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Isaiah 6:9
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Isaiah 6:9
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9 [a]And he replied: Go and say to this people:
Listen carefully, but do not understand!
Look intently, but do not perceive!(A)
Footnotes
- 6:9–10 Isaiah’s words give evidence that he attempted in every way, through admonition, threat, and promise, to bring the people to conversion (cf. 1:18–20), so it is unlikely that this charge to “harden” is to be understood as Isaiah’s task; more probably it reflects the refusal of the people, more particularly the leaders, who were supposed to “see,” “hear,” and “understand,” a refusal which would then lead to a disastrous outcome (vv. 11–12).
Isaiah 6:9
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Isaiah 6:9
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9 He said, “Go(A) and tell this people:
“‘Be ever hearing, but never understanding;
be ever seeing, but never perceiving.’(B)
Isaiah 6:9
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Isaiah 6:9
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9 And he said, Go, and tell this people, Hear ye indeed, but understand not; and see ye indeed, but perceive not.
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John 12:40
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John 12:40
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40 “He blinded their eyes
and hardened their heart,
so that they might not see with their eyes
and understand with their heart and be converted,
and I would heal them.”(A)
John 12:40
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John 12:40
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John 12:40
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John 12:40
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40 He hath blinded their eyes, and hardened their heart; that they should not see with their eyes, nor understand with their heart, and be converted, and I should heal them.
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Acts 28:26
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Acts 28:26
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26 ‘Go to this people and say:(A)
You shall indeed hear but not understand.
You shall indeed look but never see.
Acts 28:26
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Acts 28:26
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26 “‘Go to this people and say,
“You will be ever hearing but never understanding;
you will be ever seeing but never perceiving.”
Acts 28:26
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Acts 28:26
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26 Saying, Go unto this people, and say, Hearing ye shall hear, and shall not understand; and seeing ye shall see, and not perceive:
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Romans 11:8
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Romans 11:8
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8 as it is written:
“God gave them a spirit of deep sleep,
eyes that should not see
and ears that should not hear,
down to this very day.”(A)
Romans 11:8
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Romans 11:8
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Romans 11:8
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Romans 11:8
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8 (According as it is written, God hath given them the spirit of slumber, eyes that they should not see, and ears that they should not hear;) unto this day.
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