Therefore I speak to them in parables, because seeing they do not see, and hearing they do not hear, nor do they understand.
“Son of man, you dwell in the midst of a rebellious house, which has eyes to see but does not see, and ears to hear but does not hear; for they are a rebellious house.
‘Hear this now, O foolish people, Without understanding, Who have eyes and see not, And who have ears and hear not:
But blessed are your eyes for they see, and your ears for they hear;
They do not know nor understand; For He has shut their eyes, so that they cannot see, And their hearts, so that they cannot understand.
Then I said, “Ah, Lord God! They say of me, ‘Does he not speak parables?’ ”
Just as it is written: “God has given them a spirit of stupor, Eyes that they should not see And ears that they should not hear, To this very day.”