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Isaiah 6:10

Make the heart of this people fat, and 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 convert, and be healed.

KJV

Excæca cor populi hujus, et aures ejus aggrava, et oculos ejus claude : ne forte videat oculis suis, et auribus suis audiat, et corde suo intelligat, et convertatur, et sanem eum.

Vulgate

ἐπαχύνθη γὰρ ἡ καρδία τοῦ λαοῦ τούτου, καὶ τοῖς ὠσὶν αὐτῶν βαρέως ἤκουσαν καὶ τοὺς ὀφθαλμοὺς ἐκάμμυσαν, μή ποτε ἴδωσιν τοῖς ὀφθαλμοῖς καὶ τοῖς ὠσὶν ἀκούσωσιν, καὶ τῇ καρδίᾳ συνῶσιν καὶ ἐπιστρέψωσιν, καὶ ἰάσομαι αὐτούς.

LXX

Make the heart of this people fat, and 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.

ASV

הַשְׁמֵן֙ לֵב הָ/עָ֣ם הַ/זֶּ֔ה וְ/אָזְנָ֥י/ו הַכְבֵּ֖ד וְ/עֵינָ֣י/ו הָשַׁ֑ע פֶּן יִרְאֶ֨ה בְ/עֵינָ֜י/ו וּ/בְ/אָזְנָ֣י/ו יִשְׁמָ֗ע וּ/לְבָב֥/וֹ יָבִ֛ין וָ/שָׁ֖ב וְ/רָ֥פָא לֽ/וֹ

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

15 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אָזְנֵ֣י
'zny
noun · 188×
הָשַׁ֑ע
hsh'
verb · 9×
וֹ
v
noun · 251×
זֶּֽה
zh
pronoun · 1173×
י
y
noun · 591×
י
y
noun · 1849×
יָבִ֥ין
ybyn
verb · 168×
יִּשְׁמַ֤ן
yshmn
verb · 5×
יַּ֣רְא
yr'
verb · 1312×
ךָ
k
noun · 894×
ם
m
verb · 69×
נִכְבָּ֔ד
nkbd
verb · 115×
פֶּן
pn
conjunction · 132×
שׁ֣וּב
shvb
verb · 1058×
שִׁמְעוּ
shm'v
verb · 1157×

Intertextual echoes

Quoted or echoed by 1 later passage.

  • John 12:40 · exact_quote
    "He hath blinded their eyes, and hardened their heart; that they should not see with their eyes, nor understand with their heart, and be converted, and I should heal them."
    Isaiah: he has blinded their eyes — John on Jewish unbelief

Themes

Historic Christian voices

4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Refutation of the arguments of the Marcionites, who attempted to show that God was the author of sin, because He blinded Pharaoh and his servants. 1. But, say they, God hardened the heart of Pharaoh and of his servants. Exodus 9:35 Those, then, who allege such difficulties, do not read in the Gospel that passage where the Lord replied to the disciples, when they asked Him, Why …
In the year that king Uzziah died I saw also the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up. The vision of the divine majesty which Isaiah received at his calling is one of the most sublime passages in all of Scripture. The seraphim cry "Holy, holy, holy" — the threefold repetition pointing to the three persons of the Trinity. Isaiah's cry "Woe is me! for I am undone" shows…

Cross-references

  • 2Cor 3:14 — But their minds were blinded: for until this day remaineth the same vail untaken away in the reading of the old testament; which vail is done away in Christ.
  • 2Cor 4:4 — In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.
  • Acts 3:19 — Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord;
  • Acts 28:27 — For the heart of this people is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes have they closed; lest they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with th
  • Acts 28:27 — For the heart of this people is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes have they closed; lest they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with th
  • Dan 4:16 — Let his heart be changed from man’s, and let a beast’s heart be given unto him; and let seven times pass over him.
  • Deut 2:30 — But Sihon king of Heshbon would not let us pass by him: for the LORD thy God hardened his spirit, and made his heart obstinate, that he might deliver him into thy hand, as appeareth this day.
  • Deut 32:15 — But Jeshurun waxed fat, and kicked: thou art waxen fat, thou art grown thick, thou art covered with fatness; then he forsook God which made him, and lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation.
  • Deut 32:15 — But Jeshurun waxed fat, and kicked: thou art waxen fat, thou art grown thick, thou art covered with fatness; then he forsook God which made him, and lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation.
  • Eph 1:18 — The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints,
  • Exod 4:21 — And the LORD said unto Moses, When thou goest to return into Egypt, see that thou do all those wonders before Pharaoh, which I have put in thine hand: but I will harden his heart, that he shall not le
  • Ezek 3:6 — Not to many people of a strange speech and of an hard language, whose words thou canst not understand. Surely, had I sent thee to them, they would have hearkened unto thee.
  • Heb 5:11 — Of whom we have many things to say, and hard to be uttered, seeing ye are dull of hearing.
  • Isa 29:10 — For the LORD hath poured out upon you the spirit of deep sleep, and hath closed your eyes: the prophets and your rulers, the seers hath he covered.
  • Isa 59:1 — Behold, the LORD’s hand is not shortened, that it cannot save; neither his ear heavy, that it cannot hear:
  • Isa 63:17 — O LORD, why hast thou made us to err from thy ways, and hardened our heart from thy fear? Return for thy servants’ sake, the tribes of thine inheritance.
  • Isa 63:17 — O LORD, why hast thou made us to err from thy ways, and hardened our heart from thy fear? Return for thy servants’ sake, the tribes of thine inheritance.
  • Jer 5:21 — Hear now this, O foolish people, and without understanding; which have eyes, and see not; which have ears, and hear not:
  • Jer 6:10 — To whom shall I speak, and give warning, that they may hear? behold, their ear is uncircumcised, and they cannot hearken: behold, the word of the LORD is unto them a reproach; they have no delight in
  • Jer 17:14 — Heal me, O LORD, and I shall be healed; save me, and I shall be saved: for thou art my praise.
  • Job 15:27 — Because he covereth his face with his fatness, and maketh collops of fat on his flanks.
  • Job 33:16 — Then he openeth the ears of men, and sealeth their instruction,
  • John 3:19 — And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.
  • John 12:40 — He hath blinded their eyes, and hardened their heart; that they should not see with their eyes, nor understand with their heart, and be converted, and I should heal them.
  • Lam 3:65 — Give them sorrow of heart, thy curse unto them.
  • Matt 13:15 — For this people’s heart is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes they have closed; lest at any time they should see with their eyes and hear with their ears, and should under
  • Matt 13:15 — For this people’s heart is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes they have closed; lest at any time they should see with their eyes and hear with their ears, and should under
  • Ps 17:10 — They are inclosed in their own fat: with their mouth they speak proudly.
  • Ps 17:10 — They are inclosed in their own fat: with their mouth they speak proudly.
  • Ps 51:13 — Then will I teach transgressors thy ways; and sinners shall be converted unto thee.
  • Ps 119:70 — Their heart is as fat as grease; but I delight in thy law.
  • Ps 135:16 — They have mouths, but they speak not; eyes have they, but they see not;
  • Rev 22:2 — In the midst of the street of it, and on either side of the river, was there the tree of life, which bare twelve manner of fruits, and yielded her fruit every month: and the leaves of the tree were fo
  • Zech 7:11 — But they refused to hearken, and pulled away the shoulder, and stopped their ears, that they should not hear.
  • Zech 7:12 — Yea, they made their hearts as an adamant stone, lest they should hear the law, and the words which the LORD of hosts hath sent in his spirit by the former prophets: therefore came a great wrath from
  • Zech 11:15 — And the LORD said unto me, Take unto thee yet the instruments of a foolish shepherd.