Thematic Bible
Zechariah 7:1 (show verse)
And it came to pass in the fourth year of King Darius that the word of the LORD came unto Zechariah in the fourth day of the ninth month, even in Chisleu;
Zechariah 7:2 (show verse)
when they had sent unto the house of God Sherezer and Regemmelech and their men, to pray before the LORD
Zechariah 7:3 (show verse)
and to speak unto the priests which were in the house of the LORD of the hosts and to the prophets, saying, Should we weep in the fifth month? Should we do abstinence as we have done these so many years?
Zechariah 7:4 (show verse)
Then the word of the LORD of the hosts came unto me, saying,
Zechariah 7:5 (show verse)
Speak unto all the people of the land and to the priests, saying, When ye fasted and mourned in the fifth and seventh month, even those seventy years, did ye at all fast unto me, even to me?
Zechariah 7:6 (show verse)
And when ye ate, and when ye drank, did ye not eat for yourselves, and drink for yourselves?
Zechariah 7:7 (show verse)
Are these not the words which the LORD has published by the former prophets when Jerusalem was inhabited and quiet and the cities thereof round about her and when the south and the plain were inhabited?
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Zechariah 7:8 (show verse)
And the word of the LORD came unto Zechariah, saying,
Zechariah 7:9 (show verse)
Thus hath the LORD of the hosts spoken, saying, Execute true judgment, and show mercy and compassion each one to his brother;
Zechariah 7:10 (show verse)
and do not oppress the widow nor the fatherless, the stranger, nor the poor; and let none of you imagine evil against his brother in your heart.
Zechariah 7:11 (show verse)
But they refused to hearken and pulled away the shoulder and stopped their ears that they should not hear.
Deafness » Spiritual
Desolation » Why desolation comes
ears » Of the wicked » Stopped against God's word
Hearing » Who the lord will not hear
Ignorance » Of God's word » Wilful
Prayer, answers to » Denied to those who » Hear not the law
Rebellion against God » Exhibited in » Refusing to hearken to him
Self-will » Exhibited in » Refusing to listen to the messengers of God
Self-will and stubbornness » Exhibited in » Refusing to hearken to the messengers of God
Spiritual » Crowns » Deafness
Desolation » Why desolation comes
ears » Of the wicked » Stopped against God's word
Hearing » Who the lord will not hear
Ignorance » Of God's word » Wilful
Prayer, answers to » Denied to those who » Hear not the law
Rebellion against God » Exhibited in » Refusing to hearken to him
Self-will » Exhibited in » Refusing to listen to the messengers of God
Self-will and stubbornness » Exhibited in » Refusing to hearken to the messengers of God
Spiritual » Crowns » Deafness
Zechariah 7:12 (show verse)
Yea, they made their hearts as an adamant stone lest they should hear the law and the words which the LORD of the hosts has sent by his Spirit by the hand of the former prophets; therefore came great wrath from the LORD of the hosts.
Adamant » Flint
The call of God » Rejection of, leads to » Temporal judgments
Desolation » Why desolation comes
Hardness (of heart) » Examples of
Hearing » Who the lord will not hear
Ignorance » Of God's word » Wilful
Message despised » Of the word of God
Prayer, answers to » Denied to those who » Hear not the law
Rejection » Of Christ » Of the word of God
Word » As weapon » Despised
The call of God » Rejection of, leads to » Temporal judgments
Desolation » Why desolation comes
Hardness (of heart) » Examples of
Hearing » Who the lord will not hear
Ignorance » Of God's word » Wilful
Message despised » Of the word of God
Prayer, answers to » Denied to those who » Hear not the law
Rejection » Of Christ » Of the word of God
Word » As weapon » Despised
Zechariah 7:13 (show verse)
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 the hosts:
Zechariah 7:14 (show verse)
but I scattered them with a whirlwind among all the Gentiles whom they did not know. Thus the land was desolate after them that no man passed through nor returned; for they laid the desirable land desolate.