Zechariah 7:13

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Summary

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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General references

Psalm 18:41

Jeremiah 29:19

Bible References

As

“Hear, O My people, and I will admonish you;
O Israel, if you would listen to Me!

“Because I called and you refused,
I stretched out my hand and no one paid attention;

“Why was there no man when I came?
When I called, why was there none to answer?
Is My hand so short that it cannot ransom?
Or have I no power to deliver?
Behold, I dry up the sea with My rebuke,
I make the rivers a wilderness;
Their fish stink for lack of water
And die of thirst.

Thus says the Lord,
“Stand by the ways and see and ask for the ancient paths,
Where the good way is, and walk in it;
And you will find rest for your souls.
But they said, ‘We will not walk in it.’

O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the city that kills the prophets and stones those sent to her! How often I wanted to gather your children together, just as a hen gathers her brood under her wings, and you would not have it!

saying, “If you had known in this day, even you, the things which make for peace! But now they have been hidden from your eyes.

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He who shuts his ear to the cry of the poor
Will also cry himself and not be answered.

He who turns away his ear from listening to the law,
Even his prayer is an abomination.

“So when you spread out your hands in prayer,

I will hide My eyes from you;

Yes, even though you multiply prayers,
I will not listen.

Your hands are covered with blood.

Therefore thus says the Lord, “Behold I am bringing disaster on them which they will not be able to escape; though they will cry to Me, yet I will not listen to them.

When they fast, I am not going to listen to their cry; and when they offer burnt offering and grain offering, I am not going to accept them. Rather I am going to make an end of them by the sword, famine and pestilence.”

“Son of man, these men have set up their idols in their hearts and have put right before their faces the stumbling block of their iniquity. Should I be consulted by them at all?

“Son of man, speak to the elders of Israel and say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord God, “Do you come to inquire of Me? As I live,” declares the Lord God, “I will not be inquired of by you.”’

Then they will cry out to the Lord,
But He will not answer them.
Instead, He will hide His face from them at that time
Because they have practiced evil deeds.

Later the other virgins also came, saying, ‘Lord, lord, open up for us.’

Once the head of the house gets up and shuts the door, and you begin to stand outside and knock on the door, saying, ‘Lord, open up to us!’ then He will answer and say to you, ‘I do not know where you are from.’

You ask and do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, so that you may spend it on your pleasures.

General references

They cried for help, but there was none to save,
Even to the Lord, but He did not answer them.

because they have not listened to My words,’ declares the Lord, ‘which I sent to them again and again by My servants the prophets; but you did not listen,’ declares the Lord.