Isa 6:9, 42:18-20, 59:10, Joh 8:43, 47, Rom 11:7-10, 2Cor 4:3-4 | 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 .

w[See ver. 3 above]

Isaiah 6:9

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 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 ^eHe sees many things, but does not observe them;
^fhis ears are open, but he does not hear.

Isaiah 59:10

10 ^gWe grope for the wall like the blind;
we grope like those who have no eyes;
we stumble at noon as in the twilight,
^hamong those in full vigor we are like dead men.

John 8:43

43 ⁱWhy do you not understand what I say? It is because you cannot ^jbear to hear my word.

John 8:47

47 ^kWhoever is of God hears the words of God. ^lThe reason why you do not hear them is that ^myou are not of God.”

Romans 11:7-10

7 What then? ⁿIsrael failed to obtain what it was seeking. The elect obtained it, but the rest ^owere hardened, 8 as it is written,

^p“God gave them a spirit of stupor,
^qeyes that would not see
and ears that would not hear,
down to this very day.”
9 And David says,

^r“Let their table become a snare and a trap,
a stumbling block and a retribution for them;
10 let their eyes be darkened so that they cannot see,
and bend their backs forever.”

2 Corinthians 4:3-4

3 And even ^sif our gospel is veiled, ^tit is veiled to ^uthose who are perishing. 4 In their case ^vthe god of this world ^whas blinded the minds of the unbelievers, to keep them from seeing ^xthe light of ^ythe gospel of the glory of Christ, ^zwho is the image of God.