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Judge ye the judgment of truth, and do mercy and compassions each to his brother. <A name="11"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/zechariah/7-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>And the widow and the orphan, the stranger and the poor, ye shall not oppress; and ye shall not purpose evil in your heart a man to his brother. <A name="12"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/zechariah/7-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>And they will refuse to attend, and they will give a stubborn shoulder, and their ears they made heavy from hearing. <A name="13"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/zechariah/7-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>And their heart they set a diamond from hearing the instruction and the words which Jehovah of armies sent by his spirit by the hand of the former prophets: and there will be great wrath from Jehovah of armies. <A name="14"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/zechariah/7-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>And it will be as he called and they heard not; so they shall call, and I will not hear, said Jehovah of armies: <span class="reftext"><a href="/zechariah/7-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>And I will toss them about among all the nations which they knew not: and the land was desolate after them from passing through and from turning back: and they shall set the land of desire for a desolation.<p><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Holy Bible Containing the Old and New Testaments; Translated Literally From The Original Tongues by Julia E. 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