Isaiah 6:9

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He said,“Go and tell these people:‘Listen continually, but don’t understand! Look continually, but don’t perceive!’

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  • Matt 13:14-15 : 14 And concerning them the prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled that says:‘You will listen carefully yet will never understand, you will look closely yet will never comprehend. 15 For the heart of this people has become dull; they are hard of hearing, and they have shut their eyes, so that they would not see with their eyes and hear with their ears and understand with their hearts and turn, and I would heal them.’
  • Luke 8:10 : 10 He said,“You have been given the opportunity to know the secrets of the kingdom of God, but for others they are in parables, so that although they see they may not see, and although they hear they may not understand.
  • Mark 4:12 : 12 so that although they look they may look but not see, and although they hear they may hear but not understand, so they may not repent and be forgiven.”
  • John 12:40 : 40 “He has blinded their eyes and hardened their heart, so that they would not see with their eyes and understand with their heart, and turn to me, and I would heal them.”
  • Isa 29:13 : 13 The Lord says,“These people say they are loyal to me; they say wonderful things about me, but they are not really loyal to me. Their worship consists of nothing but man-made ritual.
  • Isa 43:8 : 8 The Lord Declares His Sovereignty Bring out the people who are blind, even though they have eyes, those who are deaf, even though they have ears!
  • Rom 11:8 : 8 as it is written,“God gave them a spirit of stupor, eyes that would not see and ears that would not hear, to this very day.”
  • Acts 28:26-27 : 26 when he said,‘Go to this people and say,“You will keep on hearing, but will never understand, and you will keep on looking, but will never perceive. 27 For the heart of this people has become dull, and their ears are hard of hearing, and they have closed their eyes, so that they would not see with their eyes and hear with their ears and understand with their heart and turn, and I would heal them.”’
  • Isa 44:18-20 : 18 They do not comprehend or understand, for their eyes are blind and cannot see; their minds do not discern. 19 No one thinks to himself, nor do they comprehend or understand and say to themselves:‘I burned half of it in the fire– yes, I baked bread over the coals; I roasted meat and ate it. With the rest of it should I make a disgusting idol? Should I bow down to dry wood?’ 20 He feeds on ashes; his deceived mind misleads him. He cannot rescue himself, nor does he say,‘Is this not a false god I hold in my right hand?’
  • Isa 30:8-9 : 8 Now go, write it down on a tablet in their presence, inscribe it on a scroll, so that it might be preserved for a future time as an enduring witness. 9 For these are rebellious people– they are lying children, children unwilling to obey the LORD’s law. 10 They say to the visionaries,“See no more visions!” and to the seers,“Don’t relate messages to us about what is right! Tell us nice things; relate deceptive messages. 11 Turn aside from the way; stray off the path. Remove from our presence the Holy One of Israel.”
  • Exod 32:7-9 : 7 The LORD spoke to Moses:“Go quickly, descend, because your people, whom you brought up from the land of Egypt, have acted corruptly. 8 They have quickly turned aside from the way that I commanded them– they have made for themselves a molten calf and have bowed down to it and sacrificed to it and said,‘These are your gods, O Israel, which brought you up from the land of Egypt.’” 9 Then the LORD said to Moses:“I have seen this people. Look what a stiff-necked people they are! 10 So now, leave me alone so that my anger can burn against them and I can destroy them, and I will make from you a great nation.”
  • Jer 15:1-2 : 1 Then the LORD said to me,“Even if Moses and Samuel stood before me pleading for these people, I would not feel pity for them! Get them away from me! Tell them to go away! 2 If they ask you,‘Where should we go?’ tell them the LORD says this:“Those who are destined to die of disease will go to death by disease. Those who are destined to die in war will go to death in war. Those who are destined to die of starvation will go to death by starvation. Those who are destined to go into exile will go into exile.”
  • Hos 1:9 : 9 Then the LORD said:“Name him‘Not My People’(Lo-Ammi), because you are not my people and I am not your God.”

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  • Acts 28:26-27
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    26when he said,‘Go to this people and say,“You will keep on hearing, but will never understand, and you will keep on looking, but will never perceive.

    27For the heart of this people has become dull, and their ears are hard of hearing, and they have closed their eyes, so that they would not see with their eyes and hear with their ears and understand with their heart and turn, and I would heal them.”’

  • Isa 6:10
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    10Make the hearts of these people calloused; make their ears deaf and their eyes blind! Otherwise they might see with their eyes and hear with their ears, their hearts might understand and they might repent and be healed.”

  • Matt 13:13-16
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    13For this reason I speak to them in parables: Although they see they do not see, and although they hear they do not hear nor do they understand.

    14And concerning them the prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled that says:‘You will listen carefully yet will never understand, you will look closely yet will never comprehend.

    15For the heart of this people has become dull; they are hard of hearing, and they have shut their eyes, so that they would not see with their eyes and hear with their ears and understand with their hearts and turn, and I would heal them.’

    16“But your eyes are blessed because they see, and your ears because they hear.

  • Jer 5:20-21
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    20“Proclaim this message among the descendants of Jacob. Make it known throughout Judah.

    21Tell them:‘Hear this, you foolish people who have no understanding, who have eyes but do not discern, who have ears but do not perceive:

  • Isa 6:8
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    8I heard the voice of the Lord say,“Whom will I send? Who will go on our behalf?” I answered,“Here I am, send me!”

  • Mark 4:12-13
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    12so that although they look they may look but not see, and although they hear they may hear but not understand, so they may not repent and be forgiven.”

    13He said to them,“Don’t you understand this parable? Then how will you understand any parable?

  • Ezek 3:4-6
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    4He said to me,“Son of man, go to the house of Israel and speak my words to them.

    5For you are not being sent to a people of unintelligible speech and difficult language, but to the house of Israel–

    6not to many peoples of unintelligible speech and difficult language, whose words you cannot understand– surely if I had sent you to them, they would listen to you!

  • Isa 42:18
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    18The Lord Reasons with His People“Listen, you deaf ones! Take notice, you blind ones!

  • Jer 6:10
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    10I answered,“Who would listen if I spoke to them and warned them? Their ears are so closed that they cannot hear! Indeed, the LORD’s message is offensive to them. They do not like it at all.

  • Isa 42:20
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    20You see many things, but don’t comprehend; their ears are open, but do not hear.”

  • Mark 8:17-18
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    17When he learned of this, Jesus said to them,“Why are you arguing about having no bread? Do you still not see or understand? Have your hearts been hardened?

    18Though you have eyes, don’t you see? And though you have ears, can’t you hear? Don’t you remember?

  • John 12:39-40
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    39For this reason they could not believe, because again Isaiah said,

    40“He has blinded their eyes and hardened their heart, so that they would not see with their eyes and understand with their heart, and turn to me, and I would heal them.”

  • John 10:6
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    6Jesus told them this parable, but they did not understand what he was saying to them.

  • Isa 44:18
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    18They do not comprehend or understand, for their eyes are blind and cannot see; their minds do not discern.

  • Jer 6:17-18
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    17The LORD said,“I appointed prophets as watchmen to warn you, saying:‘Pay attention to the warning sound of the trumpet!’” But they said,“We will not pay attention!”

    18So the LORD said,“Hear, you nations! Be witnesses and take note of what will happen to these people.

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    21Then he said to them,“Do you still not understand?”

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    11Go to the exiles, to your fellow countrymen, and speak to them– say to them,‘This is what the Sovereign LORD says,’ whether they pay attention or not.”

  • Matt 13:9
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    9The one who has ears had better listen!”

  • Isa 29:10-13
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    10For the LORD has poured out on you a strong urge to sleep deeply. He has shut your eyes(the prophets), and covered your heads(the seers).

    11To you this entire prophetic revelation is like words in a sealed scroll. When they hand it to one who can read and say,“Read this,” he responds,“I can’t, because it is sealed.”

    12Or when they hand the scroll to one who can’t read and say,“Read this,” he says,“I can’t read.”

    13The Lord says,“These people say they are loyal to me; they say wonderful things about me, but they are not really loyal to me. Their worship consists of nothing but man-made ritual.

  • Deut 29:4
    73%

    4But to this very day the LORD has not given you an understanding mind, perceptive eyes, or discerning ears!

  • Matt 15:10
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    10True Defilement Then he called the crowd to him and said,“Listen and understand.

  • Matt 11:15
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    15The one who has ears had better listen!

  • Isa 21:6
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    6For this is what the Lord has told me:“Go, post a guard! He must report what he sees.

  • Mark 4:9
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    9And he said,“Whoever has ears to hear had better listen!”

  • Jer 7:27
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    27Then the LORD said to me,“When you tell them all this, they will not listen to you. When you call out to them, they will not respond to you.

  • Jer 11:6
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    6The LORD said to me,“Announce all the following words in the towns of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem:‘Listen to the terms of my covenant with you and carry them out!

  • Matt 10:6
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    6Go instead to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.

  • Luke 8:10
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    10He said,“You have been given the opportunity to know the secrets of the kingdom of God, but for others they are in parables, so that although they see they may not see, and although they hear they may not understand.

  • Ps 115:6
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    6ears, but cannot hear, noses, but cannot smell,

  • Isa 43:8
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    8The Lord Declares His Sovereignty Bring out the people who are blind, even though they have eyes, those who are deaf, even though they have ears!

  • Jer 1:7
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    7The LORD said to me,“Do not say,‘I am too young.’ But go to whomever I send you and say whatever I tell you.

  • Matt 15:16
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    16Jesus said,“Even after all this, are you still so foolish?

  • Luke 9:45
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    45But they did not understand this statement; its meaning had been concealed from them, so that they could not grasp it. Yet they were afraid to ask him about this statement.

  • Isa 28:12
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    12In the past he said to them,“This is where security can be found. Provide security for the one who is exhausted! This is where rest can be found.” But they refused to listen.

  • Isa 30:10
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    10They say to the visionaries,“See no more visions!” and to the seers,“Don’t relate messages to us about what is right! Tell us nice things; relate deceptive messages.