Zechariah 7:11 - Compare All Versions

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“But did your ancestors listen? No, they set their jaws in defiance. They shut their ears. They steeled themselves against GOD’s revelation and the Spirit-filled sermons preached by the earlier prophets by order of GOD-of-the-Angel-Armies. And GOD became angry, really angry, because he told them everything plainly and they wouldn’t listen to a word he said.

But they refused to hearken, and pulled away the shoulder, and stopped their ears, that they should not hear.

But they refused to pay attention and turned a stubborn shoulder and stopped their ears from hearing.

“But they refused to pay attention; they were stubborn and did not want to listen anymore.

But they refused to hearken, and pulled away the shoulder, and stopped their ears, that they might not hear.

“But they refused to pay attention; stubbornly they turned their backs and covered their ears.

“But they refused to heed, shrugged their shoulders, and stopped their ears so that they could not hear.

But they refused to listen and pay attention and turned a stubborn shoulder [stiffening themselves in resistance] and stopped up their ears.

“Your ancestors refused to listen to this message. They stubbornly turned away and put their fingers in their ears to keep from hearing.

But they would not listen; they turned their backs on him, and they stopped up their ears rather than stopping to hear.

But they refused to pay attention and turned a stubborn shoulder and stopped their ears that they might not hear.