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Isaiah 6:9–10

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9He said, “Go, and tell this people:

‘Keep on ahearing, but do not understand;

Keep on seeing, but do not know.’

10“aRender the hearts of this people 1binsensitive,

Their ears 2dull,

And their eyes 3dim,

cLest they see with their eyes,

And hear with their ears,

And understand with their hearts,

And return and be healed.”

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Footnotes

  1. 1Lit fat
  2. 2Lit heavy, hardened; cf. Ex 8:15; 1 Sam 6:6
  3. 3Lit besmeared

Cross references

  1. aIs 43:8; Matt 13:14; Mark 4:12; Luke 8:10; John 12:40; Acts 28:26; Rom 11:8
  2. aMatt 13:15
  3. bDeut 31:20; 32:15
  4. cJer 5:21

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

And he said, “Go, and say to this people:

“ ‘Keep on hearing, but do not understand;

keep on seeing, but do not perceive.’

Make the heart of this people dull,

and their ears heavy,

and blind their eyes;

lest they see with their eyes,

and hear with their ears,

and understand with their hearts,

and turn and be healed.”

NIVNew International Version (2011)

He said, “Go and tell this people:

“ ‘Be ever hearing, but never understanding;

be ever seeing, but never perceiving.’

Make the heart of this people calloused;

make their ears dull

and close their eyes.

Otherwise they might see with their eyes,

hear with their ears,

understand with their hearts,

and turn and be healed.”

CSBChristian Standard Bible

And he replied:

Go! Say to these people:

Keep listening, but do not understand;

keep looking, but do not perceive.

Make the minds of these people dull;

deafen their ears and blind their eyes;

otherwise they might see with their eyes

and hear with their ears,

understand with their minds,

turn back, and be healed.

NLTNew Living Translation

And he said, “Yes, go, and say to this people,

‘Listen carefully, but do not understand.

Watch closely, but learn nothing.’

Harden the hearts of these people.

Plug their ears and shut their eyes.

That way, they will not see with their eyes,

nor hear with their ears,

nor understand with their hearts

and turn to me for healing.”

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

And he said, “Go and say to this people,

‘Keep on listening and do not comprehend!

And keep on looking and do not understand!’

Make the heart of this people insensitive,

and make its ears unresponsive,

and shut its eyes

so that it may not look with its eyes

and listen with its ears

and comprehend with its mind

and turn back, and it may be healed for him.”

KJV 1900King James Version

And he said, Go, and tell this people,

Hear ye indeed, but understand not;

And see ye indeed, but perceive not.

Make the heart of this people fat,

And make their ears heavy, and shut their eyes;

Lest they see with their eyes, and hear with their ears,

And understand with their heart, and convert, and be healed.