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Zechariah 8:16

Zechariah 8:16

The Pulpit Commentary · Joseph S. Exell and contributors · Public Domain

These are the things. To secure the fulfilment of the promise of good, they must do the will of God (. etc.). Truth. This was to be observed in all conversation and transactions with their neighbours.

St. Paul quotes this injunction (). Execute the judgment of truth and peace; literally, judge ye truth and the judgment of peace. So the Septuagint and Vulgate. Practise perfect equity in judgments, and so decide, according to truth and justice, as to secure peace and concord between the parties concerned.

In your gates. Where the judges sat, and justice was administered (; ; see note on ).

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