Surely you did not hear,
Surely you did not know;
Surely from long ago your ear was not opened.
For I knew that you would deal very treacherously,
And were called (A)a transgressor from the womb.

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You have neither heard nor understood;(A)
    from of old your ears(B) have not been open.
Well do I know how treacherous(C) you are;
    you were called a rebel(D) from birth.

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(A)The wicked are estranged from the womb;
They go astray as soon as they are born, speaking lies.

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Even from birth the wicked go astray;
    from the womb they are wayward, spreading lies.

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39 Therefore they could not believe, because Isaiah said again:

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.”

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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)

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  1. John 12:40 Isaiah 6:10

13 Therefore I speak to them in parables, because seeing they do not see, and hearing they do not hear, nor do they understand. 14 And in them the prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled, which says:

(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.’

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  1. Matthew 13:15 NU, M would

13 This is why I speak to them in parables:

“Though seeing, they do not see;
    though hearing, they do not hear or understand.(A)

14 In them is fulfilled(B) the prophecy of Isaiah:

“‘You will be ever hearing but never understanding;
    you will be ever seeing but never perceiving.
15 For this people’s heart has become calloused;
    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](C)

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  1. Matthew 13:15 Isaiah 6:9,10 (see Septuagint)

11 Judah has dealt treacherously,
And an abomination has been committed in Israel and in Jerusalem,
For Judah has (A)profaned
The Lord’s holy institution which He loves:
He has married the daughter of a foreign god.

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11 Judah has been unfaithful. A detestable(A) thing has been committed in Israel and in Jerusalem: Judah has desecrated the sanctuary the Lord loves(B) by marrying(C) women who worship a foreign god.(D)

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They have (A)dealt treacherously with the Lord,
For they have begotten [a]pagan children.
Now a New Moon shall devour them and their heritage.

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  1. Hosea 5:7 Lit. strange

They are unfaithful(A) to the Lord;
    they give birth to illegitimate(B) children.
When they celebrate their New Moon feasts,(C)
    he will devour[a](D) their fields.

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  1. Hosea 5:7 Or Now their New Moon feasts / will devour them and

and say, ‘Thus says the Lord God to Jerusalem: “Your [a]birth (A)and your nativity are from the land of Canaan; (B)your father was an Amorite and your mother a Hittite. As for your nativity, (C)on the day you were born your navel cord was not cut, nor were you washed in water to cleanse you; you were not rubbed with salt nor wrapped in swaddling cloths. No eye pitied you, to do any of these things for you, to have compassion on you; but you were thrown out into the open field, when you yourself were [b]loathed on the day you were born.

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  1. Ezekiel 16:3 origin and your birth
  2. Ezekiel 16:5 abhorred

and say, ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says to Jerusalem: Your ancestry(A) and birth were in the land of the Canaanites; your father(B) was an Amorite(C) and your mother a Hittite.(D) On the day you were born(E) your cord was not cut, nor were you washed with water to make you clean, nor were you rubbed with salt or wrapped in cloths. No one looked on you with pity or had compassion enough to do any of these things for you. Rather, you were thrown out into the open field, for on the day you were born you were despised.

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10 To whom shall I speak and give warning,
That they may hear?
Indeed their (A)ear is uncircumcised,
And they cannot give heed.
Behold, (B)the word of the Lord is a reproach to them;
They have no delight in it.

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10 To whom can I speak and give warning?
    Who will listen(A) to me?
Their ears are closed[a](B)
    so they cannot hear.(C)
The word(D) of the Lord is offensive to them;
    they find no pleasure in it.

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  1. Jeremiah 6:10 Hebrew uncircumcised

(A)among whom also we all once conducted ourselves in (B)the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and (C)were by nature children of wrath, just as the others.

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All of us also lived among them at one time,(A) gratifying the cravings of our flesh[a](B) and following its desires and thoughts. Like the rest, we were by nature deserving of wrath.

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  1. Ephesians 2:3 In contexts like this, the Greek word for flesh (sarx) refers to the sinful state of human beings, often presented as a power in opposition to the Spirit.

11 For (A)the house of Israel and the house of Judah
Have dealt very treacherously with Me,” says the Lord.

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11 The people of Israel and the people of Judah
    have been utterly unfaithful(A) to me,”
declares the Lord.

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20 Surely, as a wife treacherously departs from her [a]husband,
So (A)have you dealt treacherously with Me,
O house of Israel,” says the Lord.

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  1. Jeremiah 3:20 Lit. companion

20 But like a woman unfaithful to her husband,
    so you, Israel, have been unfaithful(A) to me,”
declares the Lord.

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(A)And I said, after she had done all these things, ‘Return to Me.’ But she did not return. And her treacherous (B)sister Judah saw it. Then I saw that (C)for all the causes for which backsliding Israel had committed adultery, I had (D)put her away and given her a certificate of divorce; (E)yet her treacherous sister Judah did not fear, but went and played the harlot also. So it came to pass, through her casual harlotry, that she (F)defiled the land and committed adultery with (G)stones and trees. 10 And yet for all this her treacherous sister Judah has not turned to Me (H)with her whole heart, but in pretense,” says the Lord.

11 Then the Lord said to me, (I)“Backsliding Israel has shown herself more righteous than treacherous Judah.

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I thought that after she had done all this she would return to me but she did not, and her unfaithful sister(A) Judah saw it.(B) I gave faithless Israel(C) her certificate of divorce(D) and sent her away because of all her adulteries. Yet I saw that her unfaithful sister Judah had no fear;(E) she also went out and committed adultery. Because Israel’s immorality mattered so little to her, she defiled the land(F) and committed adultery(G) with stone(H) and wood.(I) 10 In spite of all this, her unfaithful sister Judah did not return(J) to me with all her heart, but only in pretense,(K)” declares the Lord.(L)

11 The Lord said to me, “Faithless Israel is more righteous(M) than unfaithful(N) Judah.(O)

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The Lord God (A)has opened My ear;
And I was not (B)rebellious,
Nor did I turn away.

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The Sovereign Lord(A) has opened my ears;(B)
    I have not been rebellious,(C)
    I have not turned away.

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