Isaiah 6:9

+ 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

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In The King James Version

And he said, Go, and tell this people, Hear ye indeed, but understand not; and see ye indeed, but perceive not.

In Context

8I sh'ma ·heard obeyed· the voice of 'Adonay [Lord], saying, “Whom shall I send, and who will go for us?” Then I said, “Here I am. Send me!”

10Make 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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Cross References

Isaiah 28:13Therefore Adonai’s word will be to them precept on precept, precept on precept; line on line, line on line; here a little, there a little; that they may go, fall backward, be broken, be snared, and be taken.

Isaiah 30:8Now go, write it before them on a tablet, and inscribe it in a book, that it may be for the time to come forever and ever.

Isaiah 43:8Bring out the blind people who have eyes, 2 and the deaf who have ears. 1

Matthew 13:14In them the prophecy of Isaiah [Salvation of Yah] is fulfilled, which says, 1 ‘You will keep on hearing, 2 but will in no way understand; 1 and keep on seeing, 2 but will in no way perceive, 1

Luke 8:10He said, “To you it is given to know the mysteries of God’s Kingdom, but to the rest in parables; that ‘seeing they may not see, and hearing they may not understand.’ + 8:10. Quoted from Is 6:9

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 6:6-9

Isaiah's Heavenly Vision. ( b. c. 758.) 5 Then said I, Woe is me! for I am undone; because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips: for mine eyes have seen the King, the Lord of hosts. 6 Then flew one of the seraphims unto me, having a live coal in his hand, which he had taken with the tongs from off the altar: 7 And he laid it upon my mouth, and said, Lo, this hath touched thy lips; and thine iniquity is taken away, and thy sin purged. 8 Also I heard the voice of the Lord,… Read the whole commentary →

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