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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.

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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century
Presbyterian
18th Century

Harder than adamant - The stone, whatever it may be, was hard enough to cut ineffaceable characters. It was harder than flint. It would cut …

Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century
Anglican
19th Century

The prophet implies that true fasting is to loose the bands of wickedness and leave off oppression. But Israel had adopted quite the oppos…

Charles Spurgeon

Charles Spurgeon

CharlesSpurgeon

19th Century
Baptist
19th Century

And rightly so. When God requires what is so just and so commendable, and people will not yield to it, and will not even hear about it, they deserv…

John Calvin

John Calvin

JohnCalvin

16th Century
Protestant
16th Century

The Prophet here, by referring to the fathers, more sharply reproves the Jews of his age, for he saw that they differed little from their fathers.<…

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

Yea, they made their hearts [as] an adamant stone
The word here used is translated a "diamond" in ([Reference Jeremi…

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century

God's judgments upon Israel in the past for their sins were written to warn Christians. The duties required are not keeping fasts and offering sacr…

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