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<span id="v45007008" class="ver">8</span>The word of the <span class="tetr">Lord</span> came to Zechariah: <span id="v45007009" class="ver">9</span>Thus says the <span class="tetr">Lord</span> of hosts: Judge with true justice, and show kindness and compassion toward each other.<a id="ren45007009-b" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en45007009-b">b</a> <span id="v45007010" class="ver">10</span>Do not oppress the widow or the orphan, the resident alien or the poor;<a id="rfn45007010-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn45007010-1">*</a> do not plot evil against one another in your hearts.<a id="ren45007010-c" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en45007010-c">c</a> <span id="v45007011" class="ver">11</span>But they refused to listen; they stubbornly turned their backs and stopped their ears so as not to hear.<a id="ren45007011-d" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en45007011-d">d</a> <span id="v45007012" class="ver">12</span>And they made their hearts as hard as diamond<a id="ren45007012-e" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en45007012-e">e</a> so as not to hear the instruction and the words that the <span class="tetr">Lord</span> of hosts had sent by his spirit through the earlier prophets. So great anger came from the <span class="tetr">Lord</span> of hosts: <span id="v45007013" class="ver">13</span>Just as when I called out and they did not listen, so they will call out and I will not listen, says the <span class="tetr">Lord</span> of hosts. <span id="v45007014" class="ver">14</span>And I will scatter them among all the nations that they do not know.<a id="ren45007014-f" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en45007014-f">f</a> So the land was left desolate behind them with no one moving about, and they made a pleasant land into a wasteland.</p> </section> <br /><h1 class="cn"><a class="xref" href="intro.htm"><span class="ac">Book Introduction</span></a></h1><h1 class="cn"><a class="xref" href="footnotes.htm"><span class="ac">Footnotes</span></a></h1></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Scripture texts, prefaces, introductions, footnotes and cross references used in this work are taken from the <i>New American Bible, revised edition</i> © 2010, 1991, 1986, 1970 Confraternity of Christian Doctrine, Inc., Washington, DC All Rights Reserved. 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