Isaiah's Commission from the Lord
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And I heard the voice of the Lord saying, "Whom shall I send, and who will go for c us?" Then I said, "Here am I! Send me."
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And he said, "Go, and say to this people:
d "'Keep on hearing, but do not understand;
keep on seeing, but do not perceive.'
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e Make the heart of this people f dull,
and their ears heavy,
and blind their eyes;
g lest they see with their eyes,
and hear with their ears,
and understand with their hearts,
and turn and be healed."
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Then I said, h "How long, O Lord?"
And he said:
"Until i cities lie waste
without inhabitant,
and houses without people,
and the land is a desolate waste,
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and the Lord removes people far away,
and the forsaken places are many in the midst of the land.
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j And though a tenth remain in it,
it will be burned again,
like a terebinth or an oak,
whose stump k remains
when it is felled."
l The holy seed is its stump.
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Cross References
Genesis 1:26
Then God said, "Let us make man in our image, after our likeness. And let them have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over the livestock and over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.
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Cross References
Matthew 13:14 - 15
Indeed, in their case the prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled that says: "'You will indeed hear but never understand, and you will indeed see but never perceive.
Acts 28:26 - 27
'Go to this people, and say, You will indeed hear but never understand, and you will indeed see but never perceive.
Mark 4:12
So that "they may indeed see but not perceive, and may indeed hear but not understand, lest they should turn and be forgiven.
Luke 8:10
He said, "To you it has been given to know the secrets of the kingdom of God, but for others they are in parables, so that 'seeing they may not see, and hearing they may not understand.
Romans 11:8
As it is written, "God gave them a spirit of stupor, eyes that would not see and ears that would not hear, down to this very day.
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Cross References
John 12:40
"He has blinded their eyes and hardened their heart, lest they see with their eyes, and understand with their heart, and turn, and I would heal them."
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Cross References
Psalms 119:70
Their heart is unfeeling like fat, but I delight in your law.
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Cross References
Jeremiah 5:21
Hear this, O foolish and senseless people, who have eyes, but see not, who have ears, but hear not.
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Cross References
Psalms 79:5
How long, O Lord ? Will you be angry forever? Will your jealousy burn like fire?
Psalms 89:46
How long, O Lord ? Will you hide yourself forever? How long will your wrath burn like fire?
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Cross References
Isaiah 1:7
Your country lies desolate; your cities are burned with fire; in your very presence foreigners devour your land; it is desolate, as overthrown by foreigners.
Isaiah 27:10
For the fortified city is solitary, a habitation deserted and forsaken, like the wilderness; there the calf grazes; there it lies down and strips its branches.
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Isaiah 10:22
For though your people Israel be as the sand of the sea, only a remnant of them will return. Destruction is decreed, overflowing with righteousness.
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Cross References
Job 14:7
For there is hope for a tree, if it be cut down, that it will sprout again, and that its shoots will not cease.
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Cross References
Ezra 9:2
For they have taken some of their daughters to be wives for themselves and for their sons, so that the holy race has mixed itself with the peoples of the lands. And in this faithlessness the hand of the officials and chief men has been foremost.
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