Parallel Verses
Amplified
But they refused to listen and pay attention and turned a stubborn shoulder [stiffening themselves in resistance] and stopped up their ears.
New American Standard Bible
But they
King James Version
But they refused to hearken, and pulled away the shoulder, and stopped their ears, that they should not hear.
Holman Bible
But they refused to pay attention
International Standard Version
But they refused to pay attention, turned their backs, and stopped listening.
A Conservative Version
But they refused to hearken, and pulled away the shoulder, and stopped their ears, that they might not hear.
American Standard Version
But they refused to hearken, and pulled away the shoulder, and stopped their ears, that they might not hear.
Bible in Basic English
But they would not give attention, turning their backs and stopping their ears from hearing;
Darby Translation
But they refused to hearken, and turned a rebellious shoulder, and made their ears heavy, that they should not hear.
Julia Smith Translation
And they will refuse to attend, and they will give a stubborn shoulder, and their ears they made heavy from hearing.
King James 2000
But they refused to hearken, and shrugged the shoulder, and stopped their ears, that they should not hear.
Lexham Expanded Bible
But they refused to listen, and turned a stubborn shoulder and {stopped their ears from listening}.
Modern King James verseion
But they refused to listen, and gave a stubborn shoulder, and made heavy their ears from hearing.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Nevertheless, they would not take heed, but turned their backs and stopped their ears, that they should not hear.
NET Bible
"But they refused to pay attention, turning away stubbornly and stopping their ears so they could not hear.
New Heart English Bible
But they refused to listen, and turned their backs, and stopped their ears, that they might not hear.
The Emphasized Bible
Howbeit they refused to give heed, but put forth a rebellious shoulder, - and, their ears, made they hard of hearing, that they might not hear;
Webster
But they refused to hearken, and withdrew the shoulder, and stopped their ears, that they should not hear.
World English Bible
But they refused to listen, and turned their backs, and stopped their ears, that they might not hear.
Youngs Literal Translation
And they refuse to attend, And they give a refractory shoulder, And their ears have made heavy against hearing.
Themes
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
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Zechariah 7:11
Verse Info
Context Readings
Disobedience And Fasting
10 and do not oppress or exploit the widow or the fatherless, the stranger or the poor; and do not devise or even imagine evil in your hearts against one another.’ 11 But they refused to listen and pay attention and turned a stubborn shoulder [stiffening themselves in resistance] and stopped up their ears. 12 They made their hearts [hard] like flint, so that they could not hear the law and the words which the Lord of hosts had sent by His Spirit through the former prophets. Therefore great wrath came from the Lord of hosts.
Cross References
Nehemiah 9:29
And You admonished them and warned them to turn them back to Your law.
Yet they acted presumptuously and arrogantly and did not heed Your commandments, but sinned against Your ordinances,
Which by keeping, a man will live.
But they turned a stubborn shoulder, stiffened their neck, and would not listen.
Jeremiah 8:5
“Why then has this people of Jerusalem
Turned away with a perpetual turning away [from Me]?
They hold tightly to
They refuse to repent and return [to God].
Hosea 4:16
For Israel is stubborn,
Like a stubborn heifer.
Can the Lord now pasture them
Like a lamb in a large field?
Zechariah 1:4
Do not be like your fathers, to whom the former prophets proclaimed, ‘Thus says the Lord of hosts, “Repent [that is, change your way of thinking] and return now from your evil way [of life] and from your evil deeds.”’ But they did not listen or pay attention to Me,” declares the Lord.
Exodus 10:3
So Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and said to him, “Thus says the Lord, the God of the Hebrews: ‘How long will you refuse to humble yourself before Me? Let My people go, so that they may serve Me.
2 Kings 17:13-15
Yet the Lord warned Israel and Judah through all His prophets and every seer, saying, “Turn from your evil ways and keep My commandments and My statutes, in accordance with all the Law which I commanded your fathers, and which I sent to you by My servants the prophets.”
2 Chronicles 33:10
Now the Lord spoke to Manasseh and to his people, but they paid no attention.
Nehemiah 9:17
“They refused to listen and obey,
And did not remember Your wondrous acts which You had performed among them;
So they stiffened their necks and [in their rebellion] appointed a leader in order to return them to slavery in Egypt.
But You are a God of forgiveness,
Gracious and merciful and compassionate,
And You did not abandon them.
Nehemiah 9:26
“Yet they were disobedient and rebelled against You,
And cast Your law behind their backs
And killed Your prophets who warned them
To return to You;
And they committed great [and contemptible] blasphemies.
Psalm 58:4-5
Their poison is like the venom of a serpent;
They are like the deaf horned viper that stops up its ear,
Proverbs 1:24-32
“Because I called and you refused [to answer],
I stretched out my hand and no one has paid attention [to my offer];
Isaiah 1:19-20
“If you are willing and obedient,
You shall eat the best of the land;
Isaiah 6:10
“Make the heart of this people insensitive,
Their ears dull,
And their eyes dim,
Otherwise they might see with their eyes,
Hear with their ears,
Understand with their hearts,
And return and be healed.”
Jeremiah 6:16-17
Thus says the Lord,
“Stand by the roads and look; ask for the ancient paths,
Where the good way is; then walk in it,
And you will find rest for your souls.
But they said, ‘We will not walk in it!’
Jeremiah 7:24
But they did not obey Me or bend their ear [to hear Me], but followed the counsels and the stubbornness of their [own] evil heart (mind), and [they turned and] went backward instead of forward.
Jeremiah 11:10
They have returned to the wickedness of their ancestors who refused to hear My words; they have followed other gods [in order] to serve them. The house of Israel and the house of Judah have broken My [solemn] covenant which I made with their fathers.”
Jeremiah 13:10
These wicked and malevolent people, who refuse to listen to My words, who walk in the stubborn way of their heart and have followed other gods [which are nothing—just man-made carvings] to serve them and to worship them, let them be just like this waistband which is completely worthless.
Jeremiah 17:23
Yet they would not listen and obey and control their behavior; but they were stiff-necked in order not to hear and take instruction.
Jeremiah 26:5-6
and listen and follow [carefully] the words of My servants the prophets, whom I have been sending to you repeatedly—though you have not listened—
Jeremiah 35:15
I have also sent to you all My servants the prophets, sending them repeatedly, saying, ‘Let every one of you turn now from his evil way and alter your behavior, and do not follow other gods to worship and serve them; and then you will live in the land which I have given to you and to your forefathers. But you have not submitted or listened to Me.
Jeremiah 36:31
I will also punish him and his descendants and his servants for their wickedness, and I will bring on them and the inhabitants of Jerusalem and the men of Judah all the destruction that I have declared against them—but they would not listen.”’”
Jeremiah 44:16
“As for the word (message) that you have spoken to us in the name of the Lord, we are not going to listen to you.
Ezekiel 3:7
yet the house of Israel will not be willing to listen to you and obey you, since they are not willing to listen to Me and obey Me, for the entire house of Israel is stubborn and obstinate.
Daniel 9:5
we have sinned and committed wrong, and have behaved wickedly and have rebelled, turning away from Your commandments and ordinances.
Zephaniah 3:2
She did not listen and heed the voice [of God];
She accepted no correction.
She did not trust in the Lord [but trusted her own power];
She did not draw near to her God [but to the pagan gods of Baal or Molech].
Acts 7:51
“You stiff-necked and stubborn people, uncircumcised in heart and ears, you are always actively resisting the Holy Spirit. You are doing just as your fathers did.
Acts 7:57
But they shouted with loud voices, and covered their ears and together rushed at him [considering him guilty of blasphemy].
Hebrews 10:38-39
But My righteous one [the one justified by faith] shall live by faith [respecting man’s relationship to God and trusting Him];
And if he draws back [shrinking in fear], My soul has no delight in him.
Hebrews 12:25
See to it that you do not refuse [to listen to] Him who is speaking [to you now]. For if those [sons of Israel] did not escape when they refused [to listen to] him who warned them on earth [revealing God’s will], how much less will we escape if we turn our backs on Him who warns from heaven?