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The Book of Zechariah, Chapter 7, Verse 11

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And oppress not the widow, nor the fatherless, the stranger, nor the poor; and let none of you imagine evil against his brother in your heart.
King James Version
But they refused to hearken, and pulled away the shoulder, and stopped their ears, that they should not hear.
American Standard Version
But they refused to hearken, and pulled away the shoulder, and stopped their ears, that they might not hear.
New English Translation
“But they refused to pay attention, turning away stubbornly and stopping their ears so they could not hear.
World English Bible
But they refused to listen, and turned their backs, and stopped their ears, that they might not hear.
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Yea, they made their hearts [as] an adamant stone, lest they should hear the law, and the words which the LORD of hosts hath sent in his spirit by the former prophets: therefore came a great wrath from the LORD of hosts.
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Therefore it is come to pass, [that] as he cried, and they would not hear; so they cried, and I would not hear, saith the LORD of hosts:
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But I scattered them with a whirlwind among all the nations whom they knew not. Thus the land was desolate after them, that no man passed through nor returned: for they laid the pleasant land desolate.
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Again the word of the LORD of hosts came [to me], saying,
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Thus saith the LORD of hosts; I was jealous for Zion with great jealousy, and I was jealous for her with great fury.
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Thus saith the LORD; I am returned unto Zion, and will dwell in the midst of Jerusalem: and Jerusalem shall be called a city of truth; and the mountain of the LORD of hosts the holy mountain.
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Thus saith the LORD of hosts; There shall yet old men and old women dwell in the streets of Jerusalem, and every man with his staff in his hand for very age.
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And the streets of the city shall be full of boys and girls playing in the streets thereof.
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Thus saith the LORD of hosts; If it be marvellous in the eyes of the remnant of this people in these days, should it also be marvellous in mine eyes? saith the LORD of hosts.
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Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Behold, I will save my people from the east country, and from the west country;