Isaiah 6:9

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

And He saith, `Go, and thou hast said to this people, Hear ye -- to hear, and ye do not understand, And see ye -- to see, and ye do not know.

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  • Matt 13:14-15 : 14 and fulfilled on them is the prophecy of Isaiah, that saith, With hearing ye shall hear, and ye shall not understand, and seeing ye shall see, and ye shall not perceive, 15 for made gross was the heart of this people, and with the ears they heard heavily, and their eyes they did close, lest they might see with the eyes, and with the ears might hear, and with the heart understand, and turn back, and I might heal them.
  • Luke 8:10 : 10 And he said, `To you it hath been given to know the secrets of the reign of God, and to the rest in similes; 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 they may turn, and the sins may be forgiven them.'
  • John 12:40 : 40 `He hath blinded their eyes, and hardened their heart, that they might not see with the eyes, and understand with the heart, and turn back, and I might heal them;'
  • Isa 29:13 : 13 And the Lord saith: Because drawn near hath this people, with its mouth, And with its lips they have honoured Me, And its heart it hath put far off from Me, And their fear of Me is -- A precept of men is taught!
  • Isa 43:8 : 8 He brought out a blind people who have eyes, And deaf ones who have ears.
  • Rom 11:8 : 8 according as it hath been written, `God gave to them a spirit of deep sleep, eyes not to see, and ears not to hear,' -- unto this very day,
  • Acts 28:26-27 : 26 saying, Go on unto this people and say, With hearing ye shall hear, and ye shall not understand, and seeing ye shall see, and ye shall not perceive, 27 for made gross was the heart of this people, and with the ears they heard heavily, and their eyes they did close, lest they may see with the eyes, and with the heart may understand, and be turned back, and I may heal them.
  • Isa 44:18-20 : 18 They have not known, nor do they understand, For He hath daubed their eyes from seeing, Their heart from acting wisely. 19 And none doth turn `it' back unto his heart, Nor hath knowledge nor understanding to say, `Half of it I have burned in the fire, Yea, also, I have baked bread over its coals, I roast flesh and I eat, And its remnant for an abomination I make, To the stock of a tree I fall down.' 20 Feeding on ashes, the heart is deceived, It hath turned him aside, And he delivereth not his soul, nor saith: `Is there not a lie in my right hand?'
  • Isa 30:8-9 : 8 No, go in, write it on a tablet with them, And on a book engrave it, And it is for a latter day, for a witness unto the age, 9 That a rebellious people `is' this, sons -- liars, Sons not willing to hear the law of Jehovah. 10 Who have said to seers, `Ye do not see,' And to prophets, `Ye do not prophesy to us Straightforward things, Speak to us smooth things, prophesy deceits, 11 Turn aside from the way, decline from the path, Cause to cease from before us the Holy One of Israel.'
  • Exod 32:7-9 : 7 And Jehovah saith unto Moses, `Go, descend, for thy people whom thou hast brought up out of the land of Egypt hath done corruptly, 8 they have turned aside hastily from the way that I have commanded them; they have made for themselves a molten calf, and bow themselves to it, and sacrifice to it, and say, These thy gods, O Israel, who brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.' 9 And Jehovah saith unto Moses, `I have seen this people, and lo, it `is' a stiff-necked people; 10 and now, let Me alone, and My anger doth burn against them, and I consume them, and I make thee become a great nation.'
  • Jer 15:1-2 : 1 And Jehovah saith unto me: Though Moses and Samuel should stand before Me, My soul is not toward this people, Send from before My face, and they go out. 2 And it hath come to pass, when they say to thee, Whither do we go out? that thou hast said unto them, Thus said Jehovah: Those who `are' for death -- to death, And those who are for the sword, to the sword, And those who are for famine, to famine, And those who are for captivity, to captivity.
  • Hos 1:9 : 9 and He saith, `Call his name Lo-Ammi, for ye `are' not My people, and I am not for you;

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  • Acts 28:26-27
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    26 saying, Go on unto this people and say, With hearing ye shall hear, and ye shall not understand, and seeing ye shall see, and ye shall not perceive,

    27 for made gross was the heart of this people, and with the ears they heard heavily, and their eyes they did close, lest they may see with the eyes, and with the heart may understand, and be turned back, and I may heal them.

  • Isa 6:10
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    10 Declare fat the heart of this people, And its ears declare heavy, And its eyes declare dazzled, Lest it see with its eyes, And with its ears hear, and its heart consider, And it hath turned back, and hath health.'

  • Matt 13:13-16
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    13 `Because of this, in similes do I speak to them, because seeing they do not see, and hearing they do not hear, nor understand,

    14 and fulfilled on them is the prophecy of Isaiah, that saith, With hearing ye shall hear, and ye shall not understand, and seeing ye shall see, and ye shall not perceive,

    15 for made gross was the heart of this people, and with the ears they heard heavily, and their eyes they did close, lest they might see with the eyes, and with the ears might hear, and with the heart understand, and turn back, and I might heal them.

    16 `And happy are your eyes because they see, and your ears because they hear,

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

    21 Hear ye, I pray you, this, O people, foolish and without heart, Eyes they have, and they see not, Ears they have, and they hear not.

  • Isa 6:8
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    8 And I hear the voice of the Lord, saying: `Whom do I send? and who doth go for Us?' And I say, `Here `am' I, 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 they may turn, and the sins may be forgiven them.'

    13 And he saith to them, `Have ye not known this simile? and how shall ye know all the similes?

  • Ezek 3:4-6
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    4 And He saith unto me, `Son of man, go, enter in unto the house of Israel, and thou hast spoken with My words unto them.

    5 For, not unto a people deep of lip and heavy of tongue `art' thou sent -- unto the house of Israel;

    6 not unto many peoples, deep of lip and heavy of tongue, whose words thou dost not understand. If I had not sent thee unto them -- they, they do hearken unto thee,

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    18 Ye deaf, hear; and ye blind, look to see.

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    10 To whom do I speak, and testify, and they hear? Lo, their ear `is' uncircumcised, And they are not able to attend. Lo, a word of Jehovah hath been to them for a reproach, They delight not in it.

  • Isa 42:20
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    20 Seeing many things, and thou observest not, Opening ears, and he heareth not.

  • Mark 8:17-18
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    17 And Jesus having known, saith to them, `Why do ye reason, because ye have no loaves? do ye not yet perceive, nor understand, yet have ye your heart hardened?

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

  • John 12:39-40
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    76%

    39 Because of this they were not able to believe, that again Isaiah said,

    40 `He hath blinded their eyes, and hardened their heart, that they might not see with the eyes, and understand with the heart, and turn back, and I might heal them;'

  • John 10:6
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    6 This similitude spake Jesus to them, and they knew not what the things were that he was speaking to them;

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    18 They have not known, nor do they understand, For He hath daubed their eyes from seeing, Their heart from acting wisely.

  • Jer 6:17-18
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    17 And I have raised up for you watchmen, Attend ye to the voice of the trumpet. And they say, `We do not attend.'

    18 Therefore hear, O nations, and know, O company, That which `is' upon them.

  • Mark 8:21
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    21 And he said to them, `How do ye not understand?'

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    11 and go, enter in unto the Removed, unto the sons of thy people, and thou hast spoken unto them, and hast said unto them: Thus said the Lord Jehovah: whether they hear, or whether they forbear.'

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    9 He who is having ears to hear -- let him hear.'

  • Isa 29:10-13
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    10 For poured out on you hath Jehovah a spirit of deep sleep, And He closeth your eyes -- the prophets, And your heads -- the seers -- He covered.

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    12 And the book is given to him who hath not known books, Saying, `Read this, we pray thee,' And he hath said, `I have not known books.'

    13 And the Lord saith: Because drawn near hath this people, with its mouth, And with its lips they have honoured Me, And its heart it hath put far off from Me, And their fear of Me is -- A precept of men is taught!

  • Deut 29:4
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    4 and Jehovah hath not given to you a heart to know, and eyes to see, and ears to hear, till this day,

  • Matt 15:10
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    10 And having called near the multitude, he said to them, `Hear and understand:

  • Matt 11:15
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    15 he who is having ears to hear -- let him hear.

  • Isa 21:6
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    6 For thus said the Lord unto me: `Go, station the watchman, That which he seeth let him declare.'

  • Mark 4:9
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    9 And he said to them, `He who is having ears to hear -- let him hear.'

  • Jer 7:27
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    27 And thou hast spoken unto them all these words, And they do not hearken to thee, And thou hast called unto them, And they do not answer thee.

  • Jer 11:6
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    6 And Jehovah saith 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 ye have done them.

  • Matt 10:6
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    6 and be going rather unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel.

  • Luke 8:10
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    10 And he said, `To you it hath been given to know the secrets of the reign of God, and to the rest in similes; that seeing they may not see, and hearing they may not understand.

  • Ps 115:6
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    6 Ears they have, and they hear not, A nose they have, and they smell not,

  • Isa 43:8
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    8 He brought out a blind people who have eyes, And deaf ones who have ears.

  • Jer 1:7
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    7 And Jehovah saith unto me, `Do not say, I `am' a youth, for to all to whom I send thee thou goest, and all that I command thee thou speakest.

  • Matt 15:16
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    16 And Jesus said, `Are ye also yet without understanding?

  • Luke 9:45
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    45 And they were not knowing this saying, and it was veiled from them, that they might not perceive it, and they were afraid to ask him about this saying.

  • Mark 7:16
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    16 If any hath ears to hear -- let him hear.'

  • Isa 28:12
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    12 Unto whom He hath said, `This `is' the rest, give ye rest to the weary, And this -- the refreshing:' And they have not been willing to hear,

  • Isa 30:10
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    10 Who have said to seers, `Ye do not see,' And to prophets, `Ye do not prophesy to us Straightforward things, Speak to us smooth things, prophesy deceits,