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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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Footnotes

  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

11 But they refused to pay attention(A) and turned a stubborn shoulder; they closed their ears so they could not hear.(B) 12 They made their hearts like a rock so as not to obey the law or the words that the Lord of Hosts had sent by His Spirit through the earlier prophets.(C) Therefore great anger came from the Lord of Hosts. 13 Just as He had called, and they would not listen, so when they called, I would not listen,” says the Lord of Hosts. 14 “I scattered them with a windstorm over all the nations that had not known them, and the land was left desolate behind them, with no one coming or going. They turned a pleasant land into a desolation.”

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