10 and (A)do not oppress the widow or the [a]orphan, the [b]stranger or the poor; and do (B)not devise evil in your hearts against one another.’ 11 But they (C)refused to pay attention and [c](D)turned a stubborn shoulder and [d](E)stopped their ears from hearing. 12 They made their (F)hearts like [e](G)flint [f]so that they could not hear the law and the (H)words which the Lord of hosts had sent by His Spirit through the (I)former prophets; therefore great (J)wrath came from the Lord of hosts.

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Footnotes

  1. Zechariah 7:10 Or fatherless
  2. Zechariah 7:10 Or resident alien
  3. Zechariah 7:11 Lit gave
  4. Zechariah 7:11 Lit made heavy
  5. Zechariah 7:12 Lit corundum
  6. Zechariah 7:12 Lit from hearing

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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