Zechariah 7:8

THE MESSAGE

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
The word of the Lord came to Zechariah:

Hebrew Names Version
The word of the LORD came to Zekharyah, saying,

King James Version (1611)
And the word of the Lord came vnto Zechariah, saying;

King James Version
And the word of the Lord came unto Zechariah, saying,

English Standard Version
And the word of the Lord came to Zechariah, saying,

New American Standard Bible
Then the word of the LORD came to Zechariah, saying,

New Century Version
And the Lord spoke his word to Zechariah again, saying,

Amplified Bible
Then the word of the LORD came to Zechariah, saying,

Geneva Bible (1587)
And the worde of the Lord came vnto Zechariah, saying,

New American Standard Bible (1995)
Then the word of the LORD came to Zechariah saying,

Legacy Standard Bible
Then the word of Yahweh came to Zechariah saying,

Berean Standard Bible
Then the word of the LORD came to Zechariah, saying,

Contemporary English Version
So once again, I, the Lord All-Powerful, tell you, "See that justice is done and be kind and merciful to one another!

Complete Jewish Bible
Then this message from Adonai came to Z'kharyah:

Darby Translation
And the word of Jehovah came unto Zechariah, saying,

Easy-to-Read Version
This is the Lord 's message to Zechariah:

George Lamsa Translation
And the word of the LORD came to Zechariah, saying,

Good News Translation
The Lord gave this message to Zechariah:

Lexham English Bible
And the word of Yahweh came to Zechariah, saying,

Literal Translation
And the Word of Jehovah was to Zechariah, saying,

American Standard Version
And the word of Jehovah came unto Zechariah, saying,

Bible in Basic English
And the word of the Lord came to Zechariah, saying,

JPS Old Testament (1917)
And the word of the LORD came unto Zechariah, saying:

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And the worde of the Lorde came vnto Zachari, saying:

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And the word of the Lord came to Zacharias, saying,

English Revised Version
And the word of the LORD came unto Zechariah, saying,

World English Bible
The word of Yahweh came to Zechariah, saying,

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And the word of the Lord was maad to Sacarie, and seide, The Lord of oostis saith these thingis, and spekith,

Update Bible Version
And the word of Yahweh came to Zechariah, saying,

Webster's Bible Translation
And the word of the LORD came to Zechariah, saying,

New English Translation
Again the word of the Lord came to Zechariah:

New King James Version
Then the word of the LORD came to Zechariah, saying,

New Living Translation
Then this message came to Zechariah from the Lord :

New Life Bible
Then the Word of the Lord came to Zechariah saying,

New Revised Standard
The word of the Lord came to Zechariah, saying:

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And the word of Yahweh came unto Zechariah, saying:

Douay-Rheims Bible
And the word of the Lord came to Zacharias, saying:

Revised Standard Version
And the word of the LORD came to Zechari'ah, saying,

Young's Literal Translation
And there is a word of Jehovah unto Zechariah, saying:

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And the worde of the LORDE came vnto Zachary, sayenge:

Contextual Overview

¹¹"But did your ancestors listen? No, they set their jaws in defiance. They shut their ears. They steeled themselves against God 's revelation and the Spirit-filled sermons preached by the earlier prophets by order of God -of-the-Angel-Armies. And God became angry, really angry, because he told them everything plainly and they wouldn't listen to a word he said. "So [this is what God -of-the-Angel-Armies said] if they won't listen to me, I won't listen to them. I scattered them to the four winds. They ended up strangers wherever they were. Their ‘promised land' became a vacant lot—weeds and tin cans and thistles. Not a sign of life. They turned a dreamland into a wasteland." ¹⁴"You're Interested in Religion, I'm Interested in People" On the fourth day of the ninth month, in the fourth year of the reign of King Darius, God 's Message again came to Zechariah. The town of Bethel had sent a delegation headed by Sarezer and Regem-Melech to pray for God 's blessing and to confer with the priests of the Temple of God -of-the-Angel-Armies, and also with the prophets. They posed this question: "Should we plan for a day of mourning and abstinence next August, the seventieth anniversary of Jerusalem's fall, as we have been doing all these years?" God -of-the-Angel-Armies gave me this Message for them, for all the people and for the priests: "When you held days of fasting every fifth and seventh month all these seventy years, were you doing it for me? And when you held feasts, was that for me? Hardly. You're interested in religion, I'm interested in people. "There's nothing new to say on the subject. Don't you still have the message of the earlier prophets from the time when Jerusalem was still a thriving, bustling city and the outlying countryside, the Negev and Shephelah, was populated? [This is the message that God gave Zechariah.] Well, the message hasn't changed. God -of-the-Angel-Armies said then and says now: "‘Treat one another justly. Love your neighbors. Be compassionate with each other. Don't take advantage of widows, orphans, visitors, and the poor. Don't plot and scheme against one another—that's evil.' "But did your ancestors listen? No, they set their jaws in defiance. They shut their ears. They steeled themselves against God 's revelation and the Spirit-filled sermons preached by the earlier prophets by order of God -of-the-Angel-Armies. And God became angry, really angry, because he told them everything plainly and they wouldn't listen to a word he said. "So [this is what God -of-the-Angel-Armies said] if they won't listen to me, I won't listen to them. I scattered them to the four winds. They ended up strangers wherever they were. Their ‘promised land' became a vacant lot—weeds and tin cans and thistles. Not a sign of life. They turned a dreamland into a wasteland."

Bible Verse Review
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Reciprocal: Leviticus 10:20 - he was content Daniel 9:6 - have we

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And the word of the Lord came unto Zechariah, saying. Giving him orders to repeat what the former prophets had said, and to urge the same things on the people which they had before rejected, the rejection of which had issued in their ruin.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Instead of quoting the former prophets, Zechariah gives the substance of their exhortations, as renewed to himself.