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A Deliberately Hardened Heart
The verse describes a heart that is not just weak, but actively made hard like "adamant stone" (a diamond). Commentators stress this is a deliberate choice. The people hardened their hearts "lest they should hear," meaning they intentionally resisted God's Word because they feared it would change them. This willful rebellion, not mere ignorance, is presented as the ultimate stage of sin.
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Zechariah
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Albert Barnes
On Zechariah 7:12
18th Century
Theologian
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
On Zechariah 7:12
19th Century
Bishop
Adamant stone means a very hard stone; “diamond” is the modern form of the word. “Adamant,” adhámas, meaning in Greek
Charles Spurgeon
On Zechariah 7:11–12
19th Century
Preacher
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…
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John Calvin
On Zechariah 7:11–12
16th Century
Theologian
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
On Zechariah 7:12
17th Century
Pastor
Yea, they made their hearts [as] an adamant stone
The word here used is translated a "diamond" in ([Reference Jeremi…
Matthew Henry
On Zechariah 7:8–14
17th Century
Minister
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…