8 And the word of the Lord came to Zechariah, saying, 9 “Thus says the Lord of hosts, ^cRender true judgments, show kindness and mercy to one another, 10 ^ddo not oppress the widow, the fatherless, the sojourner, ^eor the poor, and ^flet none of you devise evil against another in your heart.” 11 But ^gthey refused to pay attention ^hand turned a stubborn shoulder and stopped their ears that they might not hear.¹ 12 ⁱThey made their hearts diamond-hard ^jlest they should hear the law and the words that the Lord of hosts had sent ^jby his Spirit through ^kthe former prophets. ^lTherefore great anger came from the Lord of hosts. 13 ^m“As I² called, and they would not hear, ^mso they called, and I would not hear,” says the Lord of hosts, 14 ⁿ“and I scattered them with a whirlwind among all ^othe nations that they had not known. ^pThus the land they left was desolate, ^qso that no one went to and fro, ^rand the pleasant land was made desolate.”