Isaiah 6:9-11

New Catholic Bible

No matter how carefully you listen,
    you will not understand.
You will continue to look,
    but you will not comprehend.
¹⁰ Make the minds of this people dull;
    stop up their ears
    and close their eyes.
Otherwise their eyes will see,
    their ears will hear,
their hearts will understand,
    and they will change their ways
    and be healed.

Until the cities lie in ruins
    and become deserted,
until the houses are unoccupied
    and the land lies completely desolate,