But they refused to hearken, and pulled away the shoulder, and stopped their ears, that they should not hear.
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Gill's Exposition
Therefore it is come to pass, that as he cried,.... The Lord by the former prophets called them to repentance and obedience:
and they would not hear; his words, nor obey his voice:
so they cried:…
Barnes' Notes
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, “Israel slideth back like a backsliding heifer” Hos 4:16.…
Adam Clarke
Pulled away the shoulder - From under the yoke of the law, like an unbroken or restive bullock in the plough.
What was said Zac 7:7, that they should have heard the words of the former prophets, is here enlarged upon, for warning to these hypocritical enquirers, who continued their sins when they asked with…
Cambridge Bible
pulled away the shoulder Neh 9:29; Hos 4:16.
stopped Lit. made heavy, i.e. dull. Comp. Isa 6:10. The same word is used of the eyes, Gen 48:10, and of the tongue, Exo 4:10.
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