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39 Isaiah spoke also about why the people could not believe.[a] 40 He said:

‘God has made their eyes unable to see.
He has closed their minds.
So they cannot see with their eyes,
and they cannot understand with their minds.
They will not turn to me, so that I can make them well.’

41 Long ago, Isaiah saw the great glory of Christ. That is why he said these things. He was speaking about Jesus.

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  1. 12:39 See Isaiah 6:10.

39 For this reason they could not believe, because, as Isaiah says elsewhere:

40 “He has blinded their eyes
    and hardened their hearts,
so they can neither see with their eyes,
    nor understand with their hearts,
    nor turn—and I would heal them.”[a](A)

41 Isaiah said this because he saw Jesus’ glory(B) and spoke about him.(C)

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  1. John 12:40 Isaiah 6:10