Isaiah 6:9-11

Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

‘Hear and hear, but do not understand;
see and see, but do not perceive.’
¹⁰ Make the heart of this people fat,
    and their ears heavy,
    and shut their eyes;
lest they see with their eyes,
    and hear with their ears,
and understand with their hearts,
    and turn and be healed.”

“Until cities lie waste
    without inhabitant,
and houses without men,
    and the land is utterly desolate,