ZECHARIAH 7:12

KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)

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“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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Zechariah 7:12 Translation & Meaning

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Yea, they made שָׂ֣מוּ To put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically) Yea made
their hearts וְלִבָּ֞ם The heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the center of anything hearts
as (No Hebrew definition. English implied.)
an adamant stone, שָׁמִ֗יר A thorn; also (from its keenness for scratching) a gem, probably the diamond adamant stone
lest they should hear מִ֠שְּׁמוֹעַ To hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.) lest should hear
the אֶת Properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely) the
law, הַתּוֹרָ֤ה A precept or statute, especially the Decalogue or Pentateuch law
and the words הַדְּבָרִים֙ A word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause words
which אֲשֶׁ֨ר Who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc which
the Lord יְהוָ֤ה (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God Lord
of hosts צְבָאוֹת֙ A mass of persons (or figuratively, things), especially reg. organized for war (an army); by implication, a campaign, literally or figuratively (specifically, hardship, worship) hosts
hath sent שָׁלַ֜ח To send away, for, or out (in a great variety of applications) sent
in his spirit בְּרוּח֔וֹ Wind; by resemblance breath, i.e., a sensible (or even violent) exhalation; figuratively, life, anger, unsubstantiality; by extension, a region of the sky; by resemblance spirit, but only of a rational being (including its expression and functions) spirit
by בְּיַ֖ד A hand (the open one [indicating power, means, direction, etc.], in distinction from H3709, the closed one); used (as noun, adverb, etc.) in a great variety of applications, both literally and figuratively, both proximate and remote [as follows] by
the former הָרִֽאשֹׁנִ֑ים First, in place, time or rank (as adjective or noun) former
prophets: הַנְּבִיאִ֣ים A prophet or (generally) inspired man prophets
therefore came וַֽיְהִי֙ To exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary) therefore came
a great גָּד֔וֹל Great (in any sense); hence, older; also insolent great
wrath קֶ֣צֶף Figuratively, rage or strife wrath
from וְאֶת Properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely) from
the Lord יְהוָ֥ה (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God Lord
of hosts. צְבָאֽוֹת׃ A mass of persons (or figuratively, things), especially reg. organized for war (an army); by implication, a campaign, literally or figuratively (specifically, hardship, worship) hosts

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  • 10  And oppress not the widow, nor the fatherless, the stranger, nor the poor; and let none of you imagine evil against his brother in your heart.

  • 11  But they refused to hearken, and pulled away the shoulder, and stopped their ears, that they should not hear.

  • 12  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.

  • 13  Therefore it is come to pass, that as he cried, and they would not hear; so they cried, and I would not hear, saith the Lord of hosts:

  • 14  But I scattered them with a whirlwind among all the nations whom they knew not. Thus the land was desolate after them, that no man passed through nor returned: for they laid the pleasant land desolate.




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