Zechariah 7:11

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

But they gave a backsliding shoulder - Like a restive animal, which would not endure the yoke, dull and stupid as the beasts: as Hosea says, “Isr...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

But they refused to hearken, and (l) withdrew the shoulder, and stopped their ears, that they should not hear. (l) And would not carry the Lord's bu...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Zechariah 7:8-14 is probably an amplification of the original address by a later hand and likewise Zechariah 8:1-17 . Both are much like Zechar...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

But they. Some codices, with four early printed editions, read "and ye", showing the Figure of speech Polysyndetion (App-6). refused, &c ....
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

The Prophet here by referring to the fathers more sharply reproves the Jews of his age; for he saw that they differed but little from their fat...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

But they refused to hearken, and pulled away the shoulder, and stopped their ears, that they should not hear. Pulled away the shoulder - From under t...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Pulled away the shoulder— They refused to obey, and turned their backs on instruction. The Hebrew סררת ףּכת ויתנו vaiittenu kateph soreret is lite...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

But they refused to hearken, and pulled away the shoulder, and stopped their ears, that they should not hear. But they ... pulled away the sh...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Warnings From the Past Chs.7 and 8 go together, and were spoken on a date (fourth day of the ninth month in the fourth year of Darius) two years l...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Pulled away the shoulder ] like an obstinate man refusing to listen to good advice, turning away quickly when a hand is laid upon his shoulder: cp....
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

(8-14) The prophet implies that true fasting is to loose the bands of wickedness and leave off oppression. But Israel had adopted quite the opposite...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Pulled away the shoulder . — Better, offered a stubborn shoulder ( Nehemiah 9:29 ), as an ox that refuses to receive the yoke.
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Zechariah 8:1-23 "THE SEED OF PEACE" Zechariah 7:1-14 ; Zechariah 8:1-23 THE Visions have revealed the removal of the guilt of the land, t...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

the Penalty of Injustice and Cruelty Zechariah 7:1-14 During their captivity the Jews observed four feasts. That of the 10th month recalled the...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

The third message of Zechariah was uttered nearly two years later. It was a fourfold answer to an inquiry made by the people concerning the necessity...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

And the word of the Lord came unto Zechariah, saying 9 Thus speaketh the Lord of hosts, saying, Execute true judgment, and shew mercy and compassions...
James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

DEAF EARS AND HARD HEARTS ‘They refused to hearken … they made their hearts as an adamant stone.’ Zechariah 7:11-12 I. I can ‘refuse to hea...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

But they refused to hearken ,..... That is, the Jews, before the captivity, refusal to give heed to the above exhortations, and obey the voice of Go...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

But they refused to hearken, and pulled away the shoulder, and stopped their ears, that they should not hear. Ver. 11. But they refused to hearken...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Thus speaketh the Lord of hosts Or did speak, that is, to your fathers, and thus he speaks to you now; Execute true judgment I often put your fat...
L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

A Question Answered Negatively (vv. 1-7) The visions and prophecies of the first six Chapter s are connected with the eighth month of the second...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Wilful Disobedience of Israel; Consequences of Disobedience. B. C. 520....
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

But they refused to hearken; they wilfully were ignorant, ant, would not consider nor understand. Pulled away the shoulder; next they shift from...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Further Prophecies of Zechariah ( Zechariah 7:1 to Zechariah 8:23 ) These prophecies occur approximately two years after the previous ones demon...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

God Calls The People To Righteous Living Rather Than Religious Zeal and Warns of the Consequences of Refusal ( Zechariah 7:8-14 ). What Zechariah...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.] Zechariah 7:8-14 .] God requires obedience, not formal fastings. The disobedience of the fathers brought judgment upon the nation...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Zechariah 7:1 . And it came to pass in the fourth year of king Darius, that the word of the LORD came unto Zechariah in the fourth day of the ninth...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Zechariah 7:1 . In the fourth year of Darius Hystaspes, in the ninth month, the end of November, a deputation went from Babylon to Jerusalem, a...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Verse 1-8:23 Part II . THE ANSWER TO A QUESTION CONCERNING THE OBSERVANCE OF CERTAIN FASTS . Zechariah 7:1-...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

An Appeal to the Past
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

But they refused to hearken, they were consistently rebellious, and pulled away the shoulder, like an ox who refuses to accept the yoke on his neck...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Pulled away — Withdrew their shoulder from the yoke of the law.

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

Related Commentaries of Zechariah 7:11

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Zechariah 7:11