariah 8:17 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

  Truth and Love Must Prevail Zechariah 8:1-17 In his third answer Zechariah dilates on the prosperity awaiting the chosen city. The Lord had returned, to dwell there, and the old men and women w...

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• Zechariah 8:17 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

  The third answer was full of grace. It declared that God was jealous for Zion, that He had returned to it, and that therefore its prosperity was assured, notwithstanding that these people saw only th...

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• Zechariah 8:17 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  Thus saith the Lord of hosts; Let your hands be strong, ye that hear in these days these words by the mouth of the prophets, which were in the day that the foundation of the house of the Lord of host...

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• Zechariah 8:17 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  And let none of you imagine evil in your hearts against his neighbour ,.... Zechariah 7:10 hatred without a cause was a governing vice under the second temple, and Jarchi says was the cause of the...

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• Zechariah 8:17 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  And let none of you imagine evil in your hearts against his neighbour; and love no false oath: for all these [are things] that I hate, saith the LORD. Ver. 17. And let none of you imagine evil in...

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• Zechariah 8:17 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  These are the things that ye shall do , &c. But these my promises of good to you are conditional, and the performance of them will depend upon your observing the laws of justice and righteousnes...

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• Zechariah 8:17 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

  The Positive Answer (vv. 1-17) In this chapter the Lord gives a wonderfully positive answer to the question of Zechariah 7:2 . The positive answer is found only in His own great and effective wo...

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• Zechariah 8:17 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  Encouraging Prospects. B. C. 517.       9 Thus saith the L ORD of hosts; Let your hands be...

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• Zechariah 8:17 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  Let none of you imagine evil in your hearts against his neighbour: see Malachi 7:10 . Love no false oath: see Malachi 5:4 : you that must not lie to a man, must not swear to a lie before Go...

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• Zechariah 8:17 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

  The Restoration of God's People Is At Hand ( Zechariah 8:9-17 ). God describes what the land had been like as a result of His forsaking it, but He wants them to know that He is now giving them ano...

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• Zechariah 8:17 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  CRITICAL NOTES.] Zechariah 8:16 .] Just as in ch. Zechariah 7:9-10 , first positive ( Zechariah 8:16 ), then negative ( Zechariah 8:17 ). Judge ] truly and promote peace. Gates ] Places of...

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• Zechariah 8:17 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

  Zechariah 8:1-2 . Again the word of the LORD of hosts came to me, saying, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; I was jealous for Zion with great jealousy, and I was jealous for her with great fury. Beca...

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• Zechariah 8:17 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Zechariah 8:2 . I was jealous for Zion with great fury, to purge her sins, and with great compassion and special mercy to bring back her children and restore her temple. What other nation, overrun...

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• Zechariah 8:17 - The Biblical Illustrator

  Speak ye every man the truth to his neighbour Truth Concisely stated, the doctrine of the text is, think truth, love truth, speak truth, and do truth--live in its atmosphere, make it your ruli...

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• Zechariah 8:17 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  EXPOSITION Zechariah 8:1-38 § 4. The Lord promises to show his love for Zion, to dwell among his people, and to fill Jerusalem with a happy lace. Zechariah 8:1 Again ; rather, and...

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• Zechariah 8:17 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  The Restoration Described

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• Zechariah 8:17 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  Habakkuk 1:13 ; Jeremiah 4:14 ; Jeremiah 4:2 ; Jeremiah 44:4 ; Malachi 3:5 ; Micah 2:1-3 ; Matthew 12:35 ; Matthew 15:19 ; Matthew 5:28 ; Proverbs 3:29 ; Proverbs 6:14 ; Proverbs 6:16-19...

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