Isaiah 48:8
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8 You have never heard, you have never known,
from of old your ear has not been opened.
For I knew that you would surely deal treacherously,
and that (A)from before birth you were called a rebel.
Psalm 58:3
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3 The wicked are (A)estranged from the womb;
they go astray from birth, speaking lies.
John 12:39-40
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39 Therefore they (A)could not believe. For again Isaiah said,
40 (B)“He has blinded their eyes
and (C)hardened their heart,
lest they see with their eyes,
and understand with their heart, and turn,
and I would heal them.”
Matthew 13:13-15
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13 This is why I speak to them in parables, because (A)seeing they do not see, and hearing they do not hear, (B)nor do they understand. 14 Indeed, in their case the prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled that says:
(C)“‘“You will indeed hear but never understand,
and you will indeed see but never perceive.”
15 For this people's heart has grown dull,
and with their ears (D)they can barely hear,
and (E)their eyes they have closed,
lest they should see with their eyes
and hear with their ears
and (F)understand with their heart
and (G)turn, and I would heal them.’
Malachi 2:11
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11 Judah has been (A)faithless, and abomination has been committed in Israel and in Jerusalem. For (B)Judah has profaned the sanctuary of the Lord, which he loves, and has married the daughter of a foreign god.
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Hosea 5:7
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7 (A)They have dealt faithlessly with the Lord;
for they have borne alien children.
Now the new moon shall devour them with their fields.
Ezekiel 16:3-5
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3 and say, Thus says the Lord God to Jerusalem: Your origin and your birth are of the land of the Canaanites; your father was an (A)Amorite and your mother a (B)Hittite. 4 And as for your birth, (C)on the day you were born your cord was not cut, nor were you washed with water to cleanse you, nor rubbed with salt, nor wrapped in swaddling cloths. 5 No eye pitied you, to do any of these things to you out of compassion for you, (D)but you were cast out on the open field, for you were abhorred, (E)on the day that you were born.
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Jeremiah 6:10
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10 (A)To whom shall I speak and give warning,
that they may hear?
(B)Behold, their ears are uncircumcised,
(C)they cannot listen;
behold, (D)the word of the Lord is to them an object of scorn;
they take no pleasure in it.
Ephesians 2:3
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3 among whom we all once lived in (A)the passions of our flesh, carrying out the desires of the body[a] and the mind, and (B)were by nature (C)children of wrath, like the rest of mankind.[b]
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- Ephesians 2:3 Greek flesh
- Ephesians 2:3 Greek like the rest
Jeremiah 5:11
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11 (A)For the house of Israel and the house of Judah
have been utterly treacherous to me,
declares the Lord.
Jeremiah 3:20
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20 (A)Surely, as a treacherous wife leaves her husband,
so have you been treacherous to me, O house of Israel,
declares the Lord.’”
Jeremiah 3:7-11
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7 And I thought, ‘After she has done all this she will return to me,’ but she did not return, and her treacherous (A)sister Judah saw it. 8 She saw that for all the adulteries of that faithless one, Israel, (B)I had sent her away with (C)a decree of divorce. (D)Yet her treacherous sister Judah did not fear, but she too went (E)and played the whore. 9 Because she took her whoredom lightly, she polluted the land, committing adultery with (F)stone and tree. 10 Yet for all this her treacherous sister Judah did not return to me (G)with her whole heart, but in pretense, declares the Lord.”
11 And the Lord said to me, (H)“Faithless Israel has shown herself more righteous than treacherous Judah.
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Isaiah 50:5
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Isaiah 48:4
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4 Because I know that (A)you are obstinate,
and your neck is an iron sinew
and your forehead brass,
Isaiah 46:8
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8 “Remember this and stand firm,
recall it to mind, (A)you transgressors,
Isaiah 42:19-20
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19 Who is blind but my servant,
or deaf as my messenger whom I send?
Who is blind as my dedicated one,[a]
or blind as the servant of the Lord?
20 (A)He sees many things, but does not observe them;
(B)his ears are open, but he does not hear.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 42:19 Or as the one at peace with me
Isaiah 29:10-11
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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).
11 And the vision of all this has become to you like the words of a book that is (B)sealed. When men give it to one who can read, saying, “Read this,” he says, “I cannot, for it is sealed.”
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Isaiah 26:11
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11 O Lord, (A)your hand is lifted up,
but (B)they do not see it.
Let them see your zeal for your people, and be ashamed.
Let (C)the fire for your adversaries consume them.
Isaiah 21:2
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2 A stern vision is told to me;
(A)the traitor betrays,
and the destroyer destroys.
Go up, O (B)Elam;
lay siege, O (C)Media;
all the (D)sighing she has caused
I bring to an end.
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.”
Footnotes
- Isaiah 6:9 Or Hear indeed
- Isaiah 6:9 Or see indeed
- Isaiah 6:10 Hebrew fat
Psalm 139:1-4
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Search Me, O God, and Know My Heart
To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David.
139 O Lord, you have (A)searched me and known me!
2 You (B)know when I sit down and when I rise up;
you (C)discern my thoughts from afar.
3 You search out my path and my lying down
and are acquainted with all my ways.
4 Even before a word is on my tongue,
behold, O Lord, (D)you know it altogether.
Psalm 51:5
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5 Behold, (A)I was brought forth in iniquity,
and in sin did my mother conceive me.
Psalm 40:6
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6 (A)In sacrifice and offering you have not delighted,
but you have given me an open (B)ear.[a]
Burnt offering and sin offering
you have not required.
Footnotes
- Psalm 40:6 Hebrew ears you have dug for me
Deuteronomy 9:7-24
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7 Remember and do not forget how you provoked the Lord your God to wrath in the wilderness. (A)From the day you came out of the land of Egypt until you came to this place, you have been rebellious against the Lord. 8 Even (B)at Horeb you provoked the Lord to wrath, and the Lord was so angry with you that he was ready to destroy you. 9 (C)When I went up the mountain to receive the tablets of stone, the tablets of the covenant that the Lord made with you, I remained on the mountain (D)forty days and forty nights. I neither ate bread nor drank water. 10 And (E)the Lord gave me the two tablets of stone written with the finger of God, and on them were all the words that the Lord had spoken with you on the mountain out of the midst of the fire (F)on the day of the assembly. 11 And at the end of forty days and forty nights the Lord gave me the two tablets of stone, the tablets of the covenant. 12 Then the Lord said to me, (G)‘Arise, go down quickly from here, for your people whom you have brought from Egypt have acted corruptly. They have (H)turned aside quickly out of the way that I commanded them; they have made themselves a metal image.’
The Golden Calf
13 (I)“Furthermore, the Lord said to me, ‘I have seen this people, and behold, it is (J)a stubborn people. 14 (K)Let me alone, that I may destroy them and (L)blot out their name from under heaven. And (M)I will make of you a nation mightier and greater than they.’ 15 (N)So I turned and came down from the mountain, and (O)the mountain was burning with fire. And the two tablets of the covenant were in my two hands. 16 And (P)I looked, and behold, you had sinned against the Lord your God. You had made yourselves a golden[a] calf. (Q)You had turned aside quickly from the way that the Lord had commanded you. 17 So I took hold of the two tablets and threw them out of my two hands and broke them before your eyes. 18 Then I (R)lay prostrate before the Lord (S)as before, forty days and forty nights. I neither ate bread nor drank water, because of all the sin that you had committed, (T)in doing what was evil in the sight of the Lord to provoke him to anger. 19 For I was afraid of the anger and hot displeasure that the Lord bore against you, so that he was ready to destroy you. (U)But the Lord listened to me that time also. 20 And the Lord was so angry with Aaron that he was ready to destroy him. And I prayed for Aaron also at the same time. 21 Then (V)I took the sinful thing, the calf that you had made, and burned it with fire and crushed it, grinding it very small, until it was as fine as dust. And I threw the dust of it into the brook that ran down from the mountain.
22 “At (W)Taberah also, and at (X)Massah and at (Y)Kibroth-hattaavah you provoked the Lord to wrath. 23 And (Z)when the Lord sent you from Kadesh-barnea, saying, ‘Go up and take possession of the land that I have given you,’ then you rebelled against the commandment of the Lord your God and (AA)did not believe him or obey his voice. 24 (AB)You have been rebellious against the Lord from the day that I knew you.
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- Deuteronomy 9:16 Hebrew cast metal
Hosea 6:7
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