And 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.”
11 Then I said, (E)“How long, O Lord?”
And he said:
“Until (F)cities lie waste
    without inhabitant,
and houses without people,
    and the land is a desolate waste,

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 6:9 Or Hear indeed
  2. Isaiah 6:9 Or see indeed
  3. Isaiah 6:10 Hebrew fat

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