2Ch 25:16, Isa 6:9-10, Rom 9:18, 22-23 | ESV | STEP | But as he was speaking , the king said to him, Have we made you a royal counselor ? Stop ! Why should you be struck down ? So the prophet stopped , but said , I know that God has determined to destroy you, because you have done this and have not listened to my counsel .

2 Chronicles 25:16

16 But as he was speaking, the king said to him, “Have we made you a royal counselor? Stop! Why should you be struck down?” So the prophet stopped, but said, “I know that ^aGod has determined to destroy you, because you have done this and have not listened to my counsel.”

Isaiah 6:9-10

9 And he said, “Go, and say to this people:

^b“‘Keep on hearing, ^{▼▼Or Hear indeed} but do not understand;
keep on seeing, ^{▼▼Or see indeed} but do not perceive.’
10 ^eMake the heart of this people ^fdull, ^{▼▼Hebrew fat}
and their ears heavy,
and blind their eyes;
^hlest they see with their eyes,
and hear with their ears,
and understand with their hearts,
and turn and be healed.”

Romans 9:18

18 So then he has mercy on whomever he wills, and he hardens whomever he wills.

Romans 9:22-23

22 What if God, desiring to show his wrath and to make known his power, has endured with much patience ⁱvessels of wrath ^jprepared for destruction, 23 in order to make known ^kthe riches of his glory for vessels of mercy, which he ^lhas prepared beforehand for glory—