Zechariah 7:8
6 And when you were eating and drinking, were you not doing so simply for yourselves?
7 Are these not the words that the LORD proclaimed through the earlier prophets, when Jerusalem and its surrounding towns were populous and prosperous, and the Negev and the foothills were inhabited?’”
Then the word of the LORD came to Zechariah, saying,
9 “This is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘Administer true justice. Show loving devotion and compassion to one another.
10 Do not oppress the widow or the fatherless, the foreigner or the poor. And do not plot evil in your hearts against one another.’
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- Then the word of the LORD came to Zechariah, saying,
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- And the word of the LORD came unto Zechariah, saying,
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- The LORD’s word came to Zechariah, saying,
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- And the word of Jehovah came unto Zechariah, saying,
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- And the word of Jehovah came unto Zechariah, saying,
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- And the word of YHWH came to Zechariah, saying,
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- Og Herrens ord kom til Sakarias, og det lød så:
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- Og Herrens ord kom igjen til Sakarja, og sa,
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- Og Herrens ord kom til Sakarias, og det lød så: