Nowhearthis,O foolishand senselesspeople,Who have eyesbut do not see;Who have earsbut do not hear.
Payheed,you senselessamong the people;And whenwill you understand,stupidones?
Whyis there a pricein the handof a foolto buywisdom,When he hasnosense?
When its limbsare dry,they are brokenoff; Womencome[and] makea firewith them, For they are not a peopleof discernment,Thereforetheir Makerwill not havecompassionon them. And their Creatorwill not be graciousto them.
Bringout the peoplewhoare blind,even though they haveeyes,And the deaf,even though they have ears.
They do not know,nordo they understand,for He has smearedovertheir eyessothat they cannotseeand their heartssothat they cannotcomprehend.
But they are altogetherstupidand foolish[In their] disciplineof delusion--their idol is wood!
"For My peopleare foolish,They knowMe not; They are stupidchildrenAnd havenounderstanding.They are shrewdto doevil,But to dogoodthey do not know."
"Declarethisin the houseof JacobAnd proclaimit in Judah,saying,
Then I said,"They are onlythe poor,They are foolish;For they do not knowthe wayof the LORD[Or] the ordinanceof their God.
To whomshall I speakand givewarningThat they may hear?Behold,their earsare closedAnd they cannotlisten.Behold,the wordof the LORDhas becomea reproachto them; They havenodelightin it.
"And now,becauseyou have doneallthesethings,"declaresthe LORD,"and I spoketo you, risingup earlyand speaking,but you did not hear,and I calledyou but you did not answer,
"Eventhe storkin the skyKnowsher seasons;And the turtledoveand the swiftand the thrushObservethe timeof their migration;But My peopledo not knowThe ordinanceof the LORD.
"Sonof man,you livein the midstof the rebellioushouse,whohave eyesto seebut do not see,earsto hearbut do not hear;for they are a rebellioushouse.
So Ephraimhas becomelike a sillydove,withoutsense;They callto Egypt,they goto Assyria.
"But they refusedto payattentionand turneda stubbornshoulderand stoppedtheir earsfrom hearing.
sothat WHILE SEEING,THEY MAY SEEAND NOT PERCEIVE,AND WHILE HEARING,THEY MAY HEARAND NOT UNDERSTAND,OTHERWISETHEY MIGHT RETURNAND BE FORGIVEN."
"HAVINGEYES,DO YOU NOT SEE?AND HAVINGEARS,DO YOU NOT HEAR?And do you not remember,
"HE HAS BLINDEDTHEIR EYESAND HE HARDENEDTHEIR HEART,SOTHAT THEY WOULD NOT SEEWITH THEIR EYESAND PERCEIVEWITH THEIR HEART,AND BE CONVERTEDAND I HEALTHEM."
saying,GOTO THISPEOPLEAND SAY,"YOU WILL KEEPON HEARING,BUT WILL NOT UNDERSTAND;AND YOU WILL KEEPON SEEING,BUT WILL NOT PERCEIVE;
For sincethe creationof the worldHis invisibleattributes, His eternalpowerand divine nature,have been clearly seen,being understoodthrough what has been made,sothat they are without excuse.
justas it is written,"GODGAVETHEM A SPIRITOF STUPOR,EYESTO SEENOT AND EARSTO HEARNOT, DOWNTO THIS VERYDAY."
the greattrialswhichyour eyeshave seen,thosegreatsignsand wonders.
"Yet to thisdaythe LORDhas not givenyou a heartto know,noreyesto see,norearsto hear.
"Do you thusrepaythe LORD,O foolishand unwisepeople?Is not He your Fatherwho has boughtyou? He has madeyou and establishedyou.
