Isaiah 6:9

Having eyes, don’t you see? Having ears, don’t you hear? Don’t you remember?

He said, “To you it is given to know the mysteries of God’s Kingdom, but to the rest in parables; that ‘seeing they may not see, and hearing they may not understand.’

that ‘seeing they may see, and not perceive; and hearing they may hear, and not understand; lest perhaps they should turn again, and their sins should be forgiven them.’ ”

“He has blinded their eyes and he hardened their heart, lest they should see with their eyes, and perceive with their heart, and would turn, and I would heal them.”

The Lord said, “Because this people draws near with their mouth and honors me with their lips, but they have removed their heart far from me, and their fear of me is a commandment of men which has been taught;

He answered them, “Well did Isaiah prophesy of you hypocrites, as it is written, ‘This people honors me with their lips, but their heart is far from me.

‘Hear this now, foolish people without understanding, who have eyes, and don’t see, who have ears, and don’t hear:

They profess that they know God, but by their deeds they deny him, being abominable, disobedient, and unfit for any good work.

But Yahweh has not given you a heart to know, eyes to see, and ears to hear, to this day.

‘These people draw near to me with their mouth, and honor me with their lips; but their heart is far from me.

Bring out the blind people who have eyes, and the deaf who have ears.

They don’t know, neither do they consider: for he has shut their eyes, that they can’t see; and their hearts, that they can’t understand.

He said to them, “To you is given the mystery of God’s Kingdom, but to those who are outside, all things are done in parables,

According as it is written, “God gave them a spirit of stupor, eyes that they should not see, and ears that they should not hear, to this very day.”

Make the heart of this people fat. Make their ears heavy, and shut their eyes; lest they see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their heart, and turn again, and be healed.”

For Yahweh has poured out on you a spirit of deep sleep, and has closed your eyes, the prophets; and he has covered your heads, the seers.

Yet they seek me daily, and delight to know my ways. As a nation that did righteousness, and didn’t forsake the ordinance of their God, they ask of me righteous judgments. They delight to draw near to God.

At that time, Jesus answered, “I thank you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that you hid these things from the wise and understanding, and revealed them to infants.

Jesus answered him, “Most certainly, I tell you, unless one is born anew, he can’t see God’s Kingdom.”

You have planted them. Yes, they have taken root. They grow. Yes, they produce fruit. You are near in their mouth, and far from their heart.

They come to you as the people come, and they sit before you as my people, and they hear your words, but don’t do them; for with their mouth they show much love, but their heart goes after their gain.

This is the judgment, that the light has come into the world, and men loved the darkness rather than the light; for their works were evil.

the mystery which has been hidden for ages and generations. But now it has been revealed to his saints,

(all of which perish with use), according to the precepts and doctrines of men?

in gentleness correcting those who oppose him: perhaps God may give them repentance leading to a full knowledge of the truth,

God has spoken once; twice I have heard this, that power belongs to God.

Yet for all this her treacherous sister, Judah, has not returned to me with her whole heart, but only in pretense,” says Yahweh.

In them the prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled, which says, ‘By hearing you will hear, and will in no way understand; Seeing you will see, and will in no way perceive:

For the Father judges no one, but he has given all judgment to the Son,

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to the one a stench from death to death, to the other a sweet aroma from life to life. Who is sufficient for these things?

I marvel that you are so quickly deserting him who called you in the grace of Christ to a different “good news”,

that their hearts may be comforted, they being knit together in love, and gaining all riches of the full assurance of understanding, that they may know the mystery of God, both of the Father and of Christ,

holding a form of godliness, but having denied its power. Turn away from these, also.

and then fell away, it is impossible to renew them again to repentance; seeing they crucify the Son of God for themselves again, and put him to open shame.

Yahweh said to Moses, “When you go back into Egypt, see that you do before Pharaoh all the wonders which I have put in your hand, but I will harden his heart and he will not let the people go.

Then he said, “I have sinned; yet please honor me now before the elders of my people, and before Israel, and come back with me, that I may worship Yahweh your God.”

I have spoken once, and I will not answer; Yes, twice, but I will proceed no further.”

The friendship of Yahweh is with those who fear him. He will show them his covenant.

Don’t you add to his words, lest he reprove you, and you be found a liar.

Then Yahweh said to me, “Though Moses and Samuel stood before me, yet my mind would not turn toward this people. Cast them out of my sight, and let them go out!

“Son of man, you dwell in the middle of the rebellious house, who have eyes to see, and don’t see, who have ears to hear, and don’t hear; for they are a rebellious house.

Yet the number of the children of Israel will be as the sand of the sea, which can’t be measured or counted; and it will come to pass that, in the place where it was said to them, ‘You are not my people,’ they will be called ‘sons of the living God.’

And in vain do they worship me, teaching as doctrine rules made by men.’ ”

Jesus answered him, “Blessed are you, Simon Bar Jonah, for flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but my Father who is in heaven.

“The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because he has anointed me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent me to heal the broken hearted, to proclaim release to the captives, recovering of sight to the blind, to deliver those who are crushed,

Again, therefore, Jesus spoke to them, saying, “I am the light of the world. He who follows me will not walk in the darkness, but will have the light of life.”

I have come as a light into the world, that whoever believes in me may not remain in the darkness.

to open their eyes, that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive remission of sins and an inheritance among those who are sanctified by faith in me.’

Yahweh spoke to Manasseh, and to his people; but they didn’t listen.

For God speaks once, yes twice, though man pays no attention.

But they flattered him with their mouth, and lied to him with their tongue.

Open my eyes, that I may see wondrous things out of your law.

Because I have called, and you have refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no one has paid attention;

therefore, behold, I will proceed to do a marvelous work among this people, even a marvelous work and a wonder; and the wisdom of their wise men will perish, and the understanding of their prudent men will be hidden.”

Then the eyes of the blind will be opened, and the ears of the deaf will be unstopped.

to open the blind eyes, to bring the prisoners out of the dungeon, and those who sit in darkness out of the prison.

To whom should I speak and testify, that they may hear? Behold, their ear is uncircumcised, and they can’t listen. Behold, Yahweh’s word has become a reproach to them. They have no delight in it.

Then some of the elders of Israel came to me, and sat before me.

“As for you, son of man, the children of your people talk about you by the walls and in the doors of the houses, and speak to one another, everyone to his brother, saying, ‘Please come and hear what the word is that comes out from Yahweh.’

He said to them, “Foolish men, and slow of heart to believe in all that the prophets have spoken!

If anyone desires to do his will, he will know about the teaching, whether it is from God, or if I am speaking from myself.

They didn’t understand that he spoke to them about the Father.

“Repent therefore, and turn again, that your sins may be blotted out, so that there may come times of refreshing from the presence of the Lord,

saying, ‘Go to this people and say, in hearing, you will hear, but will in no way understand. In seeing, you will see, but will in no way perceive.

But the one and the same Spirit produces all of these, distributing to each one separately as he desires.

in whom the god of this world has blinded the minds of the unbelieving, that the light of the Good News of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God, should not dawn on them.

by which, when you read, you can perceive my understanding in the mystery of Christ,

let’s draw near with a true heart in fullness of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and having our body washed with pure water,

But he who hates his brother is in the darkness, and walks in the darkness, and doesn’t know where he is going, because the darkness has blinded his eyes.

Who is blind, but my servant? Or who is as deaf as my messenger whom I send? Who is as blind as he who is at peace, and as blind as Yahweh’s servant?

He said, “Call his name Lo-Ammi; for you are not my people, and I will not be yours.

He summoned the multitude, and said to them, “Hear, and understand.

He called all the multitude to himself, and said to them, “Hear me, all of you, and understand.

Why don’t you understand my speech? Because you can’t hear my word.

Jesus said, “I came into this world for judgment, that those who don’t see may see; and that those who see may become blind.”