and let none of you devise evil in your hearts against his neighbor, and love no false oath; for all these are things that I hate,” says the LORD.
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
Zechariah 8:17 in context
Zechariah 8:14–20
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For the LORD of Armies says: “As I thought to do evil to you when your fathers provoked me to wrath,” says the LORD of Armies, “and I didn’t repent,
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so again I have thought in these days to do good to Jerusalem and to the house of Judah. Don’t be afraid.
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These are the things that you shall do: speak every man the truth with his neighbor. Execute the judgment of truth and peace in your gates,
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and let none of you devise evil in your hearts against his neighbor, and love no false oath; for all these are things that I hate,” says the LORD.
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The word of the LORD of Armies came to me.
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The LORD of Armies says: “The fasts of the fourth, fifth, seventh, and tenth months shall be for the house of Judah joy, gladness, and cheerful feasts. Therefore love truth and peace.”
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The LORD of Armies says: “Many peoples and the inhabitants of many cities will yet come.
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