Isa 6:9, 29:10, 42:18-20, 44:18, Mat 6:23, 13:13-15, Joh 3:19, 12:40-41 | ESV | STEP | And he said , Go , and say to this people : Keep on hearing , but do not understand ; keep on seeing , but do not perceive .

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

^a“‘Keep on hearing, ^{▼▼Or Hear indeed} but do not understand;
keep on seeing, ^{▼▼Or see indeed} but do not perceive.’

Isaiah 29:10

10 ^dFor the Lord has poured out upon you
a spirit of deep sleep,
and has closed your eyes (the prophets),
and covered your heads (the seers).

Isaiah 42:18-20

Israel’s Failure to Hear and See

18 Hear, you deaf,
and look, you blind, that you may see!
19 Who is blind but my servant,
or deaf as my messenger whom I send?
Who is blind as my dedicated one, ^{▼▼Or as the one at peace with me}
or blind as the servant of the Lord?
20 ^fHe sees many things, but does not observe them;
^ghis ears are open, but he does not hear.

Isaiah 44:18

18 They know not, nor do they discern, for he has shut their eyes, so that they cannot see, and their hearts, so that they cannot understand.

Matthew 6:23

23 ^hbut if ⁱyour eye is bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light in you is darkness, how great is the darkness!

Matthew 13:13-15

13 This is why I speak to them in parables, because ^jseeing they do not see, and hearing they do not hear, ^knor do they understand. 14 Indeed, in their case the prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled that says:

^l“‘“You will indeed hear but never understand,
and you will indeed see but never perceive.”
15 For this people’s heart has grown dull,
and with their ears ^mthey can barely hear,
and ⁿtheir eyes they have closed,
lest they should see with their eyes
and hear with their ears
and ^ounderstand with their heart
and ^pturn, and I would heal them.’

John 3:19

19 ^qAnd this is the judgment: ^rthe light has come into the world, and ^speople loved the darkness rather than the light because ^ttheir works were evil.

John 12:40-41

40 ^u“He has blinded their eyes
and ^vhardened their heart,
lest they see with their eyes,
and understand with their heart, and turn,
and I would heal them.”
41 Isaiah said these things because ^whe saw his glory and ^xspoke of him.