Zechariah 7:12

Modern English Version

They made their hearts hard like a diamond so as not to hear the instruction and words that the Lord of Hosts sent by His Spirit through the former prophets, and there was great anger from the Lord of Hosts.

Cross References

2 Chronicles 36:13

He also rebelled against King Nebuchadnezzar, who had made him swear by an oath by God. He stiffened his neck and hardened his heart against turning to the Lord God of Israel.

2 Chronicles 36:16

But they continued to jest regarding the messengers of God, despising His word and making fun of His prophets until the wrath of the Lord came up against His people, until there was no remedy.

Job 9:4

He is wise in heart and mighty in strength. Who has hardened himself against Him and prospered?

Psalm 50:17

For you hate instruction, and cast My words behind you.

Exodus 7:13

Nonetheless, Pharaoh’s heart hardened so that he would not listen to them, just as the Lord had said.

Isaiah 46:12

Listen to Me, you stubborn-hearted, who are far from righteousness;

Isaiah 48:4

Because I knew that you are obstinate, and your neck is an iron sinew, and your brow bronze;

Isaiah 6:10

Make the heart of this people dull, and their ears heavy, and shut their eyes; lest they see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and turn and be healed.”

Isaiah 65:12

I will destine you for the sword, and you all shall bow down to the slaughter; because when I called, you did not answer; when I spoke, you did not hear but did evil before My eyes and chose that in which I did not delight.

Jeremiah 17:1

The sin of Judah is written with an iron pen and with a diamond point; it is engraved on the tablet of their heart and on the horns of their altars;

Jeremiah 17:23

But they did not obey or incline their ears, but made their neck stiff, that they might not hear or receive instruction.

Jeremiah 26:19

Did Hezekiah king of Judah and all Judah put him to death? Did he not fear the Lord and entreat the Lord, and the Lord relented of the disaster which He had pronounced against them? Thus we might procure great evil against ourselves.”

Jeremiah 42:21

Now I have this day declared it to you. But you have not obeyed the voice of the Lord your God, or anything for which He has sent me to you.

Jeremiah 5:3

O  Lord, are not Your eyes upon the truth? You have stricken them, but they have not grieved. You have consumed them, but they have refused to receive correction. They have made their faces harder than a rock; they have refused to return.

Jeremiah 7:20

Therefore thus says the Lord God: Behold, My anger and My fury will be poured out upon this place, upon man and upon beast, and upon the trees of the field, and upon the fruit of the ground; and it shall burn, and shall not be quenched.

Ezekiel 11:19

I will give them one heart, and I will put a new spirit within them. And I will take the stony heart out of their flesh, and give them a heart of flesh,

Ezekiel 14:5

in order to seize the heart of the house of Israel who are estranged from Me through all their idols.

Ezekiel 2:4

And as for the impudent and obstinate children, I am sending you to them. And you shall say to them, “Thus says the Lord God.”

Ezekiel 36:26

Also, I will give you a new heart, and a new spirit I will put within you. And I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you a heart of flesh.

Zechariah 1:2

The Lord was very angry with your fathers,

Zechariah 7:7

Were these not the very words that the former prophets proclaimed when Jerusalem dwelt with ease along with her surrounding cities, and when the Negev and the Lowland were inhabited?

Matthew 13:15

for this people’s heart has grown dull. Their ears have become hard of hearing, and they have closed their eyes, lest they should see with their eyes and hear with their ears and understand with their hearts, and turn, and I should heal them.’

Mark 4:12

so that ‘seeing they may see, and not perceive, and hearing they may hear and not understand; lest they should turn, and their sins be forgiven them.’ ”

Luke 8:12

Those along the path are those who hear. Then comes the devil, who takes away the word from their hearts, lest they should believe and be saved.

Acts 28:27

for the heart of this people has grown dull. Their ears are hard of hearing, and they have closed their eyes, lest they should see with their eyes and hear with their ears and understand with their heart and turn, and I would heal them.’

2 Peter 1:21

For no prophecy ever came by the will of man, but holy men of God spoke as they were moved by the Holy Spirit.