Zechariah 7:11

But they refused to listen. They were obstinate, turning their backs and closing their ears.

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In The King James Version

But they refused to hearken, and pulled away the shoulder, and stopped their ears, that they should not hear.

In Context

10Don't exploit those who are widowed or fatherless, foreigners or the poor. Don't think up ways of mistreating one other.

12They made their minds unreceptive, as hard as stone. They refused to listen to the law or to what the Lord Almighty told them by his Spirit through the former prophets. That's why the Lord Almighty became very angry with them.

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Cross References

Exodus 10:3Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and told him, “This is what the Lord, the God of the Hebrews, says: ‘How long are you going to refuse to humble yourself before me? Let my people go, so that they can worship me.

2 Chronicles 33:10The Lord warned Manasseh and his people, but they ignored him.

Nehemiah 9:26But they completely rebelled against you. They tossed your Law over their shoulders. They killed your prophets who warned them to try and bring them back to you, and they committed terrible blasphemies.

Psalms 58:4They have venom like that of a poisonous snake, and just like a cobra they stop listening,

Isaiah 1:19If you really want this, and if you do as you're told, then you yourselves will eat the best things that the land produces.

Isaiah 28:12He had told them, “You can rest here. Let those who are tired rest. This is the place where you can safely relax.” But they refused to listen.

Matthew Henry on Zechariah 7:9-14

Wilful Disobedience of Israel; Consequences of Disobedience. ( b. c. 520.) 8 And the word of the Lord came unto Zechariah, saying, 9 Thus speaketh the Lord of hosts, saying, Execute true judgment, and shew mercy and compassions every man to his brother: 10 And oppress not the widow, nor the fatherless, the stranger, nor the poor; and let none of you imagine evil against his brother in your heart. 11 But they refused to hearken, and pulled away the shoulder, and stopped their ears, that they should not hear. 12… Read the whole commentary →

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