Isaiah 6:8–13

8 Also I heard the voice of the Lord, saying:

“Whom shall I send,

And who will go for iUs?”

Then I said, “Here am I! Send me.”

9 And He said, “Go, and jtell this people:

‘Keep on hearing, but do not understand;

Keep on seeing, but do not perceive.’

10 “Make kthe heart of this people dull,

And their ears heavy,

And shut their eyes;

lLest they see with their eyes,

And hear with their ears,

And understand with their heart,

And return and be healed.”

11 Then I said, “Lord, how long?”

And He answered:

m“Until the cities are laid waste and without inhabitant,

The houses are without a man,

The land is utterly desolate,

12 nThe Lord has removed men far away,

And the forsaken places are many in the midst of the land.

13 But yet a tenth will be in it,

And will return and be for consuming,

As a terebinth tree or as an oak,

Whose stump remains when it is cut down.

So othe holy seed shall be its stump.”