¹⁰ To whom can I speak and give warning?
    Who will listen^(A) to me?
Their ears are closed^[a](B)
    so they cannot hear.^(C)
The word^(D) of the Lord is offensive to them;
    they find no pleasure in it.

“‘You will be ever hearing but never understanding;
    you will be ever seeing but never perceiving.

⁴⁰ “He has blinded their eyes
    and hardened their hearts,
so they can neither see with their eyes,
    nor understand with their hearts,
    nor turn—and I would heal them.”^[a](A)

²⁶ “‘Go to this people and say,
“You will be ever hearing but never understanding;
    you will be ever seeing but never perceiving.”

“God gave them a spirit of stupor,
    eyes that could not see
    and ears that could not hear,^(A)
to this very day.”^[a](B)