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Zechariah 7:12

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

They made their hearts like a rock so as not to obey the law or the words that the Lord of Armies had sent by his Spirit through the earlier prophets.  Therefore intense anger came from the Lord of Armies.

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I will give them integrity of  heart  and put a new spirit within them; I will remove their heart of stone  from their bodies  and give them a heart of flesh,


But they kept ridiculing God’s messengers,  despising his words,  and scoffing at his prophets, until the Lord’s wrath was so stirred up against his people that there was no remedy.


For the hearts of these people have grown callous, their ears are hard of hearing, and they have shut their eyes; otherwise they might see with their eyes and hear with their ears, understand with their heart and turn, and I would heal them.   ,


I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you;  I will remove your heart of stone  and give you a heart of flesh.


so that they may indeed look, and yet not perceive; they may indeed listen, and yet not understand; otherwise, they might turn back and be forgiven.’   ,,


For this people’s heart has grown callous; their ears are hard of hearing, and they have shut their eyes; otherwise they might see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their hearts, and turn back – and I would heal them.   ,


The descendants are obstinate  and hard-hearted.  I am sending you to them, and you must say to them, “This is what the Lord God says.”


Make the minds  of these people dull; deafen their ears and blind their eyes; otherwise they might see with their eyes and hear with their ears, understand with their minds, turn back, and be healed.


because no prophecy ever came by the will of man;  instead, men spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit.


The seed along the path are those who have heard and then the devil comes and takes away the word from their hearts, so that they may not believe and be saved.


Aren’t these the words that the Lord proclaimed through the earlier prophets when Jerusalem was inhabited and secure,  along with its surrounding cities, and when the southern region and the Judean foothills were inhabited? ’


Did King Hezekiah of Judah and all the people of Judah put him to death? Did not the king fear the Lord and plead for the Lord’s favour,  , and did not the Lord relent concerning the disaster he had pronounced against them?  We are about to bring a terrible disaster on ourselves! ’


The sin of Judah is inscribed with an iron stylus. With a diamond point it is engraved on the tablet of their hearts and on the horns of their   altars,


Lord, don’t your eyes look for faithfulness? You have struck them, but they felt no pain. You finished them off, but they refused to accept discipline. They made their faces harder than rock, and they refused to return.


Because I know that you are stubborn, and your neck is iron and your forehead bronze,


God is wise  and all-powerful. Who has opposed him and come out unharmed?


He also rebelled against  King Nebuchadnezzar who had made him swear allegiance by God. He became obstinate  , and hardened his heart against returning to the Lord, the God of Israel.


Listen to me, you hard-hearted, far removed from justice:


so that I may take hold of the house of Israel by their hearts. They are all estranged from me because of their idols.”


However, Pharaoh’s heart was hard,  and he did not listen to them, as the Lord had said.


I will destine you for the sword, and all of you will kneel down to be slaughtered, because I called and you did not answer, I spoke and you did not hear; you did what was evil in my sight and chose what I did not delight in.’


Therefore, this is what the Lord God says: ‘Look, my anger #– #my burning wrath #– #is about to be poured out on this place,  on people and animals, on the tree of the field, and on the produce of the land. My wrath will burn and not be quenched.’


They wouldn’t listen or pay attention but became obstinate,  not listening or accepting discipline.


For I have told you today, but you have not obeyed the Lord your God in everything he has sent me to tell you.


‘The Lord was extremely angry with your ancestors.





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