Isaiah 6:9

Webster's Bible (1833)

He said, "Go, and tell this people, 'You hear indeed, But don't understand; And you see indeed, But don't perceive.'

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  • Matt 13:14-15 : 14 In them the prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled, which says, 'By hearing you will hear, And will in no way understand; Seeing you will see, And will in no way perceive: 15 For this people's heart has grown callous, Their ears are dull of hearing, They have closed their eyes; Or else perhaps they might perceive with their eyes, Hear with their ears, Understand with their heart, And should turn again; And I would heal them.'
  • Luke 8:10 : 10 He said, "To 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 perhaps they should turn again, and their sins should be forgiven them.'"
  • John 12:40 : 40 "He has blinded their eyes and he hardened their heart, Lest they should see with their eyes, And perceive with their heart, And would turn, And I would heal them."
  • Isa 29:13 : 13 The Lord said, Because this people draw near [to 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 has been taught [them];
  • Isa 43:8 : 8 Bring forth the blind people who have eyes, and the deaf who 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, to this very day."
  • Acts 28:26-27 : 26 saying, 'Go to this people, and say, In hearing, you will hear, But will in no way understand. In seeing, you will see, But will in no way perceive. 27 For this people's heart has grown callous. Their ears are dull of hearing. Their eyes they have closed. Lest they should see with their eyes, Hear with their ears, Understand with their heart, And would turn again, And I would heal them.'
  • Isa 44:18-20 : 18 They don't know, neither do they consider: for he has shut their eyes, that they can't see; and their hearts, that they can't understand. 19 None calls to mind, neither is there knowledge nor understanding to say, I have burned part of it in the fire; yes, also I have baked bread on the coals of it; I have roasted flesh and eaten it: and shall I make the residue of it an abomination? shall I fall down to the stock of a tree? 20 He feeds on ashes; a deceived heart has turned him aside; and he can't 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 forever and ever. 9 For it is a rebellious people, lying children, children who will not hear the law of Yahweh; 10 who tell the seers, "Don't see;" and to the prophets, "Don't prophesy to us right things, speak to us smooth things, prophesy deceits, 11 get 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 Yahweh spoke to Moses, "Go, get down; for your people, who you brought 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 themselves a molten calf, and have worshiped it, and have sacrificed to it, and said, 'These are your gods, Israel, which brought you up out of the land of Egypt.'" 9 Yahweh said to Moses, "I have seen these people, and, behold, they are a stiff-necked people. 10 Now therefore leave me alone, that my wrath may burn hot against them, and that I may consume them; and I will make of you a great nation."
  • Jer 15:1-2 : 1 Then said Yahweh to 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 It shall happen, when they tell you, Where shall we go forth? then you shall tell them, Thus says Yahweh: 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 He said, "Call his name Lo-Ammi{Lo-Ammi means "not my people"}; for you are not my people, and I will not be yours.

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    26 saying, 'Go to this people, and say, In hearing, you will hear, But will in no way understand. In seeing, you will see, But will in no way perceive.

    27 For this people's heart has grown callous. Their ears are dull of hearing. Their eyes they have closed. Lest they should see with their eyes, Hear with their ears, Understand with their heart, And would turn again, And I would heal them.'

  • 10 Make the heart of this people fat; 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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    13 Therefore I speak to them in parables, because seeing they don't see, and hearing, they don't hear, neither do they understand.

    14 In them the prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled, which says, 'By hearing you will hear, And will in no way understand; Seeing you will see, And will in no way perceive:

    15 For this people's heart has grown callous, Their ears are dull of hearing, They have closed their eyes; Or else perhaps they might perceive with their eyes, Hear with their ears, Understand with their heart, And should turn again; And I would heal them.'

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

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

    21 Hear now this, foolish people, and without understanding; who have eyes, and don't see; who have ears, and don't hear:

  • 8 I heard the Lord's voice, saying, "Whom shall I send, and who will go for us?" Then I said, "Here I am. Send me!"

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

    13 He said to them, "Don't you understand this parable? How will you understand all of the parables?

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

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

    6 not to many peoples of a strange speech and of a hard language, whose words you can not understand. Surely, if I sent you to them, they would listen to you.

  • 18 Hear, you deaf; and look, you blind, that you may see.

  • 10 To whom shall I speak and testify, that they may hear? behold, their ear is uncircumcised, and they can't listen: behold, the word of Yahweh is become to them a reproach; they have no delight in it.

  • 20 You see many things, but don't observe. His ears are open, but he doesn't hear.

  • Mark 8:17-18
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    17 Jesus, perceiving it, said to them, "Why do you reason that it's because you have no bread? Don't you perceive yet, neither understand? Is your heart still hardened?

    18 Having eyes, don't you see? Having ears, don't you hear? Don't you remember?

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    39 For this cause they couldn't believe, for Isaiah said again,

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

  • 6 Jesus spoke this parable to them, but they didn't understand what he was telling them.

  • 18 They don't know, neither do they consider: for he has shut their eyes, that they can't see; and their hearts, that they can't understand.

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

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

  • 21 He asked them, "Don't you understand, yet?"

  • 11 Go, get you to them of the captivity, to the children of your people, and speak to them, and tell them, Thus says the Lord Yahweh; whether they will hear, or whether they will forbear.

  • 9 He who has ears to hear, let him hear."

  • Isa 29:10-13
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    10 For Yahweh has poured out on you the spirit of deep sleep, and has closed your eyes, the prophets; and your heads, the seers, has he covered.

    11 All vision is become to you as the words of a book that is sealed, which men deliver to one who is learned, saying, Read this, I pray you; and he says, I can't, for it is sealed:

    12 and the book is delivered to him who is not learned, saying, Read this, I pray you; and he says, I am not learned.

    13 The Lord said, Because this people draw near [to 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 has been taught [them];

  • 4 but Yahweh has not given you a heart to know, and eyes to see, and ears to hear, to this day.

  • 10 He summoned the multitude, and said to them, "Hear, and understand.

  • 15 He who has ears to hear, let him hear.

  • 6 For thus has the Lord said to me, Go, set a watchman: let him declare what he sees:

  • 9 He said, "Whoever has ears to hear, let him hear."

  • 27 You shall speak all these words to them; but they will not listen to you: you shall also call to them; but they will not answer you.

  • 6 Yahweh said to me, Proclaim all these words in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem, saying, Hear you the words of this covenant, and do them.

  • 6 Rather, go to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.

  • 10 He said, "To 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.'

  • 6 They have ears, but they don't hear; They have noses, but they don't smell;

  • 8 Bring forth the blind people who have eyes, and the deaf who have ears.

  • 7 But Yahweh said to me, Don't say, I am a child; for to whoever I shall send you, you shall go, and whatever I shall command you, you shall speak.

  • 16 So Jesus said, "Do you also still not understand?

  • 45 But they didn't understand this saying. It was concealed from them, that they should not perceive it, and they were afraid to ask him about this saying.

  • 16 If anyone has ears to hear, let him hear!"

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

  • 10 who tell the seers, "Don't see;" and to the prophets, "Don't prophesy to us right things, speak to us smooth things, prophesy deceits,