Therefore I speak to them in parables, because seeing they don't see, and hearing, they don't hear, neither do they understand.
They don't know, neither do they consider: for he has shut their eyes, that they can't see; and their hearts, that they can't understand.
Hear now this, foolish people, and without understanding; who have eyes, and don't see; who have ears, and don't hear:
Son of man, you dwell in the midst of the rebellious house, who have eyes to see, and don't see, who have ears to hear, and don't hear; for they are a rebellious house.
Then said I, Ah Lord GOD! they say of me, Isn't he a speaker of parables?
*But blessed are your eyes, for they see; and your ears, for they hear.
According as it is written, *God gave them a spirit of stupor, eyes that they should not see, and ears that they should not hear, to this very day.*