Zechariah 7:9-13

Zechariah 7:9-13

[9] Thus speaketh  the LORD  of hosts,  saying,  Execute  true  judgment,  and shew  mercy  and compassions  every man  to his brother:  [10] And oppress  not the widow,  nor the fatherless,  the stranger,  nor the poor;  and let none of you imagine  evil  against  his brother  in your heart.  [11] But they refused  to hearken,  and pulled away  the shoulder,  and stopped  their ears,  that they should not hear.  [12] Yea, they made  their hearts  as an adamant stone,  lest they should hear  the law,  and the words  which the LORD  of hosts  hath sent  in his spirit  by  the former  prophets:  therefore came a great  wrath  from the LORD  of hosts.  [13] Therefore it is come to pass, that as he cried,  and they would not hear;  so they cried,  and I would not hear,  saith  the LORD  of hosts: