‘GO TO THIS PEOPLE AND SAY,
“YOU WILL KEEP ON HEARING, BUT WILL NOT UNDERSTAND,
YOU WILL KEEP ON SEEING, BUT WILL NOT PERCEIVE;
FOR THE HEART (the understanding, the soul) OF THIS PEOPLE HAS BECOME DULL (calloused),
AND WITH THEIR EARS THEY SCARCELY HEAR,
AND THEY HAVE SHUT THEIR EYES [to the truth];
OTHERWISE THEY MIGHT SEE WITH THEIR EYES,
AND HEAR WITH THEIR EARS,
AND UNDERSTAND WITH THEIR HEART AND RETURN [to Me],
AND I WOULD HEAL THEM.” ’ [Is 6:9, 10]