‘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.”

“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.”

⁸ Bring out the people who are ^(A)blind, even though they have eyes,
And the deaf, even though they have ears.

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.

‘^[b](A)You will keep on hearing, ^[c]but will not understand;
^[d]You will keep on seeing, but will not perceive;

“^(A)God gave them a spirit of stupor,
Eyes to see not and ears to hear not,
Down to this very day.”