They are still observing the former practices to this day. None of them fear the Lord or observe the statutes and ordinances, the law and commandments that the Lord had commanded the descendants of Jacob, whom he had given the name Israel.
Romans 11:8 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised as it is written, God gave them a spirit of stupor, eyes that cannot see and ears that cannot hear, to this day. , Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 (according as it is written, God hath given them the spirit of slumber, eyes that they should not see, and ears that they should not hear;) unto this day. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition As it is written, God gave them a spirit (an attitude) of stupor, eyes that should not see and ears that should not hear, [that has continued] down to this very day. [Deut. 29:4; Isa. 29:10.] American Standard Version (1901) 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, unto this very day. Common English Bible As it is written, “God gave them a dull spirit, so that their eyes would not see and their ears not hear, right up until the present day.” Catholic Public Domain Version just as it was written: "God has given them a spirit of reluctance: eyes that do not perceive, and ears that do not hear, even until this very day." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version As it is written: God hath given them the spirit of insensibility; eyes that they should not see; and ears that they should not hear, until this present day. |
They are still observing the former practices to this day. None of them fear the Lord or observe the statutes and ordinances, the law and commandments that the Lord had commanded the descendants of Jacob, whom he had given the name Israel.
They feared the Lord but also served their idols. Still today, their children and grandchildren continue doing as their ancestors did.
For the Lord has poured out on you an overwhelming urge to sleep; he has shut your eyes (the prophets) and covered your heads (the seers).
And he replied: Go! Say to these people: Keep listening, but do not understand; keep looking, but do not perceive.
Hear this, you foolish and senseless people. They have eyes, but they don’t see. They have ears, but they don’t hear.
‘Son of man, you are living among a rebellious house. They have eyes to see but do not see, and ears to hear but do not hear, for they are a rebellious house.
When they sacrificed every firstborn in the fire, , I defiled them through their gifts in order to devastate them so that they would know that I am the Lord.”
So he said, ‘The secrets of the kingdom of God have been given for you to know, but to the rest it is in parables, so that Looking they may not see, and hearing they may not understand. ,
when he said, Go to these people and say: You will always be listening, but never understanding; and you will always be looking, but never perceiving.
Yet to this day the Lord has not given you a mind to understand, eyes to see, or ears to hear.