Zechariah

Zechariah 7:9–10

⁹“This is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘Administer true justice. Show loving devotion^d and compassion to one another. ¹⁰Do not oppress the widow or the fatherless, the foreigner or the poor. And do not plot evil in your hearts against one another.’

Footnotes

d 7:9 Forms of the Hebrew chesed are translated here and in most cases throughout the Scriptures as loving devotion; the range of meaning includes love, goodness, kindness, faithfulness, and mercy, as well as loyalty to a covenant.

Read all of Zechariah 7

Word by word

Each English word or phrase beside the Hebrew it translates, in the order of the English. Choose a number to open that word’s study.

Zechariah 7:9

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
This is what	כֹּ֥ה	kōh	Adverb	H3541 thus, here
the LORD	יְהוָ֥ה	Yah·weh	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3068 Yahweh
of Hosts	צְבָא֖וֹת	ṣə·ḇā·’ō·wṯ	Noun - common plural	H6635 army, war, warfare
says	אָמַ֛ר	’ā·mar	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular	H559 utter, say
Administer	שְׁפֹ֔טוּ	šə·p̄ō·ṭū	Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural	H8199 judge, govern
true	אֱמֶת֙	’ĕ·meṯ	Noun - feminine singular	H571 firmness, faithfulness, truth
justice	מִשְׁפַּ֤ט	miš·paṭ	Noun - masculine singular construct	H4941 judgment
Show	עֲשׂ֖וּ	‘ă·śū	Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural	H6213 do, make
loving devotion	וְחֶ֣סֶד	wə·ḥe·seḏ	Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine singular	H2617 goodness, kindness
and compassion	וְרַֽחֲמִ֔ים	wə·ra·ḥă·mîm	Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine plural	H7356 womb
to	אֶת־	’eṯ-	Preposition	H854 with
one	אִ֥ישׁ	’îš	Noun - masculine singular	H376 man
another	אָחִֽיו׃	’ā·ḥîw	Noun - masculine singular construct; third person masculine singular	H251 brother

Zechariah 7:10

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Do not	אַֽל־	’al-	Adverb	H408 prohibition, do not . . ., let not . . .
oppress	תַּעֲשֹׁ֑קוּ	ta·‘ă·šō·qū	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural	H6231 oppress, wrong, extort
the widow	וְאַלְמָנָ֧ה	wə·’al·mā·nāh	Conjunctive waw; Noun - feminine singular	H490 widow
or the fatherless	וְיָת֛וֹם	wə·yā·ṯō·wm	Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine singular	H3490 orphan
the foreigner	גֵּ֥ר	gêr	Noun - masculine singular	H1616 sojourner
or the poor	וְעָנִ֖י	wə·‘ā·nî	Conjunctive waw; Adjective - masculine singular	H6041 poor, afflicted, humble, meek
And do not	אַֽל־	’al-	Adverb	H408 prohibition, do not . . ., let not . . .
plot	תַּחְשְׁב֖וּ	taḥ·šə·ḇū	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural	H2803 think, account
evil	וְרָעַת֙	wə·rā·‘aṯ	Conjunctive waw; Noun - feminine singular construct	H7451 bad, evil
in your hearts	בִּלְבַבְכֶֽם׃	bil·ḇaḇ·ḵem	Preposition-b; Noun - masculine singular construct; second person masculine plural	H3824 inner man, mind, will, heart
against one	אִ֣ישׁ	’îš	Noun - masculine singular	H376 man
another	אָחִ֔יו	’ā·ḥîw	Noun - masculine singular construct; third person masculine singular	H251 brother

Cross-references

Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.

Zechariah 7:9 Micah 6:8 · Psalm 82:2–4 · Proverbs 21:3 · Jeremiah 7:5 · Luke 11:42 · James 2:13–17 · Deuteronomy 10:18–19 · Jeremiah 21:12 · Zechariah 7:7 · Leviticus 19:35–37 · Ezekiel 45:9 · Hosea 10:12–13

Zechariah 7:10 Jeremiah 5:28 · 1 John 3:15 · Proverbs 22:22–23 · Isaiah 1:23 · James 5:4 · Psalm 21:11 · Isaiah 1:16–17 · Deuteronomy 27:19 · Psalm 72:4 · Malachi 3:5 · Proverbs 23:10–11 · Proverbs 3:29

Cross-references from OpenBible.info, used under CC BY 4.0. The best-supported references for each verse are shown.

Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.