The Meaning of Zechariah 7:10 Explained

Zechariah 7:10

KJV: 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.

YLT: And widow, and fatherless, Sojourner, and poor, ye do not oppress, And the calamity of one another ye do not devise in your heart.

Darby: and oppress not the widow and the fatherless, the stranger and the afflicted; and let none of you imagine evil against his brother in your heart.

ASV: and oppress not the widow, nor the fatherless, the sojourner, nor the poor; and let none of you devise evil against his brother in your heart.

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CONTEXT: What is the Context of Zechariah 7:10?

MEANING: What does Zechariah 7:10 Mean?

WORDS: What do the individual words in Zechariah 7:10 mean?

RELATIONS: What do the major concepts mean in Zechariah 7:10?

What is the context of Zechariah 7:10?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

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.

What does Zechariah 7:10 Mean?

Context Summary

Zechariah 7:1-14 - The Penalty Of Injustice And Cruelty

During their captivity the Jews observed four feasts. That of the 10th month recalled the first enclosure of Jerusalem by the enemies' lines; of the 4th the capture of the city; of the 5th the destruction by fire of the Temple; of the 7th the murder of Gedaliah. The national life was depressed by this constant memory of disaster. It seemed incongruous to act thus, when the Holy City was rising from the dust. Surely the lamentations which were befitting in Babylon, were out of place now. A deputation was therefore sent to inquire the views of the leaders. Zechariah gave four separate answers to the request. In Zechariah 7:4-7 he suggests that as these fasts had been set up by themselves, they were at liberty to discontinue them, and the main question was whether they were pondering the teachings and warnings of the older prophets. In Zechariah 7:8-14 he implored them not to yield to the obtuseness and disobedience of their fathers, in order that no second catastrophe should cast them back to the disasters they had suffered. [source]

Chapter Summary: Zechariah 7

¹ The captives enquire concerning the set fasts
⁴ Zechariah reproves the hypocrisy of their fasting
⁸ Sin the cause of their captivity

What do the individual words in Zechariah 7:10 mean?

and the widow or the fatherless the alien or the poor not do oppress and evil man Against his brother none let of you plan in his heart

וְאַלְמָנָ֧ה וְיָת֛וֹם גֵּ֥ר וְעָנִ֖י אַֽל־ תַּעֲשֹׁ֑קוּ וְרָעַת֙ אִ֣ישׁ אָחִ֔יו אַֽל־ תַּחְשְׁב֖וּ בִּלְבַבְכֶֽם

וְאַלְמָנָ֧ה	and the widow
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, feminine singular Root: אַלְמָנָה Sense: widow.
וְיָת֛וֹם	or the fatherless
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine singular Root: יָתֹום Sense: an orphan, fatherless.
גֵּ֥ר	the alien
Parse: Noun, masculine singular Root: גֵּר Sense: sojourner.
וְעָנִ֖י	or the poor
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Adjective, masculine singular Root: עָנִי Sense: poor, afflicted, humble, wretched.
תַּעֲשֹׁ֑קוּ	do oppress
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, second person masculine plural Root: עָשַׁק Sense: to press upon, oppress, violate, defraud, do violence, get deceitfully, wrong, extort.
וְרָעַת֙	and evil
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, feminine singular construct Root: רַע Sense: bad, evil.
אִ֣ישׁ	man
Parse: Noun, masculine singular Root: אִישׁ Sense: man.
אָחִ֔יו	Against his brother
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct, third person masculine singular Root: אָח Sense: brother.
אַֽל־	none
Parse: Adverb Root: אַל Sense: not, no, nor, neither, nothing (as wish or preference).
תַּחְשְׁב֖וּ	let of you plan
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, second person masculine plural Root: חָשַׁב Sense: to think, plan, esteem, calculate, invent, make a judgment, imagine, count.
בִּלְבַבְכֶֽם	in his heart
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, masculine singular construct, second person masculine plural Root: לֵבָב Sense: inner man, mind, will, heart, soul, understanding.

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