Isa 6:9-10, 29:10, 42:19-20, Jer 50:35-37, Hos 4:5-7, Amo 8:9-10 | 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 29:10

10 ^hFor 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 42:19-20

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

Jeremiah 50:35-37

35 “A sword against the Chaldeans, declares the Lord,
and against the inhabitants of Babylon,
and against ^lher officials and her ^mwise men!
36 A sword against the diviners,
that they may become fools!
A sword against her ⁿwarriors,
that they may be destroyed!
37 A sword against her horses and against her chariots,
and against all ^othe foreign troops in her midst,
that ^pthey may become women!
^qA sword against all her treasures,
that they may be plundered!

Hosea 4:5-7

5 You shall stumble by day;
the prophet also shall stumble with you by night;
and I will destroy ^ryour mother.
6 My people are destroyed ^sfor lack of knowledge;
^tbecause you have rejected knowledge,
I reject you ^ufrom being a priest to me.
And since you have forgotten the law of your God,
^vI also will forget your children.
7 ^wThe more they increased,
the more they sinned against me;
^xI will change their glory into shame.

Amos 8:9-10

9 “And on that day,” declares the Lord God,
^y“I will make the sun go down at noon
and darken the earth in broad daylight.
10 ^zI will turn your feasts into mourning
and all your songs into lamentation;
^aaI will bring sackcloth on every waist
^aband baldness on every head;
^acI will make it like the mourning for an only son
and the end of it like a bitter day.