LISTEN UP, RECRUITS! THIS IS ZECHARIAH CHAPTER 7. IT'S ABOUT THE PEOPLE OF JUDAH WHO WANT TO KNOW IF THEY SHOULD CONTINUE TO OBSERVE THE TRADITIONAL DAYS OF MOURNING THAT THEY PRACTICED IN YEARS PAST. SO GOD TELLS THEM 'NO, YOU SHOULDN'T DO THAT ANYMORE. INSTEAD, YOU SHOULD BE MORE CONCERNED WITH BEING JUST AND KIND TO EACH OTHER, AND STOP BEING SO SELFISH AND GREEDY.' THEN GOD TELLS THEM THEY SHOULD TREAT EACH OTHER WITH KINDNESS, DO WHAT IS RIGHT, AND SHOW COMPASSION. THEN HE TELLS THEM TO GIVE GENEROUSLY TO THE POOR, AND TO BE TRUTHFUL IN THEIR DEALINGS WITH EACH OTHER. AND THEN HE TELLS THEM THAT IF THEY DO ALL OF THESE THINGS, HE WILL BLESS THEM AND PROTECT THEM. SO THAT'S ZECHARIAH CHAPTER 7 IN A NUTSHELL. NOW GET OUT THERE AND START BEING JUST, KIND, AND GENEROUS!