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Selected Verse: Zechariah 7:11 - King James

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Zec 7:11 King James But they refused to hearken, and pulled away the shoulder, and stopped their ears, that they should not hear.

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
pulled away the shoulder--literally, "presented a refractory shoulder"; an image from beasts refusing to bear the yoke (Neh 9:29, Margin).

stopped . . . ears-- (Isa 6:10; Jer 7:26; Act 7:57).
 
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57 Then they cried out with a loud voice, and stopped their ears, and ran upon him with one accord,
26 Yet they hearkened not unto me, nor inclined their ear, but hardened their neck: they did worse than their fathers.
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.
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.
7 For the earth which drinketh in the rain that cometh oft upon it, and bringeth forth herbs meet for them by whom it is dressed, receiveth blessing from God:
8 But that which beareth thorns and briers is rejected, and is nigh unto cursing; whose end is to be burned.
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.
16 For Israel slideth back as a backsliding heifer: now the LORD will feed them as a lamb in a large place.