Então ouvi a voz do Senhor, conclamando: “Quem enviarei? Quem irá por nós?”

E eu respondi: Eis-me aqui. Envia-me!

Ele disse: “Vá, e diga a este povo:

“Estejam sempre ouvindo,
    mas nunca entendam;
estejam sempre vendo,
    e jamais percebam.
10 Torne insensível o coração deste povo;
torne surdos os seus ouvidos
e feche os seus olhos.[a]
Que eles não vejam com os olhos,
não ouçam com os ouvidos,
e não entendam com o coração,
para que não se convertam
    e sejam curados”.

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Footnotes

  1. 6.9,10 A Septuaginta diz Ainda que estejam sempre ouvindo, vocês nunca entenderão; ainda que estejam sempre vendo, vocês jamais perceberão. 10O coração desse povo se tornou insensível; de má vontade ouviram com os seus ouvidos, e fecharam os seus olhos.

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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  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

Also I heard the voice of the Lord, saying:

“Whom shall I send,
And who will go for (A)Us?”

Then I said, “Here am I! Send me.”

And He said, “Go, and (B)tell this people:

‘Keep on hearing, but do not understand;
Keep on seeing, but do not perceive.’

10 “Make (C)the heart of this people dull,
And their ears heavy,
And shut their eyes;
(D)Lest they see with their eyes,
And hear with their ears,
And understand with their heart,
And return and be healed.”

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Isaiah's Commission from the Lord

And I heard the voice of the Lord saying, “Whom shall I send, and who will go for (A)us?” Then I said, “Here I am! Send me.” And he said, “Go, and say to this people:

(B)“‘Keep on hearing,[a] but do not understand;
keep on seeing,[b] but do not perceive.’
10 (C)Make the heart of this people (D)dull,[c]
    and their ears heavy,
    and blind their eyes;
(E)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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Footnotes

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