“‘Be ever hearing, but never understanding;
    be ever seeing, but never perceiving.’^(B)
10 Make the heart of this people calloused;^(C)
    make their ears dull
    and close their eyes.^[a](D)
Otherwise they might see with their eyes,
    hear with their ears,^(E)
    understand with their hearts,
and turn and be healed.”^(F)

¹⁰ Israel’s watchmen^(A) are blind,
    they all lack knowledge;^(B)
they are all mute dogs,
    they cannot bark;
they lie around and dream,
    they love to sleep.^(C)