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Isaiah 6:10

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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.

Make the heart {H3820} of this people {H5971} fat {H8080}, and make their ears {H241} heavy {H3513}, and shut {H8173} their eyes {H5869}; lest they see {H7200} with their eyes {H5869}, and hear {H8085} with their ears {H241}, and understand {H995} with their heart {H3824}, and convert {H7725}, and be healed {H7495}.

"Make the heart of this people [sluggish with] fat, stop up their ears, and shut their eyes. Otherwise, seeing with their eyes, and hearing with their ears, then understanding with their hearts, they might repent and be healed!"

Make the hearts of this people calloused; deafen their ears and close their eyes. Otherwise they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their hearts, and turn and be healed.”

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 turn again, and be healed.

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Cross-References

  • Matthew 13:15 (25 votes)

    For this people's heart is waxed gross, and [their] ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes they have closed; lest at any time they should see with [their] eyes, and hear with [their] ears, and should understand with [their] heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them.

  • Acts 28:27 (18 votes)

    For the heart of this people is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes have they closed; lest they should see with [their] eyes, and hear with [their] ears, and understand with [their] heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them.

  • Jeremiah 5:21 (17 votes)

    Hear now this, O foolish people, and without understanding; which have eyes, and see not; which have ears, and hear not:

  • Jeremiah 6:10 (11 votes)

    To whom shall I speak, and give warning, that they may hear? behold, their ear [is] uncircumcised, and they cannot hearken: behold, the word of the LORD is unto them a reproach; they have no delight in it.

  • John 3:19 (8 votes)

    And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.

  • John 3:20 (8 votes)

    For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved.

  • Zechariah 7:11 (7 votes)

    But they refused to hearken, and pulled away the shoulder, and stopped their ears, that they should not hear.