Verse 12
Zechariah 7:12
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And they made their hearts like the hardest stone, so that they might not give ear to the law and the words which the Lord of armies had said by the earlier prophets: and there came great wrath from the Lord of armies.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וְ/לִבָּ֞/ם שָׂ֣מוּ שָׁמִ֗יר מִ֠/שְּׁמוֹעַ אֶת הַ/תּוֹרָ֤ה וְ/אֶת הַ/דְּבָרִים֙ אֲשֶׁ֨ר שָׁלַ֜ח יְהוָ֤ה צְבָאוֹת֙ בְּ/רוּח֔/וֹ בְּ/יַ֖ד הַ/נְּבִיאִ֣ים הָ/רִֽאשֹׁנִ֑ים וַֽ/יְהִי֙ קֶ֣צֶף גָּד֔וֹל מֵ/אֵ֖ת יְהוָ֥ה צְבָאֽוֹת
English Translation
And their hearts were hardened to hear the law and the words that the Lord of hosts sent by his spirit by the hand of the former prophets, and there was great wrath from the Lord of hosts.
AI translation from hebrew via gpt-4o-mini
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