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Zechariah 7:13 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" It has come to pass that, as he called and they refused to listen, so they will call and I will not listen,” said the LORD of Armies; "

Zechariah 7:13

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11 But they refused to listen, and turned their backs, and stopped their ears, that they might not hear.

12 Yes, they made their hearts as hard as flint, lest they might hear the law and the words which the LORD of Armies had sent by his Spirit by the former prophets. Therefore great wrath came from the LORD of Armies.

13 It has come to pass that, as he called and they refused to listen, so they will call and I will not listen,” said the LORD of Armies;

14 “but I will scatter them with a whirlwind among all the nations which they have not known. Thus the land was desolate after them, so that no man passed through nor returned; for they made the pleasant land desolate.”

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Jeremiah 35:17

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"“Therefore the LORD, the God of Armies, the God of Israel, says: ‘Behold, I will bring on Judah and on all the inhabitants of Jerusalem all the evil that I have pronounced against them, because I have spoken to them, but they have not heard; and I have called to them, but they have not answered.’”"

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Jeremiah 11:11

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"Therefore the LORD says, ‘Behold, I will bring evil on them which they will not be able to escape; and they will cry to me, but I will not listen to them."

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2 Kings 17:14

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"Notwithstanding, they would not listen, but hardened their neck like the neck of their fathers who didn’t believe in the LORD their God."

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2 Chronicles 24:19

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"Yet he sent prophets to them to bring them again to the LORD, and they testified against them; but they would not listen."

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Micah 3:4

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"Then they will cry to the LORD, but he will not answer them. Yes, he will hide his face from them at that time, because they made their deeds evil.”"

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John 9:31

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"We know that God doesn’t listen to sinners, but if anyone is a worshiper of God and does his will, he listens to him."

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From This Chapter

Zechariah 7:1

"In the fourth year of King Darius, the LORD’s word came to Zechariah in the fourth day of the ninth month, the month of Chislev."

Zechariah 7:2

"The people of Bethel sent Sharezer and Regem Melech and their men to entreat the LORD’s favor,"

Zechariah 7:3

"and to speak to the priests of the house of the LORD of Armies and to the prophets, saying, “Should I weep in the fifth month, separating myself, as I have done these so many years?”"

Zechariah 7:4

"Then the word of the LORD of Armies came to me, saying,"

Zechariah 7:5

"“Speak to all the people of the land and to the priests, saying, ‘When you fasted and mourned in the fifth and in the seventh month for these seventy years, did you at all fast to me, really to me?"

Zechariah 7:6

"When you eat and when you drink, don’t you eat for yourselves and drink for yourselves?"

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