Then I heard the voice(A) of the Lord saying, “Whom shall I send?(B) And who will go for us?(C)

And I said, “Here am I.(D) Send me!”

He said, “Go(E) and tell this people:

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

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 6:10 Hebrew; Septuagint ‘You will be ever hearing, but never understanding; / you will be ever seeing, but never perceiving.’ / 10 This people’s heart has become calloused; / they hardly hear with their ears, / and they have closed their eyes

And I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, Whom shall I send, and who will go for us? Then I said, Here am I; send me. And he said, Go, and tell this people, Hear ye [a]indeed, but understand not; and see ye [b]indeed, but perceive not. 10 Make the heart of this people fat, and make their ears heavy, and shut their eyes; lest they see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and [c]understand with their heart, and turn again, and be healed.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 6:9 Or, continually
  2. Isaiah 6:9 Or, continually
  3. Isaiah 6:10 Or, their heart should understand