Zechariah 7:12

Good News Translation

and made their hearts as hard as rock. Because they would not listen to the teaching which I sent through the prophets who lived long ago, I became very angry.

Cross References

2 Chronicles 36:13

Zedekiah rebelled against King Nebuchadnezzar, who had forced him to swear in God's name that he would be loyal. He stubbornly refused to repent and return to the Lord, the God of Israel.

2 Chronicles 36:16

But they made fun of God's messengers, ignoring his words and laughing at his prophets, until at last the Lord's anger against his people was so great that there was no escape.

Job 9:4

God is so wise and powerful; no one can stand up against him.

Psalm 50:17

You refuse to let me correct you; you reject my commands.

Exodus 7:13

The king, however, remained stubborn and, just as the Lord had said, the king would not listen to Moses and Aaron.

Isaiah 46:12

“Listen to me, you stubborn people who think that victory is far away.

Isaiah 48:4

I knew that you would prove to be stubborn, as rigid as iron and unyielding as bronze.

Isaiah 6:10

Then he said to me, “Make the minds of these people dull, their ears deaf, and their eyes blind, so that they cannot see or hear or understand. If they did, they might turn to me and be healed.”

Isaiah 65:12

It will be your fate to die a violent death, because you did not answer when I called you or listen when I spoke. You chose to disobey me and do evil.

Jeremiah 17:1

The Lord says, “People of Judah, your sin is written with an iron pen; it is engraved on your hearts with a diamond point and carved on the corners of your altars.

Jeremiah 17:23

Their ancestors did not listen to me or pay any attention. Instead, they became stubborn; they would not obey me or learn from me.

Jeremiah 26:19

King Hezekiah and the people of Judah did not put Micah to death. Instead, Hezekiah honored the Lord and tried to win his favor. And the Lord changed his mind about the disaster that he said he would bring on them. Now we are about to bring a terrible disaster on ourselves.” (

Jeremiah 42:21

And now I have told you, but you are disobeying everything that the Lord our God sent me to tell you.

Jeremiah 5:3

Surely the Lord looks for faithfulness. He struck you, but you paid no attention; he crushed you, but you refused to learn. You were stubborn and would not turn from your sins.

Jeremiah 7:20

And so I, the Sovereign Lord, will pour out my fierce anger on this Temple. I will pour it out on people and animals alike, and even on the trees and the crops. My anger will be like a fire that no one can put out.

Ezekiel 11:19

I will give them a new heart and a new mind. I will take away their stubborn heart of stone and will give them an obedient heart.

Ezekiel 14:5

All those idols have turned the Israelites away from me, but by my answer I hope to win back their loyalty.

Ezekiel 2:4

They are stubborn and do not respect me, so I am sending you to tell them what I, the Sovereign Lord, am saying to them.

Ezekiel 36:26

I will give you a new heart and a new mind. I will take away your stubborn heart of stone and give you an obedient heart.

Zechariah 1:2

The Lord Almighty told Zechariah to say to the people, “I, the Lord, was very angry with your ancestors,

Zechariah 7:7

This is what the Lord said through the earlier prophets at the time when Jerusalem was prosperous and filled with people and when there were many people living not only in the towns around the city but also in the southern region and in the western foothills.

Matthew 13:15

because their minds are dull, and they have stopped up their ears and have closed their eyes. Otherwise, their eyes would see, their ears would hear, their minds would understand, and they would turn to me, says God, and I would heal them.’

Mark 4:12

so that, ‘They may look and look, yet not see; they may listen and listen, yet not understand. For if they did, they would turn to God, and he would forgive them.’”

Luke 8:12

The seeds that fell along the path stand for those who hear; but the Devil comes and takes the message away from their hearts in order to keep them from believing and being saved.

Acts 28:27

because this people's minds are dull, and they have stopped up their ears and closed their eyes. Otherwise, their eyes would see, their ears would hear, their minds would understand, and they would turn to me, says God, and I would heal them.’”

2 Peter 1:21

For no prophetic message ever came just from the human will, but people were under the control of the Holy Spirit as they spoke the message that came from God.