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Zechariah 7:12

They made their hearts like flint and would not listen to the law or to the words that the LORD of Hosts had sent by His Spirit through the earlier prophets. Therefore great anger came from the LORD of Hosts.

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ASV

Yea, they made their hearts as an adamant stone, lest they should hear the law, and the words which Jehovah of hosts had sent by his Spirit by the former prophets: therefore there came great wrath from Jehovah of hosts.

KJV

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.

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OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וְלִבָּ֞םve.li.Bamand heart theirH3820 →
שָׂ֣מוּSa.muthey madeH7760 →
שָׁמִ֗ירsha.MirflintH8068 →
מִ֠שְּׁמוֹעַMi.she.mo.a'from hearingH8085 →
אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853 →
הַתּוֹרָ֤הha.to.Rahthe lawH8451 →
וְאֶת־ve.'Etand <obj.>H853 →
הַדְּבָרִים֙ha.de.va.Rimthe wordsH1697 →
אֲשֶׁ֨ר'a.SherwhichH834 →
שָׁלַ֜חsha.Lachhe had sentH7971 →
יְהוָ֤הYah.wehYahwehH3068 →
צְבָאוֹת֙tze.va.'Otof hostsH6635 →
בְּרוּח֔וֹbe.ru.Choby spirit hisH7307 →
בְּיַ֖דbe.Yadby [the] hand ofH3027 →
הַנְּבִיאִ֣יםha.ne.vi.'Imthe prophetsH5030 →
הָרִֽאשֹׁנִ֑יםha.ri.sho.Nim<the> formerH7223 →
וַֽיְהִי֙vay.Hiand it wasH1961 →
קֶ֣צֶףKe.tzefwrathH7110 →
גָּד֔וֹלga.DolgreatH1419 →
מֵאֵ֖תme.'Etfrom withH854 →
יְהוָ֥הYah.wehYahwehH3068 →
צְבָאֽוֹת׃tze.va.'otof hostsH6635 →

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2 Chronicles 36:16But they mocked the messengers of God, despising His words and scoffing at His prophets, until the wrath of the LORD against His people was stirred up beyond remedy.Nehemiah 9:29–30You admonished them to turn back to Your law, but they were arrogant and disobeyed Your commandments. They sinned against Your ordinances, by which a man will live if he practices them. They stubbornly shrugged their shoulders; they stiffened their necks and would not obey.Ezekiel 11:19And I will give them singleness of heart and put a new spirit within them; I will remove their heart of stone and give them a heart of flesh,Ezekiel 3:9I will make your forehead like a diamond, harder than flint. Do not be afraid of them or dismayed at their presence, even though they are a rebellious house.”Acts 28:27For this people’s heart has grown callous; they hardly hear with their ears, and they have closed their eyes. Otherwise they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their hearts, and turn, and I would heal them.’Ezekiel 36:26I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you; I will remove your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh.Matthew 18:35That is how My heavenly Father will treat each of you unless you forgive your brother from your heart.”Psalms 50:17For you hate My instruction and cast My words behind you.2 Thessalonians 2:10–12and with every wicked deception directed against those who are perishing, because they refused the love of the truth that would have saved them.Matthew 13:15For this people’s heart has grown callous; they hardly hear with their ears, and they have closed their eyes. Otherwise they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their hearts, and turn, and I would heal them.’Daniel 9:11–12All Israel has transgressed Your law and turned away, refusing to obey Your voice; so the oath and the curse written in the Law of Moses the servant of God has been poured out on us, because we have sinned against You.Ezekiel 3:7–9But the house of Israel will be unwilling to listen to you, since they are unwilling to listen to Me. For the whole house of Israel is hard-headed and hard-hearted.Isaiah 6:10Make the hearts of this people calloused; deafen their ears and close their eyes. Otherwise they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their hearts, and turn and be healed.”Mark 4:12so that, ‘they may be ever seeing but never perceiving, and ever hearing but never understanding; otherwise they might turn and be forgiven.’”Ezekiel 2:4They are obstinate and stubborn children. I am sending you to them, and you are to say to them, ‘This is what the Lord GOD says.’Matthew 13:5Some fell on rocky ground, where it did not have much soil. It sprang up quickly because the soil was shallow.Zechariah 7:7Are these not the words that the LORD proclaimed through the earlier prophets, when Jerusalem and its surrounding towns were populous and prosperous, and the Negev and the foothills were inhabited?’”2 Peter 1:21For no such prophecy was ever brought forth by the will of man, but men spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit.

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