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10 Do not oppress the widow, the fatherless child, the foreigner living among you, or the poor. Make sure that none of you plan evil in your heart against your brother.

11 But they refused to pay attention. They turned a stubborn shoulder and covered their ears so that they would not hear. 12 They made their hearts like the hardest rock[a] so that they would not hear the law and the words that the Lord of Armies sent by his Spirit through the earlier prophets. As a result, the fierce anger from the Lord of Armies was great.

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  1. Zechariah 7:12 Perhaps diamond or flint

10 Do not oppress the widow(A) or the fatherless, the foreigner(B) or the poor.(C) Do not plot evil against each other.’(D)

11 “But they refused to pay attention; stubbornly(E) they turned their backs(F) and covered their ears.(G) 12 They made their hearts as hard as flint(H) and would not listen to the law or to the words that the Lord Almighty had sent by his Spirit through the earlier prophets.(I) So the Lord Almighty was very angry.(J)

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