Isaiah 6:9-13
New American Standard Bible 1995
9 He said, “Go, and tell this people:
‘Keep on (A)listening, but do not perceive;
Keep on looking, but do not understand.’
10 “(B)Render the hearts of this people [a](C)insensitive,
Their ears [b]dull,
And their eyes [c]dim,
(D)Otherwise they might see with their eyes,
Hear with their ears,
Understand with their hearts,
And return and be healed.”
11 Then I said, “Lord, (E)how long?” And He answered,
“Until (F)cities are devastated and without inhabitant,
Houses are without people
And the land is utterly desolate,
12 “The Lord has (G)removed men far away,
And the [d](H)forsaken places are many in the midst of the land.
13 “Yet there will be a tenth portion in it,
And it will again be subject to burning,
Like a terebinth or an (I)oak
Whose stump remains when it is felled.
The (J)holy seed is its stump.”
Footnotes
- Isaiah 6:10 Lit fat
- Isaiah 6:10 Lit heavy
- Isaiah 6:10 Lit besmeared
- Isaiah 6:12 Or forsakenness will be great
Isaiah 43:8
New American Standard Bible 1995
Israel Is God’s Witness
8 Bring out the people who are (A)blind, even though they have eyes,
And the deaf, even though they have ears.
Jeremiah 5:21
New American Standard Bible 1995
21 ‘Now hear this, O foolish and [a]senseless people,
Who have (A)eyes but do not see;
Who have ears but do not hear.
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 5:21 Lit without heart
Ezekiel 12:2
New American Standard Bible 1995
2 “Son of man, you live in the (A)midst of the (B)rebellious house, who (C)have eyes to see but do not see, ears to hear but do not hear; for they are a rebellious house.
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Matthew 13:14
New American Standard Bible 1995
14 [a]In their case the prophecy of Isaiah is being fulfilled, which says,
‘[b](A)You will keep on hearing, [c]but will not understand;
[d]You will keep on seeing, but will not perceive;
Footnotes
- Matthew 13:14 Lit For them
- Matthew 13:14 Lit With a hearing you will hear
- Matthew 13:14 Lit and
- Matthew 13:14 Lit Seeing you will see
Luke 8:10
New American Standard Bible 1995
10 And He said, “(A)To you it has been granted to know the mysteries of the kingdom of God, but to the rest it is in parables, so that (B)seeing they may not see, and hearing they may not understand.
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John 12:40
New American Standard Bible 1995
40 “(A)He has blinded their eyes and He (B)hardened their heart, so that they would not see with their eyes and perceive with their heart, and [a]be converted and I heal them.”
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- John 12:40 Lit be turned; i.e. turn about
Romans 11:8
New American Standard Bible 1995
8 just as it is written,
“(A)God gave them a spirit of stupor,
Eyes to see not and ears to hear not,
Down to this very day.”
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