They have mouths but cannot speak,
eyes, but cannot see.
They have ears but cannot hear,
noses, but cannot smell.(A)

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They have mouths, but cannot speak,(A)
    eyes, but cannot see.
They have ears, but cannot hear,
    noses, but cannot smell.

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16 They have mouths but cannot speak,(A)
eyes, but cannot see.
17 They have ears but cannot hear;
indeed, there is no breath in their mouths.(B)

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16 They have mouths, but cannot speak,(A)
    eyes, but cannot see.
17 They have ears, but cannot hear,
    nor is there breath(B) in their mouths.

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And he replied:

Go! Say to these people:
Keep listening, but do not understand;(A)
keep looking, but do not perceive.

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He said, “Go(A) and tell this people:

“‘Be ever hearing, but never understanding;
    be ever seeing, but never perceiving.’(B)

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20 Though seeing many things,[a] you pay no attention.
Though his ears are open, he does not listen.”(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 42:20 Alt Hb tradition reads You see many things;

20 You have seen many things, but you pay no attention;
    your ears are open, but you do not listen.”(A)

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“Son of man, you are living among a rebellious house.(A) They have eyes to see but do not see, and ears to hear but do not hear,(B) for they are a rebellious house.(C)

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“Son of man, you are living among a rebellious people.(A) They have eyes to see but do not see and ears to hear but do not hear, for they are a rebellious people.(B)

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14 Isaiah’s prophecy is fulfilled in them, which says:

You will listen and listen,
but never understand;
you will look and look,
but never perceive.(A)

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14 In them is fulfilled(A) the prophecy of Isaiah:

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

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18 Do you have eyes and not see; do you have ears and not hear?[a](A) And do you not remember?(B)

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Footnotes

  1. 8:18 Jr 5:21; Ezk 12:2

18 Do you have eyes but fail to see, and ears but fail to hear? And don’t you remember?

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