Isa 6:9-10, 26:11, 29:9-12, 14, 41:28, 42:19-20, 44:18, Jer 8:7-9 | 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 .

Isaiah 6:9-10

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.’
10 ^dMake the heart of this people ^edull, ^{▼▼Hebrew fat}
and their ears heavy,
and blind their eyes;
^glest they see with their eyes,
and hear with their ears,
and understand with their hearts,
and turn and be healed.”

Isaiah 26:11

11 O Lord, ^hyour hand is lifted up,
but ⁱthey do not see it.
Let them see your zeal for your people, and be ashamed.
Let ^jthe fire for your adversaries consume them.

Isaiah 29:9-12

9 Astonish yourselves ^{▼▼Or Linger awhile} and be astonished;
blind yourselves and be blind!
Be drunk, but not with wine;
^lstagger, but not with strong drink!
10 ^mFor 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).
11 And the vision of all this has become to you like the words of a book that is ⁿsealed. When men give it to one who can read, saying, “Read this,” he says, “I cannot, for it is sealed.” 12 And when they give the book to one who cannot read, saying, “Read this,” he says, “I cannot read.”

Isaiah 29:14

14 therefore, behold, ^oI will again
do wonderful things with this people,
with wonder upon wonder;
and ^pthe wisdom of their wise men shall perish,
and the discernment of their discerning men shall be hidden.”

Isaiah 41:28

28 ^qBut when I look, there is no one;
among these there is no counselor
who, when I ask, gives an answer.

Isaiah 42:19-20

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 ^sHe sees many things, but does not observe them;
^this 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.

Jeremiah 8:7-9

7 Even the stork in the heavens
knows her times,
and ^uthe turtledove, ^vswallow, and crane ^{▼▼The meaning of the Hebrew word is uncertain}
keep the time of their coming,
^xbut my people know not
the rules ^{▼▼Or just decrees} of the Lord.
8 ^z“How can you say, ‘We are wise,
and the law of the Lord is with us’?
But behold, the lying pen of the scribes
has made it into a lie.
9 ^aaThe wise men shall be put to shame;
they shall be dismayed ^aband taken;
behold, they have rejected the word of the Lord,
so what wisdom is in them?