21 ‘Hear this now, O (A)foolish people,
Without [a]understanding,
Who have eyes and see not,
And who have ears and hear not:

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  1. Jeremiah 5:21 Lit. heart

“Son of man, you dwell in the midst of (A)a rebellious house, which (B)has eyes to see but does not see, and ears to hear but does not hear; (C)for they are a rebellious house.

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26 saying,

(A)‘Go to this people and say:
“Hearing you will hear, and shall not understand;
And seeing you will see, and not perceive;

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

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

10 “Make (B)the heart of this people dull,
And their ears heavy,
And shut their eyes;
(C)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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Just as it is written:

(A)“God has given them a spirit of stupor,
(B)Eyes that they should not see
And ears that they should not hear,
To this very day.”

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13 Therefore I speak to them in parables, because seeing they do not see, and hearing they do not hear, nor do they understand. 14 And in them the prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled, which says:

(A)‘Hearing you will hear and shall not understand,
And seeing you will see and not (B)perceive;
15 For the hearts of this people have grown dull.
Their ears (C)are hard of hearing,
And their eyes they have (D)closed,
Lest they should see with their eyes and hear with their ears,
Lest they should understand with their hearts and turn,
So that I [a]should (E)heal them.’

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  1. Matthew 13:15 NU, M would

40 “He(A) has blinded their eyes and hardened their hearts,
(B)Lest they should see with their eyes,
Lest they should understand with their hearts and turn,
So that I should heal them.”

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22 “For My people are foolish,
They have not known Me.
They are [a]silly children,
And they have no understanding.
(A)They are wise to do evil,
But to do good they have no knowledge.”

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  1. Jeremiah 4:22 foolish

18 Having eyes, do you not see? And having ears, do you not hear? And do you not remember?

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“Even (A)the stork in the heavens
Knows her appointed times;
And the turtledove, the swift, and the swallow
Observe the time of their coming.
But (B)My people do not know the judgment of the Lord.

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Therefore I said, “Surely these are poor.
They are foolish;
For (A)they do not know the way of the Lord,
The judgment of their God.

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18 (A)They do not know nor understand;
For (B)He has [a]shut their eyes, so that they cannot see,
And their hearts, so that they cannot (C)understand.

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  1. Isaiah 44:18 Lit. smeared over

Understand, you senseless among the people;
And you fools, when will you be wise?

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11 When its boughs are withered, they will be broken off;
The women come and set them on fire.
For (A)it is a people of no understanding;
Therefore He who made them will (B)not have mercy on them,
And (C)He who formed them will show them no favor.

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16 Why is there in the hand of a fool the purchase price of wisdom,
Since he has no heart for it?

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Do you thus (A)deal[a] with the Lord,
O foolish and unwise people?
Is He not (B)your Father, who (C)bought you?
Has He not (D)made you and established you?

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  1. Deuteronomy 32:6 repay the

Yet (A)the Lord has not given you a heart to [a]perceive and eyes to see and ears to hear, to this very day.

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  1. Deuteronomy 29:4 understand or know

Futile Reliance on the Nations

11 “Ephraim(A) also is like a silly dove, without [a]sense—
(B)They call to Egypt,
They go to (C)Assyria.

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  1. Hosea 7:11 Lit. heart

But they are altogether (A)dull-hearted and foolish;
A wooden idol is a [a]worthless doctrine.

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  1. Jeremiah 10:8 vain teaching

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