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26 (A)For he said,

‘Go and say to this people:
You will listen and listen, but not understand;
    you will look and look, but not see,
27 because this people's minds are dull,
    and they have stopped up their ears
    and closed their eyes.
Otherwise, their eyes would see,
    their ears would hear,
    their minds would understand,
and they would turn to me, says God,
    and I would heal them.’”

28 And Paul concluded: “You are to know, then, that God's message of salvation has been sent to the Gentiles. They will listen!”

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26 “‘Go to this people and say,
“You will be ever hearing but never understanding;
    you will be ever seeing but never perceiving.”
27 For this people’s heart has become calloused;(A)
    they hardly hear with their ears,
    and they have closed their eyes.
Otherwise they might see with their eyes,
    hear with their ears,
    understand with their hearts
and turn, and I would heal them.’[a](B)

28 “Therefore I want you to know that God’s salvation(C) has been sent to the Gentiles,(D) and they will listen!”

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Footnotes

  1. Acts 28:27 Isaiah 6:9,10 (see Septuagint)