Zechariah 7:13

Therefore it is come to pass, 1 that as He + 7:13 Hashem called, and they would not hear; 1 so they called, and I would not hear, 1 saith Hashem Tzva'os; 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

Therefore it is come to pass, that as he cried, and they would not hear; so they cried, and I would not hear, saith the LORD of hosts:

In Context

12Yea, they made their hearts as shamir (diamond), + 7:12 i.e., hard as shamir 1 and would not yield in mishma'at (obedience) to the Torah and the devarim 1 which Hashem Tzva'os hath sent by His Ruach + 7:12 Hakodesh 1 through the hand of the nevi'im harishonim; 1 therefore came a ketzef gadol (great wrath) from Hashem Tzva'os. 1

14But I dispersed them with a whirlwind 1 among kol HaGoyim which they had not known. 1 Thus HaAretz was desolate after them, 1 that no man passed through nor returned; 1 for they laid the Eretz Chemdat + 7:14 Jer 3:19 (Desired Land) desolate.

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Cross References

Proverbs 1:24Because I have called, and ye refused, 1 I have stretched out my yad, and no man regarded; 1

Proverbs 28:9He that turneth away his ozen from mishmo'a torah (heeding torah), 1 even his tefillah (prayer) shall be to'evah (abomination). 1

Isaiah 50:2Why, when I came, was there no ish (man [at all] to respond)? 1 When I called, was there none to answer? 1 Is My Yad too short, that it cannot redeem? 1 Or have I no ko'ach (power) to save? 1 Behold, at My rebuke I dry up the yam (sea), 1 I make the neharot (rivers) a midbar (desert); 1 their dag (fish) stink, because there is no mayim, 1 and die of tzama (thirst). 1

Jeremiah 11:11Therefore thus saith Hashem, Look! I will bring ra'ah (evil, disaster) upon them, which they shall not be able to escape; and though they shall cry out unto Me, I will not pay heed unto them.

Ezekiel 14:3Ben adam, these anashim have set up their gillulim (idols) in their lev, and put the michshol (stumbling block) of their avon before their face; should I be inquired of at all by them?

Micah 3:4Then shall they cry unto Hashem, 1 but He will not hear them; 1 He will even hide His face from them at that time, 1 because of the evil way they behaved themselves in their doings. 1

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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