“Then this message came to Zechariah from the Lord: ‘This is what the Lord of Heaven’s Armies says: Judge fairly, and show mercy and kindness to one another. Do not oppress widows, orphans, foreigners, and the poor. And do not scheme against each other.
Your ancestors refused to listen to this message. They stubbornly turned away and put their fingers to their ears to keep from hearing. The made their hearts as hard a stone, so they could not hear the instructions or the messages that the Lord of Heaven’s Armies had sent them by his Spirit through earlier prophets. That is why the Lord of Heaven’s Armies was so angry with them.'” (vv. 8-12, NLT)