This is why I speak to them this way. They see, but they’re blind. They hear, but they don’t listen. They don’t even try to understand.
“Son of man, you are living among rebellious people. They have eyes, but they can’t see. They have ears, but they can’t hear because they are rebellious people.
Hear this, you stupid and senseless people! You have eyes, but you cannot see. You have ears, but you cannot hear.
“Blessed are your eyes because they see and your ears because they hear.
They don’t know or understand anything. Their eyes are plastered shut, so they can’t see. And their minds are closed, so they can’t understand.
Then I said, “Oh no! Almighty Lord, no! The people already say that I’m only telling stories.”
as Scripture says, “To this day God has given them a spirit of deep sleep. Their eyes don’t see, and their ears don’t hear!”