Zechariah 7:8
6 And when ye did eat, and when ye did drink, did not ye eat for yourselves, and drink for yourselves?
7 Should ye not hear the words which the LORD hath cried by the former prophets, when Jerusalem was inhabited and in prosperity, and the cities thereof round about her, when men inhabited the south and the plain?
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 widow, nor the fatherless, the stranger, nor the poor; and let none of you imagine evil against his brother in your heart.
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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- BSB
- Then the word of the LORD came to Zechariah, saying,
- KJV
- And the word of the LORD came unto Zechariah, saying,
- WEB
- The LORD’s word came to Zechariah, saying,
- ASV
- And the word of Jehovah came unto Zechariah, saying,
- DARBY
- And the word of Jehovah came unto Zechariah, saying,
- BLB
- And the word of YHWH came to Zechariah, saying,
- ÅB
- Og Herrens ord kom til Sakarias, og det lød så:
- OTB
- Og Herrens ord kom igjen til Sakarja, og sa,
- B1930
- Og Herrens ord kom til Sakarias, og det lød så: