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Isaiah 6:9-11

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, O Lord?”
And he answered:
“Until the cities lie ruined
and without inhabitant,
until the houses are left deserted
and the fields ruined and ravaged,

Cross References for Isaiah 6:9-11

Job 33:14 - For God does speak—now one way, now another— though man may not perceive it. Click to read the verse Job 33:14 Click to read the verse Job 33:14

John 12:40 - “He has blinded their eyes and deadened their hearts, so they can neither see with their eyes, ... Click to read the verse John 12:40 Click to read the verse John 12:40

Acts 28:26-27 - “‘Go to this people and say, “You will be ever hearing but never understanding; you will be eve... Click to read the verse Acts 28:26-27 Click to read the verse Acts 28:26-27

Romans 11:8 - as it is written: “God gave them a spirit of stupor, eyes so that they could not see and ears s... Click to read the verse Romans 11:8 Click to read the verse Romans 11:8

Matthew 13:14-15 - In them is fulfilled the prophecy of Isaiah: “‘You will be ever hearing but never understanding... Click to read the verse Matthew 13:14-15 Click to read the verse Matthew 13:14-15

Matthew 15:10 - Jesus called the crowd to him and said, “Listen and understand. Click to read the verse Matthew 15:10 Click to read the verse Matthew 15:10

Mark 7:14 - Again Jesus called the crowd to him and said, “Listen to me, everyone, and understand this. Click to read the verse Mark 7:14 Click to read the verse Mark 7:14

Exodus 32:7-10 - Then the Lord said to Moses, “Go down, because your people, whom you brought up out of Egypt, h... Click to read the verse Exodus 32:7-10 Click to read the verse Exodus 32:7-10

John 8:43 - Why is my language not clear to you? Because you are unable to hear what I say. Click to read the verse John 8:43 Click to read the verse John 8:43

Isaiah 44:18-20 - They know nothing, they understand nothing; their eyes are plastered over so they cannot see, a... Click to read the verse Isaiah 44:18-20 Click to read the verse Isaiah 44:18-20

Isaiah 29:13 - The Lord says: “These people come near to me with their mouth and honor me with their lips, but... Click to read the verse Isaiah 29:13 Click to read the verse Isaiah 29:13

John 9:39 - Jesus said, “For judgment I have come into this world, so that the blind will see and those who... Click to read the verse John 9:39 Click to read the verse John 9:39

Hosea 1:9 - Then the Lord said, “Call him Lo-Ammi, for you are not my people, and I am not your God. Click to read the verse Hosea 1:9 Click to read the verse Hosea 1:9

Jeremiah 15:1-2 - Then the Lord said to me: “Even if Moses and Samuel were to stand before me, my heart would not... Click to read the verse Jeremiah 15:1-2 Click to read the verse Jeremiah 15:1-2

Mark 4:12 - so that, “‘they may be ever seeing but never perceiving, and ever hearing but never understandi... Click to read the verse Mark 4:12 Click to read the verse Mark 4:12

Isaiah 30:8-11 - Go now, write it on a tablet for them, inscribe it on a scroll, that for the days to come it ma... Click to read the verse Isaiah 30:8-11 Click to read the verse Isaiah 30:8-11

Luke 8:10 - He said, “The knowledge of the secrets of the kingdom of God has been given to you, but to othe... Click to read the verse Luke 8:10 Click to read the verse Luke 8:10

Isaiah 43:8 - Lead out those who have eyes but are blind, who have ears but are deaf. Click to read the verse Isaiah 43:8 Click to read the verse Isaiah 43:8

Isaiah 42:19 - Who is blind but my servant, and deaf like the messenger I send? Who is blind like the one comm... Click to read the verse Isaiah 42:19 Click to read the verse Isaiah 42:19

John 8:27 - They did not understand that he was telling them about his Father. Click to read the verse John 8:27 Click to read the verse John 8:27