Son of man, you are living among rebellious people. They have eyes, but they cannot see. They have ears, but they cannot hear because they are rebellious people.

How often they rebelled against him in the wilderness! How often they caused him grief in the desert!

Your rulers are rebels, friends with thieves. They all love bribes and run after gifts. They never defend orphans. They do not listen to the widows' pleas.

He said: Go and tell this people: 'Hear constantly but do not understand. See constantly but do not perceive.'

Hear this, you stupid and senseless people! You have eyes, but you cannot see. You have ears, but you cannot hear.'

He said: Son of man, I am sending you to the people of Israel. They are people from a nation that has rebelled against me. They and their ancestors have transgressed against me to this day.

Whether these rebellious people listen or not, they will realize that a prophet has been among them.

I speak to them in illustrations (stories) (parables) (allegories), because seeing they do not see, and hearing they do not hear. They just do not understand.

So that seeing they may see and not perceive. And hearing they may hear and not understand. Otherwise they might repent and be forgiven.

He said: You are meant to know the secrets of the kingdom of God. I speak to the rest in illustrations, that seeing they may not see and hearing they may not understand.

Jesus said: I came into the world for this judgment that those not seeing may see and those seeing may become blind.

He has blinded their eyes. He hardened their heart. Otherwise they would see with their eyes and perceive with their heart. Then they would turn and I would heal them.

Never forget how you made Jehovah your God angry in the desert. You rebelled against Jehovah from the day you left Egypt until you came here.

You have rebelled against Jehovah from the day I knew you.

To this very day Jehovah has not given you a heart to know, eyes to see, or ears to hear.

I know how rebellious you are. You are impossible to deal with. While I am alive and still with you, you are rebelling against Jehovah. How much more rebellious will you be after I die?

Stand still and wonder. Refuse to see and be blind. Get drunk and stagger, but not from wine.

Suffer you unwilling children, says Jehovah. You pursue a purpose that is not mine. You make a covenant sacrifice without my Spirit. You add sin to sin.

These people are rebellious and deceitful children. They refuse to listen to Jehovah's Law.

Is anyone more blind than my servant or more deaf than the messenger I send?

All day long I held out my hands to an obstinate people, who walk in ways not good, pursuing their own imaginations (thoughts),

They surround Judah like men guarding a field, because Judah has rebelled against me, declares Jehovah.

These people are stubborn and rebellious. They have turned aside and departed from me.

Oh that my head were waters and my eyes a fountain of tears. Then I might weep day and night for the slain of the daughter of my people!

I will make you as hard as a diamond, harder than flint stone. Do not be afraid of them. Do not be terrified in their presence, even though they are rebellious people.

I will make your tongue stick to the roof of your mouth so that you cannot talk or criticize them, even though they are rebellious people.

Say now to the rebellious house: Do you not know what these things mean? Say, Behold, the king of Babylon came to Jerusalem, took its king and princes and brought them to him in Babylon.

Speak a parable to the rebellious house. Say to them: The Lord Jehovah says, Put on the cooking pot, put it on and also pour water in it.

Tell the rebellious people of Israel: 'This is what the Lord Jehovah says: I have had enough of all the disgusting things that you have done, people of Israel.

We have sinned. We have dealt perversely. We have acted wickedly and have rebelled, even turning aside from your precepts and from your ordinances.

Hearing this Jesus said: Why do you reason about having no bread? Do you not understand? Are your hearts dull of understanding?

You obstinate men who are uncircumcised in heart and ears. You always resist the Holy Spirit as your fathers did.

He said, Go and say to this people, 'You will listen and listen, but not understand. You will look and look, but not see.

What then? Israel has not obtained that which he seeks. The chosen ones have obtained it, and the rest were blinded (rendered stupid) (hardened) (made insensitive).

Their minds were blinded. Until this day the same veil remains at the reading of the old covenant. It is not revealed to them that Christ voided it.

If our gospel is veiled, it is veiled to those who perish.

They are darkened (blinded) (obscured) in their understanding, alienated from the life of God, because of the ignorance that is in them, because of the hardening of their heart.

He will use every kind of wicked deceit on those who will perish. They will perish because they did not welcome and love the truth so as to be saved.

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He said: Son of man, I am sending you to the people of Israel. They are people from a nation that has rebelled against me. They and their ancestors have transgressed against me to this day.
I will make you as hard as a diamond, harder than flint stone. Do not be afraid of them. Do not be terrified in their presence, even though they are rebellious people.
Say now to the rebellious house: Do you not know what these things mean? Say, Behold, the king of Babylon came to Jerusalem, took its king and princes and brought them to him in Babylon.
Speak a parable to the rebellious house. Say to them: The Lord Jehovah says, Put on the cooking pot, put it on and also pour water in it.
Tell the rebellious people of Israel: 'This is what the Lord Jehovah says: I have had enough of all the disgusting things that you have done, people of Israel.
Never forget how you made Jehovah your God angry in the desert. You rebelled against Jehovah from the day you left Egypt until you came here.
I know how rebellious you are. You are impossible to deal with. While I am alive and still with you, you are rebelling against Jehovah. How much more rebellious will you be after I die?
How often they rebelled against him in the wilderness! How often they caused him grief in the desert!
Your rulers are rebels, friends with thieves. They all love bribes and run after gifts. They never defend orphans. They do not listen to the widows' pleas.
Suffer you unwilling children, says Jehovah. You pursue a purpose that is not mine. You make a covenant sacrifice without my Spirit. You add sin to sin.
All day long I held out my hands to an obstinate people, who walk in ways not good, pursuing their own imaginations (thoughts),
They surround Judah like men guarding a field, because Judah has rebelled against me, declares Jehovah.
These people are stubborn and rebellious. They have turned aside and departed from me.
Oh that my head were waters and my eyes a fountain of tears. Then I might weep day and night for the slain of the daughter of my people!
We have sinned. We have dealt perversely. We have acted wickedly and have rebelled, even turning aside from your precepts and from your ordinances.
You obstinate men who are uncircumcised in heart and ears. You always resist the Holy Spirit as your fathers did.

Which

To this very day Jehovah has not given you a heart to know, eyes to see, or ears to hear.
He said: Go and tell this people: 'Hear constantly but do not understand. See constantly but do not perceive.'
Stand still and wonder. Refuse to see and be blind. Get drunk and stagger, but not from wine.
Is anyone more blind than my servant or more deaf than the messenger I send?
Hear this, you stupid and senseless people! You have eyes, but you cannot see. You have ears, but you cannot hear.'
I speak to them in illustrations (stories) (parables) (allegories), because seeing they do not see, and hearing they do not hear. They just do not understand.
So that seeing they may see and not perceive. And hearing they may hear and not understand. Otherwise they might repent and be forgiven.
Hearing this Jesus said: Why do you reason about having no bread? Do you not understand? Are your hearts dull of understanding?
He said: You are meant to know the secrets of the kingdom of God. I speak to the rest in illustrations, that seeing they may not see and hearing they may not understand.
Jesus said: I came into the world for this judgment that those not seeing may see and those seeing may become blind.
He has blinded their eyes. He hardened their heart. Otherwise they would see with their eyes and perceive with their heart. Then they would turn and I would heal them.
He said, Go and say to this people, 'You will listen and listen, but not understand. You will look and look, but not see.
What then? Israel has not obtained that which he seeks. The chosen ones have obtained it, and the rest were blinded (rendered stupid) (hardened) (made insensitive).
Their minds were blinded. Until this day the same veil remains at the reading of the old covenant. It is not revealed to them that Christ voided it.
If our gospel is veiled, it is veiled to those who perish.
They are darkened (blinded) (obscured) in their understanding, alienated from the life of God, because of the ignorance that is in them, because of the hardening of their heart.
He will use every kind of wicked deceit on those who will perish. They will perish because they did not welcome and love the truth so as to be saved.

For

Whether these rebellious people listen or not, they will realize that a prophet has been among them.

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Bring the people who are blind but still have eyes, the people who are deaf but still have ears.
I speak to them in illustrations (stories) (parables) (allegories), because seeing they do not see, and hearing they do not hear. They just do not understand.
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