⁸ And the word of the Lord came to Zechariah, saying, ⁹ “Thus says the Lord of hosts, ^(A)Render true judgments, show kindness and mercy to one another, ^10 (B)do not oppress the widow, the fatherless, the sojourner, ^(C)or the poor, and ^(D)let none of you devise evil against another in your heart.” ¹¹ But ^(E)they refused to pay attention ^(F)and turned a stubborn shoulder and stopped their ears that they might not hear.^{[a] 12 (G)}They made their hearts diamond-hard ^(H)lest they should hear the law and the words that the Lord of hosts had sent ^(I)by his Spirit through ^(J)the former prophets. ^(K)Therefore great anger came from the Lord of hosts. ^13 (L)“As I^[b] called, and they would not hear, ^(M)so they called, and I would not hear,” says the Lord of hosts, ^14 (N)“and I scattered them with a whirlwind among all ^(O)the nations that they had not known. ^(P)Thus the land they left was desolate, ^(Q)so that no one went to and fro, ^(R)and the pleasant land was made desolate.”