Isaiah 6:9-10

Isaiah's Commission from the Lord

9 And he said, "Go, and say to this people:
d "'Keep on hearing, 1 but do not understand;
keep on seeing, 2 but do not perceive.'
 10 e Make the heart of this people f dull, 3
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."

  1. 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.
  2. 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."
  3. Cross References
    Psalms 119:70
    Their heart is unfeeling like fat, but I delight in your law.
  4. 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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