Isaiah 6:10

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Make 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.

The heart

Fat

Deuteronomy 32:15

Psalm 17:10

Ears heavy

Jeremiah 6:10

Zechariah 7:11

Convert

Isaiah 19:22

Matthew 13:15

General references

Exodus 10:20

Deuteronomy 28:28

Deuteronomy 29:4

Bible References

The heart

For the LORD has poured out upon you a spirit of deep sleep he has closed your eyes, you prophets, he has covered your heads, you seers!"

Why, LORD, do you make us wander from your ways and harden our hearts, so that we do not fear you? Turn back for the sake of your servants, for the sake of the tribes that are your heritage.

I'll harden Pharaoh's heart and I'll add more and more of my signs and wonders in the land of Egypt.

The LORD made Pharaoh's heart stubborn, and he did not want to let them go.

Moses and Aaron did all these wonders in front of Pharaoh, but the LORD made Pharaoh's heart stubborn, and he would not let the Israelis go out from his land.

Even now I'm hardening the heart of the Egyptians so they'll go after the Israelis. Then I'll receive honor by means of Pharaoh and all his army, his chariots, and his horsemen.

But King Sihon of Heshbon did not allow us to pass through, because the LORD your God had hardened his spirit and made him arrogant, in order to deliver him into your control today.

This isn't a large group of people whose speech is unintelligible to you or whose language is difficult for you to comprehend. Frankly, if I had sent you to that kind of people, they would certainly have listened to you!

To some people we are a deadly fragrance, while to others we are a living fragrance. Who is qualified for this?

Fat

Jacob dined until satisfied; Jeshurun grew fat and kicked. He grew fat, coarse, and gross, so that he abandoned the God who made him and spurned the Rock that was his salvation.

They are imprisoned by their own prosperity, they have boasted proudly with their mouth.

Ears heavy

To whom will I speak and give a warning so they'll listen? Look, their ears are closed, and they cannot hear. Look, this message from the LORD is contemptible to them; they don't delight in it.

But they refused to pay attention, turned their backs, and stopped listening.

Convert

At that time, they will worship with sacrifices and offerings, and they will make vows to the LORD and carry them out. The LORD will strike Egypt with a plague, striking but then healing. Then they will turn to the LORD, and he will respond to their pleas and heal them.

for this people's heart has become dull, and their ears are hard of hearing. They have shut their eyes so that they might not see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart and turn, and I would heal them.'

General references

But the LORD made Pharaoh's heart stubborn and he would not let the Israelis go.

The LORD will afflict you with insanity, blindness, and mental confusion.

Yet to this day, the LORD hasn't given you a heart that understands, eyes that perceive, and ears that discern.