Zechariah 7:12

They made their hearts as hard as stone so they wouldn’t accept the teaching and the words that the Lord of hosts had sent by his spirit through the earlier prophets. Great was the anger of the Lord of hosts:

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In The King James Version

Yea, they made their hearts as an adamant stone, lest they should hear the law, and the words which the LORD of hosts hath sent in his spirit by the former prophets: therefore came a great wrath from the LORD of hosts.

In Context

11But they refused to listen, and turned a stubborn shoulder, and stopped their ears so they wouldn’t hear.

13I called and they would not hear, so they call and I do not hear, says the Lord of hosts.

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Cross References

Psalms 50:17while you yourself hate correction, and cast my words behind you?

Matthew Henry on Zechariah 7:9-14

Wilful Disobedience of Israel; Consequences of Disobedience. ( b. c. 520.) 8 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 every man to his brother: 10 And oppress not the widow, nor the fatherless, the stranger, nor the poor; and let none of you imagine evil against his brother in your heart. 11 But they refused to hearken, and pulled away the shoulder, and stopped their ears, that they should not hear. 12… Read the whole commentary →

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