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Zechariah 8:17

Old Testament Minor Prophet ASV (1901)

What does Zechariah 8:17 say?

The American Standard Version records this verse as: “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, saith Jehovah.” Read the surrounding verses and the named sources below before drawing broader conclusions.

The verse

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, saith Jehovah.
Zechariah 8:17 — American Standard Version

Context — Zechariah 8

American Standard Version (1901) — public domain. Click any verse for its study page.
14For thus saith Jehovah of hosts: As I thought to do evil unto you, when your fathers provoked me to wrath, saith Jehovah of hosts, and I repented not;
15so again have I thought in these days to do good unto Jerusalem and to the house of Judah: fear ye not.
16These are the things that ye shall do: speak ye every man the truth with his neighbor; execute the judgment of truth and peace in your gates;
17and 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, saith Jehovah.
18And the word of Jehovah of hosts came unto me, saying,
19Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: The fast of the fourth [month], and the fast of the fifth, and the fast of the seventh, and the fast of the tenth, shall be to the house of Judah joy and gladness, and cheerful feasts; therefore love truth and peace.
20Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: [It shall] yet [come to pass], that there shall come peoples, and the inhabitants of many cities;
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What do historical commentaries say?

John Gill's Exposition
John Gill (1697–1771) · Exposition of the Old and New Testament · 18th-century historical commentary
“And let none of you imagine evil in your hearts against his neighbour, etc.] (See Gill on “<380710>Zechariah 7:10”) hatred without a cause was a governing vice under the second temple, and Jarchi says was the cause of the destruction of it; (see <431525>John 15:25): and love no false oath; whereby the character and property of a fellow creature are hurt; nor any vain one, which the Jews were addicted to, (<400534>Matthew 5:34,35): for all these [are things] that I hate, saith the Lord; as being contrary to his nature, and to his law; and is a reason why they should be hated and avoided by men.”
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Jamieson, Fausset & Brown
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown · Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible · 19th-century historical commentary
“all these . . . I hate--therefore ye too ought to hate them. Religion consists in conformity to God's nature, that we should love what God loves and hate what God hates.”
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Barnes' Notes
Albert Barnes (1798–1870) · Notes on the Whole Bible · 19th-century historical commentary
“For all these things do I hate - Literally, emphatic, “For they are all these things which I hate.” This is the sum of what I hate; for they comprise in brief the breaches of the two tables, the love of God and of man. return to 'Top of Page'”
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Tyndale Open Study Notes
Tyndale House Publishers · Tyndale Open Study Notes · Modern study notes
“8:17 In Zechariah’s time, the people of Judah were guilty of the same sins that brought about the Babylonian exile. Such behavior put God’s plans for restoration in jeopardy (see 7:8-10; 8:16). • I hate all these things: God’s hatred of evil (Ps 5:5; Prov 6:16-19) stems from his absolute holiness (Pss 5:4; 15:1; 24:3).”
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Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge
R. A. Torrey and contributors · The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Cross-reference reference work
“let: Zac 7:10; Pro 3:29, Pro 6:14; Jer 4:14; Mic 2:1-3; Mat 5:28, Mat 12:35, Mat 15:19 love: Zac 5:3, Zac 5:4; Jer 4:2; Mal 3:5 things: Psa 5:5, Psa 5:6, Psa 10:3; Pro 6:16-19, Pro 8:13; Jer 44:4; Hab 1:13 Zechariah 8:19”
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