Isaiah 6:10

Make the heart of this people fat. 2 Make their ears heavy, and shut their eyes; 1 lest they see with their eyes, 2 and sh'ma ·hear obey· with their ears, 2 and understand with their heart, 2 and turn again, and be healed.’ + 6:10. Quoted in John 12:40 + 6:10. (9-10) Quoted in Matt 13:14-15; Mark 4:12; Acts 28:26-27

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Make the heart of this people fat, and make their ears heavy, and shut their eyes; lest they see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and convert, and be healed.

In Context

9+ 6:9 (9-10) MP: Seeing the glory of Messiah, Israel still hardens her heart and refuses to acknowledge him. (John 12:37-41) + 6:9 (9-10) MP: Messiah speaks in parables so people hear but never understand; see but never perceive. (Matt 13:13-17) He said, ‘Go, and tell this people, 1 “You sh'ma ·hear obey· sh'ma ·hear obey· 2 yet still don’t understand; 1 and you indeed see, 2 but don’t perceive.” + 6:9. Quoted in Luke 8:10; Rom 11:8 1

11Then I said, “Lord, how long?” He answered, 1 “Until cities are waste without inhabitant, 2 and houses without man, 2 and the land becomes utterly waste, 2

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Cross References

Exodus 7:3I will harden Pharaoh’s heart, and multiply my signs and my wonders in the land of Egypt [Abode of slavery].

Exodus 11:10Moses [Drawn out] and Aaron [Light-bringer] did all these wonders before Pharaoh, and Adonai hardened Pharaoh’s heart, and he didn’t let the children of Israel [God prevails] go out of his land.

Deuteronomy 2:30But Sihon king of Heshbon would not let us pass by him; for Adonai your God hardened his spirit, and made his heart obstinate, that he might deliver him into your hand, as it is today. (6)

Deuteronomy 32:15But Jeshurun [Upright one] grew fat, and kicked. 2 You have grown fat. 2 You have grown thick. 2 You have become sleek. 1 Then he abandoned God who made him, 2 and rejected the Rock of his yishu'ah ·salvation·. 1

Psalms 119:70ט ( Tapash, Is covered) Their heart is as callous as the fat, 2 but I delight in your Torah ·Teaching·. 1

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 6:10-13

Judicial Blindness Threatened. ( b. c. 758.) 9 And he said, Go, and tell this people, Hear ye indeed, but understand not; and see ye indeed, but perceive not. 10 Make the heart of this people fat, and make their ears heavy, and shut their eyes; lest they see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and convert, and be healed. 11 Then said I, Lord, how long? And he answered, Until the cities be wasted without inhabitant, and the houses without man, and the land be utterly… Read the whole commentary →

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