Isaiah 44:18

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

They have not known nor understood: for he hath shut their eyes, that they cannot see; and their hearts, that they cannot understand.

Have not

Romans 1:21

For he hath

Cannot

2 Peter 2:14

General references

Matthew 13:13

Matthew 24:39

Bible References

Have not

because, when they knew God, they did not glorify him as God, nor were they thankful; but they became perverse in their reasonings, and their wicked heart was darkened;

For he hath

And in them is fulfilled the prophesy of Isaiah, which says: You shall surely hear, and you will not understand; and you shall surely see, and you will not perceive.

who, in past generations, permitted all the nations to walk in their own ways;

And as they refused to acknowledge God, God delivered them up to an undiscerning mind, to do detestable things;

as it is written: God has given them a spirit of stupor, eyes with which they can not see, and ears with which they can not hear.

But if our gospel is vailed, it is vailed among the lost,

he will destroy him, whose coming is, according to the energy of Satan, with all power and signs and wonders of falsehood,

Cannot

Generation of vipers, how can you, being evil, speak good things? For out of the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaks.

How can you believe who receive honor one from another, and seek not the honor that comes from God alone?

Why do you not know what I say? Because you can not understand my words.

For this reason they could not believe, because Isaiah said again:

having eyes that are full of the adulteress, and that can not cease from sin, deceiving unstable souls, having a heart exercised in covetousness, accursed children,

General references

For this reason I speak to them in parables; because when they see, they see not; and when they hear, they hear not, nor do they understand.

and knew not, till the flood came and took them all away: so shall be the coming of the Son of man.