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.
Yea, they made their hearts as an adamant - (Ezekiel 3:9; Ezekiel 11:19).
Lest they should hear the law, and the words which the Lord of hosts hath sent in his Spirit by the former prophets - i:e., sent by the former prophets inspired with his Spirit (cf. Haggai 1:13, the Lord's messenger in the Lord's message). Therefore came a great wrath from the Lord of hosts - (2 Chronicles 36:16). Since they pushed from them the yoke of obedience, God laid on them the yoke of oppression. Since they made their heart hard as adamant, God broke their hard hearts with judgments. Hard hearts must expect hard treatment. The harder the stone, the harder the blow of the hammer to break it.