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Isaiah 6:9
And he replied: Go! Say to these people: Keep listening, but do not understand; keep looking, but do not perceive.
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Romans 11:7-10
What then? Israel did not find what it was looking for, but the elect did find it. The rest were hardened,as it is written, God gave them a spirit of stupor, eyes that cannot see and ears that cannot hear, to this day.And David says, Let their table become a snare and a trap, a pitfall and a retribution to them.Let their eyes be darkened so that they cannot see, and their backs be bent continually.
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Isaiah 42:18-20
“ Listen, you deaf! Look, you blind, so that you may see.Who is blind but my servant, or deaf like my messenger I am sending? Who is blind like my dedicated one, or blind like the servant of the LORD?Though seeing many things, you pay no attention. Though his ears are open, he does not listen.”
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John 8:43
Why don’t you understand what I say? Because you cannot listen to my word.
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John 8:47
The one who is from God listens to God’s words. This is why you don’t listen, because you are not from God.”
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Isaiah 59:10
We grope along a wall like the blind; we grope like those without eyes. We stumble at noon as though it were twilight; we are like the dead among those who are healthy.
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2 Corinthians 4 3-2 Corinthians 4 4
But if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled to those who are perishing.In their case, the god of this age has blinded the minds of the unbelievers to keep them from seeing the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.