20 “But if you refuse and rebel,
You will be (A)devoured by the sword.”
Truly, (B)the mouth of the Lord has spoken.

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(A)But if you will not obey these words, I (B)swear by Myself,” declares the Lord, “that this house will become a desolation.”’”

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And you will say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord, “(A)If you will not listen to Me, to (B)walk in My law which I have set before you,

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11 But they (A)refused to pay attention and [a](B)turned a stubborn shoulder and [b](C)stopped their ears from hearing. 12 They made their (D)hearts like [c](E)flint [d]so that they could not hear the law and the (F)words which the Lord of hosts had sent by His Spirit through the (G)former prophets; therefore great (H)wrath came from the Lord of hosts. 13 And just as (I)He called and they would not listen, so (J)they called and I would not listen,” says the Lord of hosts; 14 “but I [e](K)scattered them with a (L)storm wind among all the nations whom they have not known. Thus the land is (M)desolated behind them [f]so that (N)no one went back and forth, for they (O)made the pleasant land desolate.”

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Footnotes

  1. Zechariah 7:11 Lit gave
  2. Zechariah 7:11 Lit made heavy
  3. Zechariah 7:12 Lit corundum
  4. Zechariah 7:12 Lit from hearing
  5. Zechariah 7:14 Lit stormed them away upon all
  6. Zechariah 7:14 Lit from passing and from returning