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12 They made their hearts like the hardest rock[a] so that they would not hear the law and the words that the Lord of Armies sent by his Spirit through the earlier prophets. As a result, the fierce anger from the Lord of Armies was great.

13 When I called, they would not listen. So when they called, I would not listen, says the Lord of Armies. 14 I scattered them with a windstorm, among all the nations which they did not know. So the land was left desolate behind them. No one traveled back and forth through it. They made the pleasant land desolate.

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  1. Zechariah 7:12 Perhaps diamond or flint

12 They made their hearts as hard as flint(A) and would not listen to the law or to the words that the Lord Almighty had sent by his Spirit through the earlier prophets.(B) So the Lord Almighty was very angry.(C)

13 “‘When I called, they did not listen;(D) so when they called, I would not listen,’(E) says the Lord Almighty.(F) 14 ‘I scattered(G) them with a whirlwind(H) among all the nations, where they were strangers. The land they left behind them was so desolate that no one traveled through it.(I) This is how they made the pleasant land desolate.(J)’”

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