Israel, you have seen many things. But you do not pay any attention to me. Your ears are open. But you do not listen to anything I say.”

你看见许多事却不领会，耳朵开通却不听见。”

看见许多事却不领会，耳朵开通却听不见。

看见许多事却不领会，耳朵开通却听不见。

你们看见许多事却不领会，耳朵开着却听不见。”

你们看见了许多的事，却没有留心，耳朵开着，却没有听见。

你们看见许多事，却没有留意；耳朵开着，却没有听见。”

你看見許多事卻不領會，耳朵開通卻不聽見。

看見許多事卻不領會，耳朵開通卻聽不見。

看見許多事卻不領會，耳朵開通卻聽不見。

你們看見許多事卻不領會，耳朵開著卻聽不見。」

你們看見了許多的事，卻沒有留心，耳朵開著，卻沒有聽見。

你們看見許多事卻不領會；耳朵開着，卻不聽見。

你們看見許多事，卻沒有留意；耳朵開著，卻沒有聽見。」

爾多見而不悟、啟耳而不聞、

雖熟視若無睹、雖諦聽而不聞、

事雖多見而不領會、耳雖開通而不欲聽、

You have seen many things, but you pay no attention; your ears are open, but you do not listen.”

He sees many things, but does not observe them; his ears are open, but he does not hear.

You see and recognize what is right but refuse to act on it. You hear with your ears, but you don’t really listen.”

Though seeing many things, you pay no attention. Though his ears are open, he does not listen.”

You have seen many things, but you do not retain them; Your ears are open, but no one hears.

Seeing many things, but you do not observe; Opening the ears, but he does not hear.”

Thou seest many things, but thou observest not; his ears are open, but he heareth not.

Though seeing many things, you do not obey. Though his ears are open, he does not listen.”

Seeing many things, but thou observest not; opening the ears, but he heareth not.

You see many things, but don’t comprehend; their ears are open, but do not hear.”

You see many things, but don’t observe. His ears are open, but he doesn’t listen.

And here is what you can be just as sure of. Not one of these people will see the land I promised to give them. They have seen my glory. They have seen the signs I did in Egypt. And they have seen what I did in the desert. But they did not obey me. And they have tested me ten times.

Let those who are wise pay attention to these things. Let them think about the loving deeds of the Lord.

Who can I speak to? Who can I warn? Who will even listen to me? Their ears are closed so they can’t hear. The Lord’ s message displeases them. They don’t take any delight in it.

You claim to teach others, but you don’t even teach yourself! You preach against stealing. But you steal!

My people come to you, just as they usually do. They sit in front of you. They hear what you say. But they do not put it into practice. With their mouths they say they love me. But in their hearts they want what belongs to others. They try to get rich by cheating them.

But some of them said,“ He opened the eyes of the blind man. Couldn’t he have kept this man from dying?”Once more Jesus felt very sad. He came to the tomb. It was a cave with a stone in front of the entrance.“ Take away the stone,” he said.“ But, Lord,” said Martha, the sister of the dead man,“ by this time there is a bad smell. Lazarus has been in the tomb for four days.”Then Jesus said,“ Didn’t I tell you that if you believe, you will see God’s glory?”So they took away the stone. Then Jesus looked up. He said,“ Father, I thank you for hearing me.I know that you always hear me. But I said this for the benefit of the people standing here. I said it so they will believe that you sent me.”Then Jesus called in a loud voice. He said,“ Lazarus, come out!”The dead man came out. His hands and feet were wrapped with strips of linen. A cloth was around his face. Jesus said to them,“ Take off the clothes he was buried in and let him go.”Many of the Jews who had come to visit Mary saw what Jesus did. So they believed in him.But some of them went to the Pharisees. They told the Pharisees what Jesus had done.Then the chief priests and the Pharisees called a meeting of the Sanhedrin.“ What can we do?” they asked.“ This man is performing many signs.If we let him keep on doing this, everyone will believe in him. Then the Romans will come. They will take away our temple and our nation.”One of the Jewish leaders spoke up. His name was Caiaphas. He was high priest at that time. He said,“ You don’t know anything at all!You don’t realize what is good for you. It is better if one man dies for the people than if the whole nation is destroyed.”

When our people were in Egypt, they forgot about the Lord’ s miracles. They didn’t remember his many kind acts. At the Red Sea they refused to obey him.But he saved them for the honor of his name. He did it to make his mighty power known.He ordered the Red Sea to dry up, and it did. He led his people through it as if it were a desert.He saved them from the power of their enemies. He set them free from their control.The waters covered their enemies. Not one of them escaped alive.Then his people believed his promises and sang praise to him.But they soon forgot what he had done. They didn’t wait for what he had planned to happen.

You have heard me tell you these things. Think about all of them. Won’t you admit they have taken place?“ From now on I will tell you about new things that will happen. I have not made them known to you before.These things are taking place right now. They did not happen long ago. You have not heard of them before today. So you can’t say,‘ Oh, yes. I already knew about them.’You have not heard or understood what I said. Your ears have been plugged up for a long time. I knew very well that you would turn against me. From the day you were born, you have refused to obey me.

Don’t be careless. Instead, be very careful. Don’t forget the things your eyes have seen. As long as you live, don’t let them slip from your mind. Teach them to your children and their children after them.

You sent signs and wonders against Pharaoh. You sent plagues on all his officials. In fact, you sent them on all the people of Egypt. You knew how they treated our people. They looked down on them. But you made a name for yourself. That name remains to this very day.You parted the waters of the Red Sea for the Israelites. They passed through it on dry ground. But you threw into the sea those who chased them. They sank down like a stone into the mighty waters.By day you led the Israelites with a pillar of cloud. At night you led them with a pillar of fire. It gave them light to show them the way you wanted them to go.“ You came down on Mount Sinai. From heaven you spoke to our people. You gave them rules and laws. Those laws are right and fair. You gave them orders and commands that are good.You taught them about your holy Sabbath day. You gave them commands, orders and laws. You did it through your servant Moses.When the people were hungry, you gave them bread from heaven. When they were thirsty, you brought them water out of a rock. You told them to go into the land of Canaan. You told them to take it as their own. It was the land you had promised to give them.“ But our people before us became proud and stubborn. They didn’t obey your commands.They refused to listen to you. They forgot the miracles you had done among them. So they became stubborn. When they refused to obey you, they appointed a leader for themselves. They wanted to go back to being slaves in Egypt. But you are a God who forgives. You are gracious. You are tender and kind. You are slow to get angry. You are full of love. So you didn’t desert them.

All of them said to Jeremiah the prophet,“ Please listen to our appeal. Pray to the Lord your God. Pray for all of us who are left here. Once there were many of us. But as you can see, only a few of us are left now.So pray to the Lord your God. Pray that he’ll tell us where we should go. Pray that he’ll tell us what we should do.”“ I’ve heard you,” Jeremiah the prophet replied.“ I’ll certainly pray to the Lord your God. I’ll do what you have asked me to do. In fact, I’ll tell you everything the Lord says. I won’t keep anything back from you.”Then they said to Jeremiah,“ We’ll do everything the Lord your God sends you to tell us to do. If we don’t, may he be a true and faithful witness against us.

The ox knows its master. The donkey knows where its owner feeds it. But Israel does not know me. My people do not understand me.”

Herodias couldn’t forgive John for saying that. She wanted to kill him. But she could not,because Herod was afraid of John. So he kept John safe. Herod knew John was a holy man who did what was right. When Herod heard him, he was very puzzled. But he liked to listen to John.

Day after day they worship me. They seem ready and willing to know how I want them to live. They act as if they were a nation that does what is right. They act as if they have not turned away from my commands. They claim to want me to give them fair decisions. They seem ready and willing to come near and worship me.

Moses sent for all the Israelites. Here is what he said to them. With your own eyes you have seen everything the Lord did in Egypt to Pharaoh. You have seen what he did to all Pharaoh’s officials and to his whole land.With your own eyes you saw how the Lord really made them suffer. You saw the signs and amazing things he did.But to this day the Lord hasn’t given you a mind that understands. He hasn’t given you eyes that see. He hasn’t given you ears that hear.

Jesus said,“ You have now seen him. In fact, he is the one speaking with you.”Then the man said,“ Lord, I believe.” And he worshiped him.Jesus said,“ I have come into this world to judge it. I have come so that people who are blind will see. I have come so that people who can see will become blind.”Some Pharisees who were with him heard him say this. They asked,“ What? Are we blind too?”

But we want to hear what your ideas are. We know that people everywhere are talking against those who believe as you do.”They decided to meet Paul on a certain day. At that time even more people came to the place where he was staying. From morning until evening, he told them about God’s kingdom. Using the Law of Moses and the Prophets, he tried to get them to believe in Jesus.Some believed what he said, and others did not.They didn’t agree with one another. They began to leave after Paul had made a final statement. He said,“ The Holy Spirit was right when he spoke to your people long ago. Through Isaiah the prophet the Spirit said,“‘ Go to your people. Say to them,“ You will hear but never understand. You will see but never know what you are seeing.”These people’s hearts have become stubborn. They can barely hear with their ears. They have closed their eyes. Otherwise they might see with their eyes. They might hear with their ears. They might understand with their hearts. They might turn, and then I would heal them.’( Isaiah 6:9, 10)