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Zechariah 7:11

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

KJV

Et noluerunt attendere, et averterunt scapulam recedentem, et aures suas aggravaverunt ne audirent.

Vulgate

καὶ ἠπείθησαν τοῦ προσέχειν, καὶ ἔδωκαν νῶτον παραφρονοῦντα, καὶ τὰ ὦτα αὐτῶν ἐβάρυναν τοῦ μὴ εἰσακούειν,

LXX

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

ASV

וַ/יְמָאֲנ֣וּ לְ/הַקְשִׁ֔יב וַ/יִּתְּנ֥וּ כָתֵ֖ף סֹרָ֑רֶת וְ/אָזְנֵי/הֶ֖ם הִכְבִּ֥ידוּ מִ/שְּׁמֽוֹעַ

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

8 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אָזְנֵ֣י
'zny
noun · 188×
ה
h
verb · 46×
כֶּ֤תֶף
ktp
noun · 67×
ם
m
verb · 1995×
מֵאֲנ֖וּ
m'nv
verb · 41×
נִכְבָּ֔ד
nkbd
verb · 115×
סוֹרֵ֣ר
svrr
verb · 17×
שִׁמְעוּ
shm'v
verb · 1157×

Themes

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 2Tim 4:4 — And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables.
  • Acts 7:51 — Ye stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Ghost: as your fathers did, so do ye.
  • Acts 7:57 — Then they cried out with a loud voice, and stopped their ears, and ran upon him with one accord,
  • Acts 7:57 — Then they cried out with a loud voice, and stopped their ears, and ran upon him with one accord,
  • Exod 7:13 — And he hardened Pharaoh’s heart, that he hearkened not unto them; as the LORD had said.
  • Exod 8:15 — But when Pharaoh saw that there was respite, he hardened his heart, and hearkened not unto them; as the LORD had said.
  • Exod 32:9 — And the LORD said unto Moses, I have seen this people, and, behold, it is a stiffnecked people:
  • Ezek 3:7 — But the house of Israel will not hearken unto thee; for they will not hearken unto me: for all the house of Israel are impudent and hardhearted.
  • Ezek 5:6 — And she hath changed my judgments into wickedness more than the nations, and my statutes more than the countries that are round about her: for they have refused my judgments and my statutes, they have
  • Heb 3:8 — Harden not your hearts, as in the provocation, in the day of temptation in the wilderness:
  • Heb 12:25 — See that ye refuse not him that speaketh. For if they escaped not who refused him that spake on earth, much more shall not we escape, if we turn away from him that speaketh from heaven:
  • Hos 4:16 — For Israel slideth back as a backsliding heifer: now the LORD will feed them as a lamb in a large place.
  • Hos 9:17 — My God will cast them away, because they did not hearken unto him: and they shall be wanderers among the nations.
  • Isa 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.
  • Isa 28:12 — To whom he said, This is the rest wherewith ye may cause the weary to rest; and this is the refreshing: yet they would not hear.
  • Isa 30:9 — That this is a rebellious people, lying children, children that will not hear the law of the LORD:
  • Isa 46:12 — Hearken unto me, ye stouthearted, that are far from righteousness:
  • Isa 48:4 — Because I knew that thou art obstinate, and thy neck is an iron sinew, and thy brow brass;
  • Isa 65:12 — Therefore will I number you to the sword, and ye shall all bow down to the slaughter: because when I called, ye did not answer; when I spake, ye did not hear; but did evil before mine eyes, and did ch
  • Jer 2:19 — Thine own wickedness shall correct thee, and thy backslidings shall reprove thee: know therefore and see that it is an evil thing and bitter, that thou hast forsaken the LORD thy God, and that my fear
  • Jer 6:17 — Also I set watchmen over you, saying, Hearken to the sound of the trumpet. But they said, We will not hearken.
  • Jer 8:5 — Why then is this people of Jerusalem slidden back by a perpetual backsliding? they hold fast deceit, they refuse to return.
  • Jer 8:5 — Why then is this people of Jerusalem slidden back by a perpetual backsliding? they hold fast deceit, they refuse to return.
  • Jer 15:6 — Thou hast forsaken me, saith the LORD, thou art gone backward: therefore will I stretch out my hand against thee, and destroy thee; I am weary with repenting.
  • Jer 17:23 — But they obeyed not, neither inclined their ear, but made their neck stiff, that they might not hear, nor receive instruction.
  • Jer 17:27 — But if ye will not hearken unto me to hallow the sabbath day, and not to bear a burden, even entering in at the gates of Jerusalem on the sabbath day; then will I kindle a fire in the gates thereof, a
  • Jer 29:19 — Because they have not hearkened to my words, saith the LORD, which I sent unto them by my servants the prophets, rising up early and sending them; but ye would not hear, saith the LORD.
  • Jer 35:15 — I have sent also unto you all my servants the prophets, rising up early and sending them, saying, Return ye now every man from his evil way, and amend your doings, and go not after other gods to serve
  • Jer 42:21 — And now I have this day declared it to you; but ye have not obeyed the voice of the LORD your God, nor any thing for the which he hath sent me unto you.
  • Lev 26:15 — And if ye shall despise my statutes, or if your soul abhor my judgments, so that ye will not do all my commandments, but that ye break my covenant:
  • Mal 2:2 — If ye will not hear, and if ye will not lay it to heart, to give glory unto my name, saith the LORD of hosts, I will even send a curse upon you, and I will curse your blessings: yea, I have cursed the
  • Matt 13:15 — For this people’s heart is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes they have closed; lest at any time they should see with their eyes and hear with their ears, and should under
  • Matt 21:32 — For John came unto you in the way of righteousness, and ye believed him not: but the publicans and the harlots believed him: and ye, when ye had seen it, repented not afterward, that ye might believe
  • Neh 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, h
  • Neh 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, h
  • Prov 1:24 — Because I have called, and ye refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no man regarded;
  • Prov 28:9 — He that turneth away his ear from hearing the law, even his prayer shall be abomination.
  • Prov 29:1 — He, that being often reproved hardeneth his neck, shall suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy.
  • Ps 81:11 — But my people would not hearken to my voice; and Israel would none of me.
  • Rom 2:5 — But after thy hardness and impenitent heart treasurest up unto thyself wrath against the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God;