10 (A)Render the hearts of this people [a](B)insensitive,
Their ears [b]dull,
And their eyes [c]dim,
(C)Otherwise they might see with their eyes,
Hear with their ears,
Understand with their hearts,
And return and be healed.”

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  1. Isaiah 6:10 Lit fat
  2. Isaiah 6:10 Lit heavy
  3. Isaiah 6:10 Lit besmeared

70 Their heart is [a](A)covered with fat,
But I (B)delight in Your law.

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  1. Psalm 119:70 Lit gross like fat

11 But they (A)refused to pay attention and [a](B)turned a stubborn shoulder and [b](C)stopped their ears from hearing.

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  1. Zechariah 7:11 Lit gave
  2. Zechariah 7:11 Lit made heavy

42 saying, “If you had known in this day, even you, the things which make for peace! But now they have been hidden from your eyes.

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43 Why do you not understand [a](A)what I am saying? It is because you cannot (B)hear My word. 44 (C)You are of (D)your father the devil, and (E)you want to do the desires of your father. (F)He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand in the truth because (G)there is no truth in him. Whenever he speaks [b]a lie, he (H)speaks from his own nature, for he is a liar and the father of [c]lies.

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  1. John 8:43 Or My way of speaking
  2. John 8:44 Lit the lie
  3. John 8:44 Lit it

and (A)will turn away their ears from the truth and (B)will turn aside to myths.

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11 Concerning [a]him we have much to say, and it is hard to explain, since you have become dull of hearing.

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  1. Hebrews 5:11 Lit whom or which