Zechariah Answers Envoys with the Widow and Orphan Nearby

Prompt

Zechariah 7: "Should I weep in the fifth month, separating myself, as I have done these so many years?... Execute true judgment, and shew mercy and compassions every man to his brother: and oppress not the widow, nor the fatherless, the stranger, nor the poor." In the sunlit court of the half-rebuilt temple in Jerusalem, the prophet Zechariah, wearing a simple wrapped sand-coloured head cloth and a brown-and-ochre striped wool mantle, stands large and central, answering two travel-dusty envoys from Bethel in turbans and striped mantles who have come to ask about their fasts; Zechariah gestures gently toward a poor widow and a barefoot orphan boy sitting on the steps by the gate. Warm, bright mid-morning light, pale limestone. The men wear wrapped turbans or head-cloths over their hair. Style: a blend of photo-realism and cinema, like a still from a big-budget film. Bright, rich, saturated, luminous colour, clear daylight or glowing golden light even in dramatic scenes, never murky or muddy, crisp detail, real human faces full of emotion, shallow depth of field, subtle film grain. Simple, uncluttered composition: ONE clear scene from this chapter, with the chapter's main character or characters large, close and central in the upper and middle frame, and a simple background. No montage, no collage, no inset vignettes, no crowd of small figures competing for attention. Historically accurate ancient Near Eastern clothing, architecture and landscape. Keep the bottom quarter of the frame simple and uncluttered (ground, water or sky) so a large chapter number can be set over it. Absolutely no text, no letters, no words, no numbers, no logos, no watermark, no border, no frame.