Zechariah 7:13

13 'Thus, just as I called and they would not hear, so they will call and I will not hear,' says Yahweh of hosts.

Zechariah 7:13 Meaning and Commentary

Zechariah 7:13

Therefore it is come to pass, [that] as he cried
The Lord by the former prophets called them to repentance and obedience: and they would not hear;
his words, nor obey his voice: so they cried:
when they were besieged in Jerusalem, and were carried captive into Babylon: and I would not hear, saith the Lord of hosts;
so as to deliver them out of the hands of their enemies; see ( Proverbs 1:24-28 ) .

Zechariah 7:13 In-Context

11 But they refused to listen, and turned a stubborn shoulder and {stopped their ears from listening}.

12 {They made their hearts adamant} in order not to hear the law and the words that Yahweh of hosts had sent by his spirit through the former prophets; [therefore] great wrath came from Yahweh of hosts.

13 'Thus, just as I called and they would not hear, so they will call and I will not hear,' says Yahweh of hosts.

14 'And I scattered them with a wind among all the nations that they had not known; the land was made desolate behind them-- no one crossing through [it] or returning--and they made the desirable land a desolation.'"

Footnotes

• [a] Hebrew "he called" (but still referring to Yahweh)