And יהוה spoke to Menashsheh and to his people, but they did not listen.
Zechariah 7:11 - The Scriptures 2009 “But they refused to listen, and they shrugged their shoulders, and stopped their ears from hearing. Dugang nga mga bersyonKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 But they refused to hearken, and pulled away the shoulder, and stopped their ears, that they should not hear. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition But they refused to listen and turned a rebellious and stubborn shoulder and made heavy and dull their ears that they might not hear. American Standard Version (1901) But they refused to hearken, and pulled away the shoulder, and stopped their ears, that they might not hear. Common English Bible But they refused to pay attention. They turned a cold shoulder and stopped listening. Catholic Public Domain Version But they were not willing to pay attention, and they turned aside their shoulder to depart, and they pressed upon their ears, so that they would not hear. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version But they would not hearken, and they turned away the shoulder to depart: and they stopped their ears, not to hear. |
And יהוה spoke to Menashsheh and to his people, but they did not listen.
“And they refused to obey, and they remembered not Your wonders that You did among them, and hardened their necks, and in their rebellion they appointed a leader to return to their bondage. But You are a forgiving Eloah, showing favour, and compassionate, patient, and of great loving-commitment, and did not forsake them.
“But they became disobedient and rebelled against You, and cast Your Torah behind their backs. And they kill Your prophets who had warned them, to bring them back to Yourself. And they worked great blasphemies.
and warned them, to bring them back to Your Torah. But they acted proudly, and did not obey Your commands, and sinned against Your right-rulings, ‘which if a man does, he shall live by them.’ And they gave the rebellious shoulder and hardened their necks, and would not hear.
And Mosheh and Aharon came in to Pharaoh and said to him, “Thus said יהוה Elohim of the Hebrews, ‘Till when shall you refuse to humble yourself before Me? Let My people go, so that they serve Me.
to whom He said, “This is the rest, give rest to the weary,” and, “This is the refreshing.” But they would not hear.
“Listen to Me, you stubborn-hearted, who are far from righteousness:
“Make the heart of this people fat, and their ears heavy, and shut their eyes; lest they see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and shall turn and be healed.”
“And I shall allot you to the sword, and let you all bow down to the slaughter, because I called and you did not answer, I spoke and you did not hear, and you did evil before My eyes and chose that in which I did not delight.”
“They have turned back to the crookednesses of their forefathers who refused to hear My words, and they have gone after other mighty ones to serve them. The house of Yisra’ĕl and the house of Yehuḏah have broken My covenant I made with their fathers.”
This evil people, who refuse to hear My Words, who walk in the stubbornness of their heart, and walk after other mighty ones to serve them and to bow themselves to them, is like this girdle which is completely useless.
“But they did not obey, or incline their ear, and they made their neck stiff not to hear and not to receive instruction.
“But if you do not obey Me to set apart the Sabbath day, and not to bear a burden when entering the gates of Yerushalayim on the Sabbath day, then I shall kindle a fire in its gates, and it shall consume the palaces of Yerushalayim, and not be quenched.” ’ ”
“Thus said יהוה of hosts, the Elohim of Yisra’ĕl, ‘See, I am bringing on this city and on all her towns all the evil that I have pronounced against it, because they have stiffened their necks so as not to hear My words.’ ”
“And I sent to you all My servants the prophets, rising up early and sending them, saying, ‘Turn, each one from his evil way, and make good your deeds, and do not go after other mighty ones to serve them, and you shall dwell in the land which I have given you and your fathers.’ But you have not inclined your ear, nor obeyed Me.
“And I shall punish him, and his seed, and his servants for their crookedness. And I shall bring on them, and on the inhabitants of Yerushalayim, and on the men of Yehuḏah all the evil I have spoken against them. But they did not listen.” ’ ”
“So I have declared it to you today, but you have not obeyed the voice of יהוה your Elohim in all which He has sent me to you.
“We are not going to listen to you in the matter about which you spoke to us in the Name of יהוה!
Hear this now, O foolish people without heart, who have eyes and see not, and who have ears and hear not:
O יהוה, are Your eyes not on truth? You have stricken them, but they have not grieved. You have consumed them, but they have refused to receive instruction. They made their faces stronger than rock, they refused to turn back.
“But they did not obey or incline their ear, but walked in the counsels, in the stubbornness of their evil heart, and went backward and not forward.
“But they did not obey Me or incline their ear, but stiffened their neck. They did evil, more than their fathers.
“Why then has this people, Yerushalayim, turned away in a continual backsliding? They are strengthened in deceit, they refuse to turn back.
in order to lay hold of the house of Yisra’ĕl by their heart, for they have become estranged from Me by their idols, all of them.” ’
“But the house of Yisra’ĕl is going to refuse to listen to you, for they refuse to listen to Me. For all the house of Yisra’ĕl are hard of head, and hard of heart.
But she rebelled against My rightrulings, doing wrong, more than the nations, and My laws more than the lands all around her. For they have rejected My right-rulings, and they have not walked in My laws.’
“We have sinned and did crookedness, and did wrong and rebelled, to turn aside from Your commands and from Your right-rulings.
“For Yisra’ĕl is stubborn, like a stubborn calf. Would יהוה now feed them like a lamb in a broad place?
She did not obey the voice, she did not accept instruction, she did not trust in יהוה, she did not draw near to her Elohim.
“Do not be like your fathers, to whom the former prophets proclaimed, saying, ‘Thus said יהוה of hosts, “Turn back now from your evil ways and your evil deeds.” ’ But they did not obey or give heed to Me,” declares יהוה.
for the heart of this people has become thickened, and their ears are hard of hearing, and their eyes they have closed, lest they should see with their eyes and hear with their ears, lest they should understand with their heart, and turn back, and I heal them.’
“You stiff-necked and uncircumcised in heart and ears! You always resist the Set-apart Spirit, as your fathers did, you also do.
And crying out with a loud voice, they stopped their ears, and rushed upon him with one mind,
Take heed not to refuse the One speaking. For if those did not escape who refused the warning on earth, much less we who turn away from Him from heaven,