Zechariah 7:9
“This is what the Lord of Hosts says: ‘Administer true justice. Show loving devotion and compassion to one another.
Note 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.
Thus speaketh the Lord of hosts, saying, Execute true judgment, and shew mercy and compassions every man to his brother:
Note Execute…: Heb. Judge judgment of truth
“Thus has the Lord of Armies spoken, saying, ‘Execute true judgment, and show kindness and compassion every man to his brother.
Thus hath Jehovah of hosts spoken, saying, Execute true judgment, and show kindness and compassion every man to his brother;
Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- saying
- Zechariah 7:7; Zechariah 8:16, 17; Leviticus 19:15, 35–37; Deuteronomy 10:18, 19; Deuteronomy 15:7–14; Deuteronomy 16:18–20; Psalm 82:2–4; Proverbs 21:3; Isaiah 58:6–10; Jeremiah 7:5, 23; Ezekiel 45:9; Hosea 10:12, 13; Amos 5:24; Micah 6:8; Matthew 23:23; Luke 11:42; James 2:13–17
- Execute true judgment
- Heb. Judge judgment of truth.
- Jeremiah 21:12; John 7:51