Zechariah 7:11
But they refused to listen, and turned their backs, and stopped their ears, that they might not hear.
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Exodus 10:3Moses and Aaron went in to Pharaoh, and said to him, “This is what the LORD, the God of the Hebrews, says: ‘How long will you refuse to humble yourself before me? Let my people go, that they may serve me.
2 Chronicles 33:10The LORD spoke to Manasseh and to his people, but they didn’t listen.
Nehemiah 9:26“Nevertheless they were disobedient and rebelled against you, cast your law behind their back, killed your prophets that testified against them to turn them again to you, and they committed awful blasphemies.
Psalms 58:4Their poison is like the poison of a snake, like a deaf cobra that stops its ear,
Isaiah 1:19If you are willing and obedient, you will eat the good of the land;
Isaiah 28:12to whom he said, “This is the resting place. Give rest to the weary,” and “This is the refreshing;” yet they would not hear.
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 →