Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version “But they refused to pay attention; stubbornly they turned their backs and covered their ears. New Living Translation “Your ancestors refused to listen to this message. They stubbornly turned away and put their fingers in their ears to keep from hearing. English Standard Version But they refused to pay attention and turned a stubborn shoulder and stopped their ears that they might not hear. Berean Standard Bible But they refused to pay attention and turned a stubborn shoulder; they stopped up their ears from hearing. King James Bible But they refused to hearken, and pulled away the shoulder, and stopped their ears, that they should not hear. New King James Version “But they refused to heed, shrugged their shoulders, and stopped their ears so that they could not hear. New American Standard Bible But they refused to pay attention, and turned a stubborn shoulder and plugged their ears from hearing. NASB 1995 “But they refused to pay attention and turned a stubborn shoulder and stopped their ears from hearing. NASB 1977 “But they refused to pay attention, and turned a stubborn shoulder and stopped their ears from hearing. Legacy Standard Bible But they refused to give heed and turned a stubborn shoulder and dulled their ears from hearing. Amplified Bible But they refused to listen and pay attention and turned a stubborn shoulder [stiffening themselves in resistance] and stopped up their ears. Christian Standard Bible But they refused to pay attention and turned a stubborn shoulder; they closed their ears so they could not hear. Holman Christian Standard Bible But they refused to pay attention and turned a stubborn shoulder; they closed their ears so they could not hear. American Standard Version But they refused to hearken, and pulled away the shoulder, and stopped their ears, that they might not hear. English Revised Version But they refused to hearken, and pulled away the shoulder, and stopped their ears, that they should not hear. GOD'S WORD® Translation "But people refused to pay attention. They shrugged their shoulders at me and shut their ears so that they couldn't hear. Good News Translation "But my people stubbornly refused to listen. They closed their minds International Standard Version But they refused to pay attention, turned their backs, and stopped listening. Majority Standard Bible But they refused to pay attention and turned a stubborn shoulder; they stopped up their ears from hearing. 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. Webster's Bible Translation 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. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionAnd they refuse to attend, "" And they give a stubborn shoulder, "" And their ears are made heavy against hearing. Young's Literal Translation And they refuse to attend, And they give a refractory shoulder, And their ears have made heavy against hearing. Smith's Literal Translation And they will refuse to attend, and they will give a stubborn shoulder, and their ears they made heavy from hearing. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleBut they would not hearken, and they turned away the shoulder to depart: and they stopped their ears, not to hear. Catholic Public Domain Version But they were not willing to pay attention, and they turned aside their shoulder to depart, and they pressed upon their ears, so that they would not hear. New American Bible But they refused to listen; they stubbornly turned their backs and stopped their ears so as not to hear. New Revised Standard Version But they refused to listen, and turned a stubborn shoulder, and stopped their ears in order not to hear. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleBut they refused to hearken, they rebelled and stopped their ears, that they should not hear. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated And they chose not to listen to me and they made their shoulder rebellious and their ears they plugged that they would not hear OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917But they refused to attend, and turned a stubborn shoulder, and stopped their ears, that they might not hear. Brenton Septuagint Translation But they refused to attend, and madly turned their back, and made their ears heavy, so that they should not hear. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context A Call to Justice and Mercy…10Do not oppress the widow or the fatherless, the foreigner or the poor. And do not plot evil in your hearts against one another.’ 11But they refused to pay attention and turned a stubborn shoulder; they stopped up their ears from hearing. 12They made their hearts like flint and would not listen to the law or to the words that the LORD of Hosts had sent by His Spirit through the earlier prophets. Therefore great anger came from the LORD of Hosts.… Cross References Jeremiah 7:24-26 Yet they did not listen or incline their ear, but they followed the stubborn inclinations of their own evil hearts. They went backward and not forward. / From the day your fathers came out of the land of Egypt until this day, I have sent you all My servants the prophets again and again. / Yet they would not listen to Me or incline their ear, but they stiffened their necks and did more evil than their fathers. Isaiah 6:9-10 And He replied: “Go and tell this people, ‘Be ever hearing, but never understanding; be ever seeing, but never perceiving.’ / Make the hearts of this people calloused; deafen their ears and close their eyes. Otherwise they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their hearts, and turn and be healed.” Jeremiah 11:8 Yet they would not obey or incline their ears, but each one followed the stubbornness of his evil heart. So I brought on them all the curses of this covenant I had commanded them to follow but they did not keep.” Nehemiah 9:29-30 You admonished them to turn back to Your law, but they were arrogant and disobeyed Your commandments. They sinned against Your ordinances, by which a man will live if he practices them. They turned a stubborn shoulder; they stiffened their necks and would not obey. / You were patient with them for many years, and Your Spirit admonished them through Your prophets. Yet they would not listen, so You gave them into the hands of the neighboring peoples. Ezekiel 3:7 But the house of Israel will be unwilling to listen to you, since they are unwilling to listen to Me. For the whole house of Israel is hard-headed and hard-hearted. Jeremiah 17:23 Yet they would not listen or incline their ear, but they stiffened their necks and would not listen or receive My discipline. Isaiah 30:9-11 These are rebellious people, deceitful children, children unwilling to obey the LORD’s instruction. / They say to the seers, “Stop seeing visions!” and to the prophets, “Do not prophesy to us the truth! Speak to us pleasant words; prophesy illusions. / Get out of the way; turn off the road. Rid us of the Holy One of Israel!” 2 Chronicles 36:15-16 Again and again the LORD, the God of their fathers, sent word to His people through His messengers because He had compassion on them and on His dwelling place. / But they mocked the messengers of God, despising His words and scoffing at His prophets, until the wrath of the LORD against His people was stirred up beyond remedy. Jeremiah 25:4-7 And the LORD has sent all His servants the prophets to you again and again, but you have not listened or inclined your ear to hear. / The prophets told you, ‘Turn now, each of you, from your evil ways and deeds, and you can dwell in the land that the LORD has given to you and your fathers forever and ever. / Do not follow other gods to serve and worship them, and do not provoke Me to anger with the works of your hands. Then I will do you no harm.’ ... Acts 7:51-53 You stiff-necked people with uncircumcised hearts and ears! You always resist the Holy Spirit, just as your fathers did. / Which of the prophets did your fathers fail to persecute? They even killed those who foretold the coming of the Righteous One. And now you are His betrayers and murderers— / you who received the law ordained by angels, yet have not kept it.” Matthew 13:14-15 In them the prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled: ‘You will be ever hearing but never understanding; you will be ever seeing but never perceiving. / For this people’s heart has grown callous; they hardly hear with their ears, and they have closed their eyes. Otherwise they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their hearts, and turn, and I would heal them.’ Hebrews 3:7-8 Therefore, as the Holy Spirit says: “Today, if you hear His voice, / do not harden your hearts, as you did in the rebellion, in the day of testing in the wilderness, Jeremiah 13:10 These evil people, who refuse to listen to My words, who follow the stubbornness of their own hearts, and who go after other gods to serve and worship them, they will be like this loincloth—of no use at all. Jeremiah 19:15 “This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: ‘Behold, I am about to bring on this city and on all the villages around it every disaster I have pronounced against them, because they have stiffened their necks so as not to heed My words.’” Ezekiel 12:2 “Son of man, you are living in a rebellious house. They have eyes to see but do not see, and ears to hear but do not hear, for they are a rebellious house. Treasury of Scripture But they refused to listen, and pulled away the shoulder, and stopped their ears, that they should not hear. they refused. Zechariah 1:4 Be ye not as your fathers, unto whom the former prophets have cried, saying, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Turn ye now from your evil ways, and from your evil doings: but they did not hear, nor hearken unto me, saith the LORD. Exodus 10:3 And Moses and Aaron came in unto Pharaoh, and said unto him, Thus saith the LORD God of the Hebrews, How long wilt thou refuse to humble thyself before me? let my people go, that they may serve me. 2 Kings 17:13-15 Yet the LORD testified against Israel, and against Judah, by all the prophets, and by all the seers, saying, Turn ye from your evil ways, and keep my commandments and my statutes, according to all the law which I commanded your fathers, and which I sent to you by my servants the prophets… pulled away the shoulder. Nehemiah 9:29 And testifiedst against them, that thou mightest bring them again unto thy law: yet they dealt proudly, and hearkened not unto thy commandments, but sinned against thy judgments, (which if a man do, he shall live in them;) and withdrew the shoulder, and hardened their neck, and would not hear. Jeremiah 8:5 Why then is this people of Jerusalem slidden back by a perpetual backsliding? they hold fast deceit, they refuse to return. Hosea 4:16 For Israel slideth back as a backsliding heifer: now the LORD will feed them as a lamb in a large place. stopped. Psalm 58:4,5 Their poison is like the poison of a serpent: they are like the deaf adder that stoppeth her ear; … Isaiah 6:10 Make the heart of this people fat, and make their ears heavy, and shut their eyes; lest they see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and convert, and be healed. Acts 7:57 Then they cried out with a loud voice, and stopped their ears, and ran upon him with one accord, Jump to Previous Attend Attention Backs Ears Hear Hearing Hearken Heavy Pay Pulled Rebellious Refractory Refuse Refused Shoulder Stopped Stopping Stubborn Stubbornly Turned Turning WithdrewJump to Next Attend Attention Backs Ears Hear Hearing Hearken Heavy Pay Pulled Rebellious Refractory Refuse Refused Shoulder Stopped Stopping Stubborn Stubbornly Turned Turning WithdrewZechariah 7 1. The captives enquire concerning the set fasts.4. Zechariah reproves the hypocrisy of their fasting. 8. Sin the cause of their captivity. But they refused The Hebrew word for "refused" is "מָאֲנוּ" (ma'anu), which conveys a deliberate and willful rejection. This phrase highlights the conscious decision of the people to reject God's message. Historically, this reflects the persistent disobedience of Israel, despite numerous warnings from prophets. It serves as a reminder of the human tendency to resist divine guidance, emphasizing the importance of humility and openness to God's word. to pay attention and turned a stubborn shoulder they stopped up their ears from hearing Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew But they refusedוַיְמָאֲנ֣וּ (way·mā·’ă·nū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's 3985: To refuse to pay attention לְהַקְשִׁ֔יב (lə·haq·šîḇ) Preposition-l | Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct Strong's 7181: To prick up the ears, hearken and turned וַיִּתְּנ֥וּ (way·yit·tə·nū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's 5414: To give, put, set a stubborn סֹרָ֑רֶת (sō·rā·reṯ) Verb - Qal - Participle - feminine singular Strong's 5637: To turn away, be refractory shoulder; כָתֵ֖ף (ḵā·ṯêp̄) Noun - feminine singular Strong's 3802: The shoulder, side-piece, lateral projection of anything they stopped up הִכְבִּ֥ידוּ (hiḵ·bî·ḏū) Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person common plural Strong's 3513: To be heavy, weighty, or burdensome their ears וְאָזְנֵיהֶ֖ם (wə·’ā·zə·nê·hem) Conjunctive waw | Noun - fdc | third person masculine plural Strong's 241: Broadness, the ear from hearing. מִשְּׁמֽוֹעַ׃ (miš·šə·mō·w·a‘) Preposition-m | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct Strong's 8085: To hear intelligently Links Zechariah 7:11 NIVZechariah 7:11 NLT Zechariah 7:11 ESV Zechariah 7:11 NASB Zechariah 7:11 KJV Zechariah 7:11 BibleApps.com Zechariah 7:11 Biblia Paralela Zechariah 7:11 Chinese Bible Zechariah 7:11 French Bible Zechariah 7:11 Catholic Bible OT Prophets: Zechariah 7:11 But they refused to listen and turned (Zech. 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