Isaiah 6:10

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

“Make these people stubborn! Make them stop up their ears, cover their eyes, and fail to understand. Don't let them turn to me and be healed.”

Cross References

Psalm 119:70

Those liars have no sense, but I find happiness in your Law.

Psalm 17:10

They refuse to show mercy, and they keep boasting.

Psalm 69:23

Blind them with darkness and make them tremble.

Exodus 10:27

This time the LORD made the king so stubborn

Exodus 11:10

So the king of Egypt saw Moses and Aaron work miracles, but the LORD made him stubbornly refuse to let the Israelites leave his country.

Exodus 14:17

I will make the Egyptians so stubborn that they will go after you. Then I will be praised because of what happens to the king and his chariots and cavalry.

Exodus 7:3

But I will make the king so stubborn that he won't listen to you. He won't listen even when I do many terrible things to him and his nation. Then I will bring a final punishment on Egypt, and the king will let Israel's families and tribes go.

Proverbs 16:30

When someone winks or grins behind your back, trouble is on the way.

Ecclesiastes 3:3

for killing and healing, destroying and building,

Isaiah 19:22

After the LORD has punished Egypt, the people will turn to him. Then he will answer their prayers, and the Egyptians will be healed.

Isaiah 28:13

Now his message to you will be senseless sound after senseless sound. Then you will fall backwards, injured and trapped.

Isaiah 29:10

The LORD has made you drowsy; he put you into a deep sleep and covered your head.

Isaiah 29:14

So once again I will do things that shock and amaze them, and I will destroy the wisdom of those who claim to know and understand.”

Isaiah 29:9

Be shocked and stunned, you prophets! Refuse to see. Get drunk and stagger, but not from wine.

Isaiah 44:18

Those who worship idols are stupid and blind!

Isaiah 63:17

Why did you make us turn away from you, our LORD? Why did you make us want to disobey you? Please change your mind! We are your servants, your very own people.

Jeremiah 17:9

You people of Judah are so deceitful that you even fool yourselves, and you can't change.

Jeremiah 5:21

You fools! Why don't you listen when I speak? Why can't you understand

Jeremiah 6:10

I have told the people that you, LORD, will punish them, but they just laugh and refuse to listen.

Lamentations 3:65

Put your curse on them and make them suffer.

Zechariah 11:15

Next, the LORD said to me, “Act like a shepherd again—this time a worthless shepherd.

Zechariah 7:11

But everyone who heard those prophets, stubbornly refused to obey. Instead, they turned their backs on everything my Spirit had commanded the earlier prophets to preach. So I, the LORD, became angry

Matthew 13:15

All of them have stubborn minds! Their ears are stopped up, and their eyes are covered. They cannot see or hear or understand. If they could, they would turn to me, and I would heal them.”

John 12:40

“The Lord has blinded the eyes of the people, and he has made the people stubborn. He did this so that they could not see or understand, and so that they would not turn to the Lord and be healed.”

Acts 28:27

All of you have stubborn hearts. Your ears are stopped up, and your eyes are covered. You cannot see or hear or understand. If you could, you would turn to me, and I would heal you.’ ”

Acts 3:19

So turn to God! Give up your sins, and you will be forgiven.

Deuteronomy 2:30

But Sihon refused to let us go across his country, because the LORD made him stubborn and eager to fight us. The LORD told me, “I am going to help you defeat Sihon and take his land, so attack him!”

Deuteronomy 29:4

He has even told you, “For forty years I, the LORD, led you through the desert, but your clothes and your sandals didn't wear out, and I gave you special food. I did these things so you would realize that I am your God.” But the LORD must give you a change of heart before you truly understand what you have seen and heard.

Deuteronomy 31:20

I am bringing them into the land that I promised their ancestors. It is a land rich with milk and honey, and the Israelites will have more than enough food to eat. But they will get fat and turn their backs on me and start worshipping other gods. The Israelites will reject me and break the agreement that I made with them.

Deuteronomy 32:15

Israel, you grew fat and rebelled against God, your Creator; you rejected the Mighty Rock, your only place of safety.