And He said, “Go, and tell this people:

‘Keep on (A)listening, but do not understand;
And keep on looking, but do not gain knowledge.’
10 (B)Make the hearts of this people [a](C)insensitive,
Their ears [b]dull,
And their eyes [c]blind,
(D)So that they will not see with their eyes,
Hear with their ears,
Understand with their hearts,
And return and be healed.”

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 6:10 Lit fat
  2. Isaiah 6:10 Lit heavy
  3. Isaiah 6:10 Lit sealed over

(A)Be delayed and horrified,
Blind yourselves and be blind;
They (B)become drunk, but not with wine,
They stagger, but not with intoxicating drink.
10 For the Lord has poured over you a spirit of deep (C)sleep,
He has (D)shut your eyes—the prophets;
And He has covered your heads—the seers.

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18 On that day those who are (A)deaf will hear (B)words of a book,
And out of their gloom and darkness the (C)eyes of those who are blind will see.

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Then (A)the eyes of those who see will not be [a]blinded,
And the ears of those who hear will listen.
The [b]mind of the (B)rash will discern the [c]truth,
And the tongue of the stammerers will hurry to speak clearly.

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  1. Isaiah 32:3 Or turned away
  2. Isaiah 32:4 Lit heart
  3. Isaiah 32:4 Lit knowledge

Then the (A)eyes of those who are blind will be opened,
And the ears of those who are deaf will be unstopped.

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16 I will (A)lead those who are blind by a way they have not known,
In paths they have not known I will guide them.
I will (B)turn darkness into light before them
And (C)uneven land into plains.
These are the things I will do,
And I will (D)not leave them undone.”
17 They will be turned back and be (E)utterly put to shame,
Who trust in [a]idols,
Who say to cast metal images,
“You are our gods.”

18 (F)Hear, you who are deaf!
And look, you who are blind, so that you may see.
19 Who is blind but My (G)servant,
Or so deaf as My (H)messenger whom I send?
Who is so blind as one who is [b](I)at peace with Me,
Or so blind as the servant of the Lord?

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 42:17 Or carved images
  2. Isaiah 42:19 Or the devoted one

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