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11 But they (A)refused to give heed and [a](B)turned a stubborn shoulder and [b](C)dulled their ears from hearing. 12 And they made their (D)hearts [c](E)diamond-hard [d]so that they could not hear the law and the (F)words which Yahweh of hosts had sent by His Spirit by the hand of the (G)former prophets; therefore great (H)wrath came from Yahweh of hosts. 13 And it happened that just as (I)He called and they would not listen, so (J)they called and I would not listen,” says Yahweh of hosts; 14 “but I [e](K)scattered them with a (L)storm wind among all the nations whom they have not known. Thus the land is (M)desolated behind them [f]so that (N)no one was passing through and returning, for they (O)made the pleasant land desolate.”

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Footnotes

  1. Zechariah 7:11 Lit gave
  2. Zechariah 7:11 Lit heavy, hardened; cf. Ex 8:15; 1 Sam 6:6
  3. Zechariah 7:12 Lit corundum
  4. Zechariah 7:12 Lit from hearing
  5. Zechariah 7:14 Lit stormed them away upon all
  6. Zechariah 7:14 Lit from passing and from returning

11 “But they refused to pay attention; stubbornly(A) they turned their backs(B) and covered their ears.(C) 12 They made their hearts as hard as flint(D) and would not listen to the law or to the words that the Lord Almighty had sent by his Spirit through the earlier prophets.(E) So the Lord Almighty was very angry.(F)

13 “‘When I called, they did not listen;(G) so when they called, I would not listen,’(H) says the Lord Almighty.(I) 14 ‘I scattered(J) them with a whirlwind(K) among all the nations, where they were strangers. The land they left behind them was so desolate that no one traveled through it.(L) This is how they made the pleasant land desolate.(M)’”

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