¹⁶ then he opens their ears
    and terrifies them with warnings,^(A)

¹⁰ He opens their ears to instruction
    and commands that they return from iniquity.^(A)

¹⁵ He delivers the afflicted by their affliction
    and opens their ear by adversity.^(A)

⁵ The Lord God has opened my ear,
    and I was not rebellious;
    I did not turn backward.^(A)

¹⁰ Make the mind of this people dull,
    and stop their ears,
    and shut their eyes,
so that they may not look with their eyes
    and listen with their ears
and comprehend with their minds
    and turn and be healed.”^(A)

⁸ You have never heard; you have never known;
    from of old your ear has not been opened.
For I knew that you would act very treacherously
    and that from birth you were called a rebel.^(A)