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Isaiah 29:10
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Isaiah 29:10
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10 (A)For the Lord has poured out upon you
a spirit of deep sleep,
and has closed your eyes (the prophets),
and covered your heads (the seers).
Isaiah 29:10
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Isaiah 29:10
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Romans 11:8
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Romans 11:8
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8 as it is written,
(A)“God gave them a spirit of stupor,
(B)eyes that would not see
and ears that would not hear,
down to this very day.”
Romans 11:8
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Romans 11:8
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Isaiah 44:18
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Isaiah 44:18
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18 They know not, nor do they discern, for he has shut their eyes, so that they cannot see, and their hearts, so that they cannot understand.
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Isaiah 44:18
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Isaiah 44:18
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2 Thessalonians 2:9-12
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2 Thessalonians 2:9-12
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9 The coming of the lawless one is by the activity of Satan (A)with all power and false signs and wonders, 10 and with all wicked deception for (B)those who are perishing, because they refused to love the truth and so be saved. 11 Therefore (C)God sends them a strong delusion, so that they may believe (D)what is false, 12 in order that all may be condemned (E)who did not believe the truth but (F)had pleasure in unrighteousness.
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2 Thessalonians 2:9-12
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2 Thessalonians 2:9-12
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9 The coming of the lawless one will be in accordance with how Satan(A) works. He will use all sorts of displays of power through signs and wonders(B) that serve the lie, 10 and all the ways that wickedness deceives those who are perishing.(C) They perish because they refused to love the truth and so be saved.(D) 11 For this reason God sends them(E) a powerful delusion(F) so that they will believe the lie(G) 12 and so that all will be condemned who have not believed the truth but have delighted in wickedness.(H)
Acts 28:26-27
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Acts 28:26-27
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26 (A)“‘Go to this people, and say,
(B)“You will indeed hear but never understand,
and you will indeed see but never perceive.”
27 (C)For this people's heart has grown dull,
and with their ears they can barely hear,
and their eyes they have closed;
lest they should see with their eyes
and hear with their ears
and understand with their heart
and (D)turn, and I would heal them.’
Acts 28:26-27
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Acts 28:26-27
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26 “‘Go to this people and say,
“You will be ever hearing but never understanding;
you will be ever seeing but never perceiving.”
27 For this people’s heart has become calloused;(A)
they hardly hear with their ears,
and they have closed their eyes.
Otherwise they might see with their eyes,
hear with their ears,
understand with their hearts
and turn, and I would heal them.’[a](B)
Footnotes
- Acts 28:27 Isaiah 6:9,10 (see Septuagint)
Isaiah 30:10
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Isaiah 30:10
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10 (A)who say to (B)the seers, “Do not see,”
and to the prophets, “Do not prophesy to us what is right;
speak to us (C)smooth things,
prophesy illusions,
Isaiah 30:10
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Isaiah 30:10
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Isaiah 6:9-10
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Isaiah 6:9-10
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9 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.”
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- Isaiah 6:9 Or Hear indeed
- Isaiah 6:9 Or see indeed
- Isaiah 6:10 Hebrew fat
Isaiah 6:9-10
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Isaiah 6:9-10
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9 He said, “Go(A) and tell this people:
“‘Be ever hearing, but never understanding;
be ever seeing, but never perceiving.’(B)
10 Make the heart of this people calloused;(C)
make their ears dull
and close their eyes.[a](D)
Otherwise they might see with their eyes,
hear with their ears,(E)
understand with their hearts,
and turn and be healed.”(F)
Footnotes
- 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
1 Samuel 9:9
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1 Samuel 9:9
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9 (Formerly in Israel, when a man (A)went to inquire of God, he said, “Come, let us go to the seer,” for today's “prophet” was formerly called a seer.)
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1 Samuel 9:9
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1 Samuel 9:9
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9 (Formerly in Israel, if someone went to inquire(A) of God, they would say, “Come, let us go to the seer,” because the prophet of today used to be called a seer.)(B)
Jeremiah 26:8-11
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Jeremiah 26:8-11
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8 And when Jeremiah had finished speaking all that the Lord had commanded him to speak to all the people, then (A)the priests and the prophets and all the people laid hold of him, saying, “You shall die! 9 Why have you prophesied in the name of the Lord, saying, ‘This house shall be (B)like Shiloh, and this city shall be desolate, (C)without inhabitant’?” And all the people gathered around Jeremiah in the house of the Lord.
10 When (D)the officials of Judah heard these things, they came up from the king's house to the house of the Lord and took their seat in the (E)entry of the New Gate of the house of the Lord. 11 Then (F)the priests and the prophets said to the officials and to all the people, (G)“This man deserves the sentence of death, because he has prophesied against this city, as you have heard with your own ears.”
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Jeremiah 26:8-11
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Jeremiah 26:8-11
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8 But as soon as Jeremiah finished telling all the people everything the Lord had commanded(A) him to say, the priests, the prophets and all the people seized(B) him and said, “You must die!(C) 9 Why do you prophesy in the Lord’s name that this house will be like Shiloh and this city will be desolate and deserted?”(D) And all the people crowded(E) around Jeremiah in the house of the Lord.
10 When the officials(F) of Judah heard about these things, they went up from the royal palace to the house of the Lord and took their places at the entrance of the New Gate(G) of the Lord’s house. 11 Then the priests and the prophets said to the officials and all the people, “This man should be sentenced to death(H) because he has prophesied against this city. You have heard it with your own ears!”(I)
Micah 3:6
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Micah 3:6
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6 Therefore (A)it shall be night to you, without vision,
and darkness to you, without divination.
(B)The sun shall go down on the prophets,
and the day shall be black over them;
Micah 3:6
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Micah 3:6
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Amos 7:12-13
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Amos 7:12-13
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Ezekiel 14:9
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Ezekiel 14:9
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9 And if the prophet is deceived and speaks a word, (A)I, the Lord, have deceived that prophet, and I will stretch out my hand against him and will destroy him from the midst of my people Israel.
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Ezekiel 14:9
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Ezekiel 14:9
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9 “‘And if the prophet(A) is enticed(B) to utter a prophecy, I the Lord have enticed that prophet, and I will stretch out my hand against him and destroy him from among my people Israel.(C)
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