Go! Say to these people:
Keep listening, but do not understand;^(A)
keep looking, but do not perceive.

they may indeed look,
and yet not perceive;
they may indeed listen,
and yet not understand;^(A)
otherwise, they might turn back
and be forgiven.”^{[a][b] (B)}

Looking they may not see,
and hearing they may not understand.^[a](B)

⁴⁰ He has blinded^(A) their eyes
and hardened their hearts,^(B)
so that they would not see with their eyes
or understand with their hearts,
and turn,^(C)
and I would heal them.^[a](D)

Go to these people and say:
You will always be listening,
but never understanding;
and you will always be looking,
but never perceiving.
²⁷ For the hearts of these people
have grown callous,
their ears are hard of hearing,
and they have shut their eyes;
otherwise they might see with their eyes
and hear with their ears,
understand with their heart
and turn,
and I would heal them.^[a](A)

God gave them a spirit of stupor,
eyes that cannot see
and ears that cannot hear,
to this day.^[a](A)