Zechariah 7:12-14

Expanded Bible

¹² They made their hearts ·as hard as rock [like flint] and would not listen to the ·teachings [law; ^LTorah] of the Lord ·All-Powerful [Almighty; of Heaven’s Armies; ^Tof hosts]. And they would not hear the words he sent by his Spirit through the earlier prophets. So the Lord ·All-Powerful [Almighty; of Heaven’s Armies; ^Tof hosts] became very angry.

¹³ “‘When I called to them, they would not listen. So when they called to me, I would not listen,’ says the Lord ·All-Powerful [Almighty; of Heaven’s Armies; ^Tof hosts]. ¹⁴ ‘I scattered them like a ·hurricane [whirlwind] ·to other countries [among all the nations] they did not know. This good land was left so ·ruined behind them [desolate] that no one ·could live there [or traveled through it]. They had made the ·desired [pleasant] land ·a ruin [desolate; a wasteland].’”