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10     Make their hearts hard, their ears deaf, and their eyes blind.
        Otherwise, they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears,
    Understand with their hearts, and then turn and be healed.[a]

11 Isaiah: How long, Lord?

Eternal One: Until cities are in ruins, the houses sit empty,
        and the land has become a wasteland.

12 You see, the Eternal has determined to move the people far away;
    place after place will be completely abandoned.

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10 Make the heart of this people calloused;(A)
    make their ears dull
    and close their eyes.[a](B)
Otherwise they might see with their eyes,
    hear with their ears,(C)
    understand with their hearts,
and turn and be healed.”(D)

11 Then I said, “For how long, Lord?”(E)

And he answered:

“Until the cities lie ruined(F)
    and without inhabitant,
until the houses are left deserted(G)
    and the fields ruined and ravaged,(H)
12 until the Lord has sent everyone far away(I)
    and the land is utterly forsaken.(J)

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 6:10 Hebrew; Septuagint ‘You will be ever hearing, but never understanding; / you will be ever seeing, but never perceiving.’ / 10 This people’s heart has become calloused; / they hardly hear with their ears, / and they have closed their eyes