9
And He replied: Go! Say to these people: Keep listening, but do not understand; keep looking, but do not perceive.
Isaiah 6:9 In-Context
7
With it he touched my mouth and said, “See, this has touched your lips; your guilt is taken away and your sin atoned for.”
8
Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying, “Whom shall I send? And who will go for us?” And I said, “Here am I. Send me!”
9
He said, “Go and tell this people: “ ‘Be ever hearing, but never understanding; be ever seeing, but never perceiving.’
10
Make the heart of this people calloused; make their ears dull and close their eyes. Otherwise they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their hearts, and turn and be healed.”
11
Then I said, “For how long, Lord?” And he answered: “Until the cities lie ruined and without inhabitant, until the houses are left deserted and the fields ruined and ravaged,