Isaiah 6:9-10

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⁹And he said, “Go, and say to this people:

^(A)“‘Keep on hearing,^[a] but do not understand;
keep on seeing,^[b] but do not perceive.’
¹⁰^(B)Make the heart of this people ^(C)dull,^[c]
    and their ears heavy,
    and blind their eyes;
^(D)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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Footnotes

Isaiah 6:9 Or Hear indeed
Isaiah 6:9 Or see indeed
Isaiah 6:10 Hebrew fat

Isaiah 42:18-19

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Israel's Failure to Hear and See

¹⁸Hear, you deaf,
    and look, you blind, that you may see!
¹⁹Who is blind but my servant,
    or deaf as my messenger whom I send?
Who is blind as my dedicated one,^[a]
    or blind as the servant of the Lord?

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Isaiah 42:19 Or as the one at peace with me

Isaiah 56:9

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Israel's Irresponsible Leaders

⁹^(A)All you beasts of the field, come to devour—
all you beasts in the forest.

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Isaiah 56:9 in all English translations

2 Corinthians 4:3-4

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³And even ^(A)if our gospel is veiled, ^(B)it is veiled to ^(C)those who are perishing. ⁴In their case ^(D)the god of this world ^(E)has blinded the minds of the unbelievers, to keep them from seeing ^(F)the light of ^(G)the gospel of the glory of Christ, ^(H)who is the image of God.