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Zechariah 7:13

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“ ‘When I called, they did not listen; so when they called, I would not listen,’ says the Lord Almighty.

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Whoever shuts their ears to the cry of the poor will also cry out and not be answered.

If anyone turns a deaf ear to my instruction, even their prayers are detestable.

When you spread out your hands in prayer, I hide my eyes from you; even when you offer many prayers, I am not listening. Your hands are full of blood!

When I came, why was there no one? When I called, why was there no one to answer? Was my arm too short to deliver you? Do I lack the strength to rescue you? By a mere rebuke I dry up the sea, I turn rivers into a desert; their fish rot for lack of water and die of thirst.

They have returned to the sins of their ancestors, who refused to listen to my words. They have followed other gods to serve them. Both Israel and Judah have broken the covenant I made with their ancestors.

Therefore this is what the Lord says: ‘I will bring on them a disaster they cannot escape. Although they cry out to me, I will not listen to them.

“Do not pray for this people or offer any plea or petition for them, because I will not listen when they call to me in the time of their distress.

Although they fast, I will not listen to their cry; though they offer burnt offerings and grain offerings, I will not accept them. Instead, I will destroy them with the sword, famine and plague.”

“Judah mourns, her cities languish; they wail for the land, and a cry goes up from Jerusalem.

“When you tell them all this, they will not listen to you; when you call to them, they will not answer.

You have covered yourself with a cloud so that no prayer can get through.

“Son of man, these men have set up idols in their hearts and put wicked stumbling blocks before their faces. Should I let them inquire of me at all?

“Son of man, speak to the elders of Israel and say to them, ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: Have you come to inquire of me? As surely as I live, I will not let you inquire of me, declares the Sovereign Lord.’

Therefore I will deal with them in anger; I will not look on them with pity or spare them. Although they shout in my ears, I will not listen to them.”

Then they will cry out to the Lord, but he will not answer them. At that time he will hide his face from them because of the evil they have done.

Once the owner of the house gets up and closes the door, you will stand outside knocking and pleading, ‘Sir, open the door for us.’ “But he will answer, ‘I don’t know you or where you come from.’

When you ask, you do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, that you may spend what you get on your pleasures.




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