Isaiah 6:9

American Standard Version (1901)

And he said, Go, and tell this people, Hear ye indeed, but understand not; and see ye indeed, but perceive not.

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  • Matt 13:14-15 : 14 And unto them is fulfilled the prophecy of Isaiah, which saith, By hearing ye shall hear, and shall in no wise understand; And seeing ye shall see, and shall in no wise perceive: 15 For this people's heart is waxed gross, And their ears are dull of hearing, And their eyes they have closed; Lest haply they should perceive with their eyes, And hear with their ears, And understand with their heart, And should turn again, And I should heal them.
  • Luke 8:10 : 10 And he said, Unto you it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of God: but to the rest in parables; that seeing they may not see, and hearing they may not understand.
  • Mark 4:12 : 12 that seeing they may see, and not perceive; and hearing they may hear, and not understand; lest haply they should turn again, and it should be forgiven them.
  • John 12:40 : 40 He hath blinded their eyes, and he hardened their heart; Lest they should see with their eyes, and perceive with their heart, And should turn, And I should heal them.
  • Isa 29:13 : 13 And the Lord said, Forasmuch as this people draw nigh [unto me], and with their mouth and with their lips to honor me, but have removed their heart far from me, and their fear of me is a commandment of men which hath been taught [them] ;
  • Isa 43:8 : 8 Bring forth the blind people that have eyes, and the deaf that have ears.
  • Rom 11:8 : 8 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, unto this very day.
  • Acts 28:26-27 : 26 saying, Go thou unto this people, and say, By hearing ye shall hear, and shall in no wise understand; And seeing ye shall see, and shall in no wise perceive: 27 For this people's heart is waxed gross, And their ears are dull of hearing, And their eyes they have closed; Lest, haply they should perceive with their eyes, And hear with their ears, And understand with their heart, And should turn again, And I should heal them.
  • Isa 44:18-20 : 18 They know not, neither do they consider: for he hath shut their eyes, that they cannot see; and their hearts, that they cannot understand. 19 And none calleth to mind, neither is there knowledge nor understanding to say, I have burned part of it in the fire; yea, also I have baked bread upon the coals thereof; I have roasted flesh and eaten it: and shall I make the residue thereof an abomination? shall I fall down to the stock of a tree? 20 He feedeth on ashes; a deceived heart hath turned him aside; and he cannot deliver his soul, nor say, Is there not a lie in my right hand?
  • Isa 30:8-9 : 8 Now go, write it before them on a tablet, and inscribe it in a book, that it may be for the time to come for ever and ever. 9 For it is a rebellious people, lying children, children that will not hear the law of Jehovah; 10 that say to the seers, See not; and to the prophets, Prophesy not unto us right things, speak unto us smooth things, prophesy deceits, 11 get you out of the way, turn aside out of the path, cause the Holy One of Israel to cease from before us.
  • Exod 32:7-9 : 7 And Jehovah spake unto Moses, Go, get thee down; for thy people, that thou broughtest up out of the land of Egypt, have corrupted themselves: 8 they have turned aside quickly out of the way which I commanded them: they have made them a molten calf, and have worshipped it, and have sacrificed unto it, and said, These are thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt. 9 And Jehovah said unto Moses, I have seen this people, and, behold, it is a stiffnecked people: 10 now therefore let me alone, that my wrath may wax hot against them, and that I may consume them: and I will make of thee a great nation.
  • Jer 15:1-2 : 1 Then said Jehovah unto me, Though Moses and Samuel stood before me, yet my mind would not be toward this people: cast them out of my sight, and let them go forth. 2 And it shall come to pass, when they say unto thee, Whither shall we go forth? then thou shalt tell them, Thus saith Jehovah: Such as are for death, to death; and such as are for the sword, to the sword; and such as are for the famine, to the famine; and such as are for captivity, to captivity.
  • Hos 1:9 : 9 And [Jehovah] said, Call his name Lo-ammi; for ye are not my people, and I will not be your [God] .

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  • Acts 28:26-27
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    26saying, Go thou unto this people, and say, By hearing ye shall hear, and shall in no wise understand; And seeing ye shall see, and shall in no wise perceive:

    27For this people's heart is waxed gross, And their ears are dull of hearing, And their eyes they have closed; Lest, haply they should perceive with their eyes, And hear with their ears, And understand with their heart, And should turn again, And I should heal them.

  • Isa 6:10
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    10Make 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.

  • Matt 13:13-16
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    13Therefore speak I to them in parables; because seeing they see not, and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand.

    14And unto them is fulfilled the prophecy of Isaiah, which saith, By hearing ye shall hear, and shall in no wise understand; And seeing ye shall see, and shall in no wise perceive:

    15For this people's heart is waxed gross, And their ears are dull of hearing, And their eyes they have closed; Lest haply they should perceive with their eyes, And hear with their ears, And understand with their heart, And should turn again, And I should heal them.

    16But blessed are your eyes, for they see; and your ears, for they hear.

  • Jer 5:20-21
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    20Declare ye this in the house of Jacob, and publish it in Judah, saying,

    21Hear now this, O foolish people, and without understanding; that have eyes, and see not; that have ears, and hear not:

  • Isa 6:8
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    8And I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, Whom shall I send, and who will go for us? Then I said, Here am I; send me.

  • Mark 4:12-13
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    12that seeing they may see, and not perceive; and hearing they may hear, and not understand; lest haply they should turn again, and it should be forgiven them.

    13And he saith unto them, Know ye not this parable? and how shall ye know all the parables?

  • Ezek 3:4-6
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    4And he said unto me, Son of man, go, get thee unto the house of Israel, and speak with my words unto them.

    5For thou art not sent to a people of a strange speech and of a hard language, but to the house of Israel;

    6not to many peoples of a strange speech and of a hard language, whose words thou canst not understand. Surely, if I sent thee to them, they would hearken unto thee.

  • Isa 42:18
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    18Hear, ye deaf; and look, ye blind, that ye may see.

  • Jer 6:10
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    10To whom shall I speak and testify, that they may hear? behold, their ear is uncircumcised, and they cannot hearken: behold, the word of Jehovah is become unto them a reproach; they have no delight in it.

  • Isa 42:20
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    20Thou seest many things, but thou observest not; his ears are open, but he heareth not.

  • Mark 8:17-18
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    17And Jesus perceiving it saith unto them, Why reason ye, because ye have no bread? do ye not yet perceive, neither understand? have ye your heart hardened?

    18Having eyes, see ye not? and having ears, hear ye not? and do ye not remember?

  • John 12:39-40
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    39For this cause they could not believe, for that Isaiah said again,

    40He hath blinded their eyes, and he hardened their heart; Lest they should see with their eyes, and perceive with their heart, And should turn, And I should heal them.

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    6This parable spake Jesus unto them: but they understood not what things they were which he spake unto them.

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    18They know not, neither do they consider: for he hath shut their eyes, that they cannot see; and their hearts, that they cannot understand.

  • Jer 6:17-18
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    17And I set watchmen over you, [saying], Hearken to the sound of the trumpet; but they said, We will not hearken.

    18Therefore hear, ye nations, and know, O congregation, what is among them.

  • Mark 8:21
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    21And he said unto them, Do ye not yet understand?

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    11And go, get thee to them of the captivity, unto the children of thy people, and speak unto them, and tell them, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah; whether they will hear, or whether they will forbear.

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    9He that hath ears, let him hear.

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    10For Jehovah hath poured out upon you the spirit of deep sleep, and hath closed your eyes, the prophets; and your heads, the seers, hath he covered.

    11And all vision is become unto you as the words of a book that is sealed, which men deliver to one that is learned, saying, Read this, I pray thee; and he saith, I cannot, for it is sealed:

    12and the book is delivered to him that is not learned, saying, Read this, I pray thee; and he saith, I am not learned.

    13And the Lord said, Forasmuch as this people draw nigh [unto me], and with their mouth and with their lips to honor me, but have removed their heart far from me, and their fear of me is a commandment of men which hath been taught [them] ;

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    4but Jehovah hath not given you a heart to know, and eyes to see, and ears to hear, unto this day.

  • Matt 15:10
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    10And he called to him the multitude, and said unto them, Hear, and understand:

  • Matt 11:15
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    15He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.

  • Isa 21:6
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    6For thus hath the Lord said unto me, Go, set a watchman: let him declare what he seeth:

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    9And he said, Who hath ears to hear, let him hear.

  • Jer 7:27
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    6And Jehovah said unto me, Proclaim all these words in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem, saying, Hear ye the words of this covenant, and do them.

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    6but go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.

  • Luke 8:10
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    10And he said, Unto you it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of God: but to the rest in parables; that seeing they may not see, and hearing they may not understand.

  • Ps 115:6
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    6They have ears, but they hear not; Noses have they, but they smell not;

  • Isa 43:8
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    8Bring forth the blind people that have eyes, and the deaf that have ears.

  • Jer 1:7
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    7But Jehovah said unto me, Say not, I am a child; for to whomsoever I shall send thee thou shalt go, and whatsoever I shall command thee thou shalt speak.

  • Matt 15:16
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    16And he said, Are ye also even yet without understanding?

  • Luke 9:45
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    45But they understood not this saying, and it was concealed from them, that they should not perceive it; and they were afraid to ask him about this saying.

  • Mark 7:16
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    16(Ommitted)

  • Isa 28:12
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    12to whom he said, This is the rest, give ye rest to him that is weary; and this is the refreshing: yet they would not hear.

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    10that say to the seers, See not; and to the prophets, Prophesy not unto us right things, speak unto us smooth things, prophesy deceits,