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Isaiah 6:9 KJV
Isaiah · chapter 6 · verse 9
And he said, Go, and tell this people, Hear ye indeed, but understand not; and see ye indeed, but perceive not.Isaiah 6:9 · King James Version
Isaiah 6:9 in context
7And he laid it upon my mouth, and said, Lo, this hath touched thy lips; and thine iniquity is taken away, and thy sin purged.
8Also I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, Whom shall I send, and who will go for us? Then said I, Here am I; send me.
9And he said, Go, and tell this people, Hear ye indeed, but understand not; and see ye indeed, but perceive not.
10Make 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.
11Then 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 desolate,
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Key words (Strong's)
- understandbîynto separate mentallyH995 →
- peopleʻama peopleH5971 →
- saidʼâmarto sayH559 →
- Hearshâmaʻto hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etcH8085 →
- seerâʼâhto see, literally or figurativelyH7200 →
- Goyâlakto walkH3212 →
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God takes Isaiah at his word, and here sends him on a strange errand - to foretel the ruin of his people and even to ripen them for that ruin - to preach that which, by their abuse of it, would be to them a savour of death unto death.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 9-13