In them is fulfilled the prophecy of Isaiah, which says, ‘Yoʋ will hear but never understand, and you will see but never perceive.
so that ‘they may see but not perceive, and hear but not understand, lest they should turn back and their sins be forgiven them.’ ”
He said, “To you it has been given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of God, but to the rest I speak in parables, so that ‘they may see but not perceive, and hear but not understand.’
But not all the Israelites have obeyed the gospel. For Isaiah says, “Lord, who has believed our report?”
But their minds were hardened, for to this day the same veil remains unlifted when the old covenant is read. Only in Christ is this veil taken away.