Isaiah 6:9-11

Complete Jewish Bible

‘Yes, you hear, but you don’t understand.
You certainly see, but you don’t get the point!’

¹⁰ “Make the heart of this people [sluggish with] fat,
stop up their ears, and shut their eyes.
Otherwise, seeing with their eyes,
and hearing with their ears,
then understanding with their hearts,
they might repent and be healed!”

¹¹ I asked, “Adonai, how long?” and he answered,

“Until cities become uninhabited ruins,
houses without human presence,
the land utterly wasted;