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Zechariah 7:13

New American Bible - revised edition

Just as when I called out and they did not listen, so they will call out and I will not listen, says the Lord of hosts.

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Those who shut their ears to the cry of the poor will themselves call out and not be answered.

Those who turn their ears from hearing instruction, even their prayer is an abomination.

When you spread out your hands, I will close my eyes to you; Though you pray the more, I will not listen. Your hands are full of blood!

Why was no one there when I came? Why did no one answer when I called? Is my hand too short to ransom? Have I not the strength to deliver? See, with my rebuke I dry up the sea, I turn rivers into wilderness; Their fish rot for lack of water, and die of thirst.

They have returned to the crimes of their ancestors who refused to obey my words. They also have followed and served other gods; the house of Israel and the house of Judah have broken the covenant I made with their ancestors.

Therefore, thus says the Lord: See, I am bringing upon them a disaster they cannot escape. Though they cry out to me, I will not listen to them.

Now, you must not intercede for this people; do not raise on their behalf a cry or prayer! I will not listen when they call to me in the time of their disaster.

If they fast, I will not listen to their supplication. If they sacrifice burnt offerings or grain offerings, I will take no pleasure in them. Rather, I will destroy them with the sword, famine, and plague.

Judah mourns, her gates are lifeless; They are bowed to the ground, and the outcry of Jerusalem goes up.

When you speak all these words to them, they will not listen to you either. When you call to them, they will not answer you.

You wrapped yourself in a cloud, which no prayer could pierce.

Son of man, these men keep the memory of their idols alive in their hearts, setting the stumbling block of their sin before them. Should I allow myself to be consulted by them?

Son of man, speak to the elders of Israel and say to them: Thus says the Lord God: Have you come to consult me? As I live, I will not allow myself to be consulted by you!—oracle of the Lord God.

Therefore I in turn will act furiously: my eye will not spare, nor will I take pity. Even if they cry out in a loud voice for me to hear, I shall not listen to them.

When they cry to the Lord, he will not answer them; He will hide his face from them at that time, because of the evil they have done.

After the master of the house has arisen and locked the door, then will you stand outside knocking and saying, ‘Lord, open the door for us.’ He will say to you in reply, ‘I do not know where you are from.’

You ask but do not receive, because you ask wrongly, to spend it on your passions.




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