“Hear this, O foolish and senseless people, who have eyes, but see not, who have ears, but hear not.
“Son of man, you dwell in the midst of a rebellious house, who have eyes to see, but see not, who have ears to hear, but hear not, for they are a rebellious house.
“‘Go to this people, and say, “You will indeed hear but never understand, and you will indeed see but never perceive.”
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.”
as it is written, “God gave them a spirit of stupor, eyes that would not see and ears that would not hear, down to this very day.”
This is why I speak to them in parables, because seeing they do not see, and hearing they do not hear, nor do they understand. Indeed, in their case the prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled that says: “‘“You will indeed hear but never understand, and you will indeed see but never perceive.” For this people's heart has grown dull, and with their ears they can barely hear, and their eyes they have closed, lest they should see with their eyes and hear with their ears and understand with their heart and turn, and I would heal them.’
“He has blinded their eyes and hardened their heart, lest they see with their eyes, and understand with their heart, and turn, and I would heal them.”
“For my people are foolish; they know me not; they are stupid children; they have no understanding. They are ‘wise’—in doing evil! But how to do good they know not.”
Having eyes do you not see, and having ears do you not hear? And do you not remember?
Even the stork in the heavens knows her times, and the turtledove, swallow, and crane keep the time of their coming, but my people know not the rules of the Lord.
Then I said, “These are only the poor; they have no sense; for they do not know the way of the Lord, the justice of their God.
They know not, nor do they discern, for he has shut their eyes, so that they cannot see, and their hearts, so that they cannot understand.
Understand, O dullest of the people! Fools, when will you be wise?
When its boughs are dry, they are broken; women come and make a fire of them. For this is a people without discernment; therefore he who made them will not have compassion on them; he who formed them will show them no favor.
Why should a fool have money in his hand to buy wisdom when he has no sense?
Do you thus repay the Lord, you foolish and senseless people? Is not he your father, who created you, who made you and established you?
But to this day the Lord has not given you a heart to understand or eyes to see or ears to hear.
Ephraim is like a dove, silly and without sense, calling to Egypt, going to Assyria.
They are both stupid and foolish; the instruction of idols is but wood!
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