Isaiah 6:9

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

Then the LORD told me to go and speak this message to the people: “You will listen and listen, but never understand. You will look and look, but never see.” The LORD also said,

Cross References

Proverbs 28:5

Criminals don't know what justice means, but all who respect the LORD understand it completely.

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 29:13

The Lord has said: “These people praise me with their words, but they never really think about me. They worship me by repeating rules made up by humans.

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 42:20

who sees and hears so much, but pays no attention.

Isaiah 43:8

Bring my people together. They have eyes and ears, but they can't see or hear.

Jeremiah 5:21

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

Ezekiel 12:2

Ezekiel, son of man, you are living among rebellious people. They have eyes, but refuse to see; they have ears, but refuse to listen.

Hosea 1:9

Then the LORD said, “Name him Lo-Ammi, because these people are not mine, and I am not their God.”

Mark 4:12

The reason is, “These people will look and look, but never see. They will listen and listen, but never understand. If they did, they would turn to God, and he would forgive them.”

Luke 8:10

So he answered: I have explained the secrets about God's kingdom to you, but for others I can only use stories. These people look, but they don't see, and they hear, but they don't understand.

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.”

Romans 11:8

just as the Scriptures say, “God made them so stupid that their eyes are blind, and their ears are still deaf.”

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.