‘they may indeed look but not perceive,
    and may indeed hear but not understand;
so that they may not turn again and be forgiven.’ ”^(A)

‘Keep listening, but do not comprehend;
keep looking, but do not understand.’^(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.”^(B)

‘You will indeed listen but never understand,
    and you will indeed look but never perceive.^(A)
15 For this people’s heart has grown dull,
    and their ears are hard of hearing,
        and they have shut their eyes,
        so that they might not look with their eyes,
    and hear with their ears
and understand with their heart and turn—
    and I would heal them.’^(B)

“Lord, who has believed our message,
    and to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?”^(A)

⁴⁰ “He has blinded their eyes
    and hardened their heart,
so that they might not look with their eyes
    and understand with their heart and turn—
    and I would heal them.”^(B)

‘looking they may not perceive
    and hearing they may not understand.’