yCited from Isa. 6:9, 10
abSee Luke 22:32
Isaiah 58:2
2 aYet they seek me dailyand delight to know my ways,
as if they were a nation that did righteousness
and did not forsake the judgment of their God;
they ask of me righteous judgments;
they delight to draw near to God.
Jeremiah 42:2-5
2and said to Jeremiah the prophet, “Let bour plea for mercy come before you, and cpray to the Lord your God for us, for all dthis remnant— ebecause we are left with but a few, as your eyes see us— 3that fthe Lord your God may show us the way we should go, and the thing that we should do.” 4Jeremiah the prophet said to them, “I have heard you. Behold, I will pray to the Lord your God according to your request, and gwhatever the Lord answers you I will tell you. hI will keep nothing back from you.” 5Then they said to Jeremiah, i“May the Lord be a true and jfaithful witness against us kif we do not act according to all the word lwith which the Lord your God sends you to us.Ezekiel 33:31
31 mAnd they come to you as people come, and they sit before you as my people, and they hear what you say but they will not do it; for nwith lustful talk in their mouths they act; their heart is set on their gain.Mark 6:19-20
19And Herodias had a grudge against him and wanted to put him to death. But she could not, 20for Herod ofeared John, knowing that he was a righteous and holy man, and he kept him safe. When he heard him, he was greatly perplexed, and yet he pheard him gladly.Acts 28:22-27
22But we desire to hear from you what your views are, for with regard to this qsect we know that everywhere rit is spoken against.”23When they had appointed a day for him, they came to him at his lodging in greater numbers. From morning till evening she expounded to them, testifying to tthe kingdom of God and utrying to convince them about Jesus vboth from the Law of Moses and from the Prophets. 24And wsome were convinced by what he said, but others disbelieved. 25And disagreeing among themselves, they departed after Paul had made one statement: x“The Holy Spirit was right in saying to your fathers through Isaiah the prophet:
26 y“‘Go to this people, and say,
z“You will indeed hear but never understand,
and you will indeed see but never perceive.”
27 aaFor this people’s heart has grown dull,
and with their ears they can barely hear,
and their eyes they have closed;
lest they should see with their eyes
and hear with their ears
and understand with their heart
and abturn, and I would heal them.’
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