Zechariah 7:11
pulled away the shoulder—literally, "presented a refractory shoulder"; an image from beasts refusing to bear the yoke (Nehemiah 9:29, Margin).
stopped . . . ears— (Isaiah 6:10; Jeremiah 7:26; Acts 7:57).
9 “Thus says the Lord of hosts:
a‘Execute true justice,
Show1 mercy and compassion
Everyone to his brother.
a‘Execute true justice,
Show1 mercy and compassion
Everyone to his brother.
10 aDo not oppress the widow or the fatherless,
The alien or the poor.
bLet none of you plan evil in his heart
Against his brother.’
The alien or the poor.
bLet none of you plan evil in his heart
Against his brother.’
11 “But they refused to heed, ashrugged their shoulders, and bstopped their ears so that they could not hear.
12 Yes, they made their ahearts like flint, brefusing to hear the law and the words which the Lord of hosts had sent by His Spirit through the former prophets. cThus great wrath came from the Lord of hosts.
13 Therefore it happened, that just as He proclaimed and they would not hear, so athey called out and I would not listen,” says the Lord of hosts.
14 “But aI scattered them with a whirlwind among all the nations which they had not known. Thus the land became desolate after them, so that no one passed through or returned; for they made the pleasant land desolate.”
New King James Version®, Copyright© 1982, Thomas Nelson. All rights reserved.
Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
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