Zechariah 8:16

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: Speak ye every man the truth - See Zephaniah 7:9, Zephaniah 7:10.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

These are the things that ye shall do - He exhorts them to the same duties, to which the former prophets had exhorted their fathers, Zechariah 7...
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 pl...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Speak , &c. Compare Zechariah 8:19 ; Zechariah 7:9 . every man . Hebrew. ish . App-14. execute , &c. See note on Zechariah 7:9 .
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Zechariah exhorts them here to true repentance, by showing that more things were to be hoped for than what they saw with their eyes; and at the...
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: -...
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 t...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

In your gates ] The gate was the market-place where all business transactions took place: see Ruth 4:1-11 . Execute the judgment of truth and peac...
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...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Judgment of truth and peace — i.e., in accordance with the true facts of the case, and such judgment as would tend to peace between man and man....
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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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 ret...
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 assu...
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 th...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

These [are] the things that ye shall do ,.... Which were duties incumbent on them, and which it became them to perform, under a sense of the favours...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

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: Ver....
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 y...
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 answ...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Encouraging Prospects. B. C. 517. 9...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

These are the things that ye shall do; you to whom I am returned, whom I have promised to bless, you have something to do that the blessing may com...
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...
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 ). Ju...
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,...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Zechariah 8:9-10 . Thus saith the LORD of hosts: Let your hands be strong, ye that hear in these days these words by the month of the prophets, whi...
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...
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 d...
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 happ...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Restoration Described
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

These are the things that ye shall do, as an evidence of the new relation which obtained between them and Jehovah, the God of the covenant, Speak ye...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Peter 1:13-16 ; 1 Thessalonians 4:6 ; Amos 5:15 ; Amos 5:24 ; Deuteronomy 10:12 ; Deuteronomy 10:13 ; Deuteronomy 11:7 ; Deuteronomy 11:8 ;...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Judgment of truth — True judgment. Peace — That may restore, and settle peace among you. Gates — The places of judicature, where the judges sat.

¹⁶ These are the things that ye shall do; Speak ye every man the truth to his neighbour; executef the judgment of truth and peace in your gates:

Related Commentaries of Zechariah 8:16

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Zechariah 8:16