Romans 11:8

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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.”

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  • Deut 29:4 : 4 But to this very day the LORD has not given you an understanding mind, perceptive eyes, or discerning ears!
  • Isa 29:10 : 10 For 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).
  • Jer 5:21 : 21 Tell them:‘Hear this, you foolish people who have no understanding, who have eyes but do not discern, who have ears but do not perceive:
  • Ezek 12:2 : 2 “Son of man, you are living in the midst of a rebellious house. They have eyes to see, but do not see, and ears to hear, but do not hear, because they are a rebellious house.
  • Matt 13:13-14 : 13 For 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. 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.
  • 2 Cor 3:14-15 : 14 But their minds were closed. For to this very day, the same veil remains when they hear the old covenant read. It has not been removed because only in Christ is it taken away. 15 But until this very day whenever Moses is read, a veil lies over their minds,
  • Mark 4:11-12 : 11 He said to them,“The secret of the kingdom of God has been given to you. But to those outside, everything is in parables, 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.”
  • 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.
  • Acts 28:26 : 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.
  • 2 Kgs 17:41 : 41 These nations are worshiping the LORD and at the same time serving their idols; their sons and grandsons do just as their fathers have done, to this very day.
  • Isa 6:9 : 9 He said,“Go and tell these people:‘Listen continually, but don’t understand! Look continually, but don’t perceive!’
  • 2 Kgs 17:34 : 34 To this very day they observe their earlier practices. They do not worship the LORD; they do not obey the rules, regulations, law, and commandments that the LORD gave the descendants of Jacob, whom he renamed Israel.

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    7What then? Israel failed to obtain what it was diligently seeking, but the elect obtained it. The rest were hardened,

  • Rom 11:9-11
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    9And David says,“Let their table become a snare and trap, a stumbling block and a retribution for them;

    10let their eyes be darkened so that they may not see, and make their backs bend continually.”

    11I ask then, they did not stumble into an irrevocable fall, did they? Absolutely not! But by their transgression salvation has come to the Gentiles, to make Israel jealous.

  • 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.”

  • 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.

  • 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.”’

  • 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.

  • Isa 6:9-10
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    9He said,“Go and tell these people:‘Listen continually, but don’t understand! Look continually, but don’t perceive!’

    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.”

  • Mark 4:12
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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.”

  • Isa 29:10-11
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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.”

  • 2 Cor 3:14-15
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    14But their minds were closed. For to this very day, the same veil remains when they hear the old covenant read. It has not been removed because only in Christ is it taken away.

    15But until this very day whenever Moses is read, a veil lies over their minds,

  • Deut 29:4
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    4But to this very day the LORD has not given you an understanding mind, perceptive eyes, or discerning ears!

  • Rom 11:25
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    25For I do not want you to be ignorant of this mystery, brothers and sisters, so that you may not be conceited: A partial hardening has happened to Israel until the full number of the Gentiles has come in.

  • Zech 7:11
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    11“But they refused to pay attention, turning away stubbornly and stopping their ears so they could not hear.

  • Eph 4:18
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    18They are darkened in their understanding, being alienated from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them due to the hardness of their hearts.

  • Mark 8:18
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    18Though you have eyes, don’t you see? And though you have ears, can’t you hear? Don’t you remember?

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

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    27And this is my covenant with them, when I take away their sins.”

    28In regard to the gospel they are enemies for your sake, but in regard to election they are dearly loved for the sake of the fathers.

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    16They have mouths, but cannot speak, eyes, but cannot see,

    17and ears, but cannot hear. Indeed, they cannot breathe.

  • 2 Cor 4:4
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    4among whom the god of this age has blinded the minds of those who do not believe so they would not see the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God.

  • Isa 29:18
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    18At that time the deaf will be able to hear words read from a scroll, and the eyes of the blind will be able to see through deep darkness.

  • Rom 11:30-32
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    30Just as you were formerly disobedient to God, but have now received mercy due to their disobedience,

    31so they too have now been disobedient in order that, by the mercy shown to you, they too may now receive mercy.

    32For God has consigned all people to disobedience so that he may show mercy to them all.

  • Rom 15:21
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    21but as it is written:“Those who were not told about him will see, and those who have not heard will understand.”

  • 1 Pet 2:8
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    8and a stumbling-stone and a rock to trip over. They stumble because they disobey the word, as they were destined to do.

  • 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.

  • Jer 5:21
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    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:

  • Rom 9:32-33
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    32Why not? Because they pursued it not by faith but(as if it were possible) by works. They stumbled over the stumbling stone,

    33just as it is written,“Look, I am laying in Zion a stone that will cause people to stumble and a rock that will make them fall, yet the one who believes in him will not be put to shame.”

  • Luke 24:16
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    16(but their eyes were kept from recognizing him).

  • Ps 115:5-6
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    5They have mouths, but cannot speak, eyes, but cannot see,

    6ears, but cannot hear, noses, but cannot smell,

  • Rom 10:18-19
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    18But I ask, have they not heard? Yes, they have: Their voice has gone out to all the earth, and their words to the ends of the world.

    19But again I ask, didn’t Israel understand? First Moses says,“I will make you jealous by those who are not a nation; with a senseless nation I will provoke you to anger.”

  • Jer 11:8
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    8But they did not listen to me or pay any attention to me! Each one of them followed the stubborn inclinations of his own wicked heart. So I brought on them all the punishments threatened in the covenant because they did not carry out its terms as I commanded them to do.’”

  • Isa 32:3
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    3Eyes will no longer be blind and ears will be attentive.

  • 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!

  • Isa 8:15
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    15Many will stumble over the stone and the rock, and will fall and be seriously injured, and will be ensnared and captured.”