Zechariah 7:11 - Easy To Read Version11 But those people refused to listen.\par They refused to do what he wanted.\par They closed their ears so they\par could not hear what God said.\par Féach an chaibidilTuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 176911 But they refused to hearken, and pulled away the shoulder, and stopped their ears, that they should not hear. Féach an chaibidilAmplified Bible - Classic Edition11 But they refused to listen and turned a rebellious and stubborn shoulder and made heavy and dull their ears that they might not hear. Féach an chaibidilAmerican Standard Version (1901)11 But they refused to hearken, and pulled away the shoulder, and stopped their ears, that they might not hear. Féach an chaibidilCommon English Bible11 But they refused to pay attention. They turned a cold shoulder and stopped listening. Féach an chaibidilCatholic Public Domain Version11 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. Féach an chaibidilDouay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version11 But they would not hearken, and they turned away the shoulder to depart: and they stopped their ears, not to hear. Féach an chaibidil |
You warned them.\par You told them to come back.\par But they were too proud.\par They refused to listen to your commands.\par If people obey your laws,\par then they will truly live!\par But our ancestors {\cf2\super [57]} broke your laws.\par They were stubborn.\par They turned their backs on you.\par They refused to listen.\par
Confuse the people. Make the people not able to understand the things they hear and see. If you don’t do this, then people might really understand the things they hear with their ears. The people might really understand in their minds. If they did this, then the people might come back to me and be healed (forgiven)!”
“But if you don’t listen to me and obey me, then bad things will happen. If you carry loads into Jerusalem on the Sabbath {\cf2\super [148]} day, then you are not keeping it a holy day. So I will start a fire that can’t be put out. That fire will start at the gates of Jerusalem, and it will burn until it burns even the palaces. {\cf2\super [149]} ”
I sent my servants the prophets to you people of Israel and Judah. I sent them to you again and again. Those prophets said to you, ‘Each of you people of Israel and Judah must stop doing evil things. You must be good. Don’t follow other gods. Don’t worship or serve them. If you obey me, then you will live in the land I have given to you and your ancestors.’ But you people have not paid attention to my message.
I, the Lord, will punish Jehoiakim and his children. And I will punish his officials. I will do this because they are wicked. I have promised to bring terrible disasters on them and on all the people that live in Jerusalem and on the people from Judah. I will bring all the bad things on them, just as I promised, because they have not listened to me.’”
Yes, the minds of these people\par (the Jews) are now closed.\par They have ears,\par but they don’t listen.\par And they refuse to see \{the truth\}.\par If their minds were not closed,\par they might see with their eyes;\par they might hear with their ears;\par they might understand with their minds.\par Then they might turn back to me and be healed.\par \i (Isaiah 6:9-10)\i0 \par