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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11 But they refused to listen, and turned[a] a stubborn shoulder and stopped their ears from listening.[b] 12 They made their hearts adamant[c] in order not to hear the law[d] and the words that Yahweh of hosts had sent by his spirit through[e] the former prophets; therefore great wrath came from Yahweh of hosts. 13 ‘Thus, just as I[f] called and they would not hear, so they will call and I will not hear,’ says Yahweh of hosts. 14 ‘And I scattered them with a wind among all the nations that they had not known; the land was made desolate behind them— no one crossing through it or returning—and they made the desirable land[g] a desolation.’”

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Notas al pie

  1. Zechariah 7:11 Hebrew “gave”
  2. Zechariah 7:11 Literally “their ears were heavy from hearing”
  3. Zechariah 7:12 Literally “They set their hearts like hard stone”
  4. Zechariah 7:12 Hebrew torah
  5. Zechariah 7:12 Literally “by the hand of”
  6. Zechariah 7:13 Hebrew “he called” (but still referring to Yahweh)
  7. Zechariah 7:14 Hebrew “land of desire,” but this could be understood as a land characterized by desire rather than a desirable land