⁴⁰ “He^(A) has blinded their eyes and hardened their hearts,
^(B)Lest they should see with their eyes,
Lest they should understand with their hearts and turn,
So that I should heal them.”

^(A)‘Go to this people and say:
“Hearing you will hear, and shall not understand;
And seeing you will see, and not perceive;
²⁷ For the hearts of this people have grown dull.
Their ears are hard of hearing,
And their eyes they have closed,
Lest they should see with their eyes and hear with their ears,
Lest they should understand with their hearts and turn,
So that I should heal them.” ’

^(A)‘Hearing you will hear and shall not understand,
And seeing you will see and not ^(B)perceive;
¹⁵ For the hearts of this people have grown dull.
Their ears ^(C)are hard of hearing,
And their eyes they have ^(D)closed,
Lest they should see with their eyes and hear with their ears,
Lest they should understand with their hearts and turn,
So that I ^[a]should ^(E)heal them.’

^(A)‘Seeing they may see and not perceive,
And hearing they may hear and not understand;
Lest they should turn,
And their sins be forgiven them.’ ”

^(A)‘Seeing they may not see,
And hearing they may not understand.’