Isaiah 6:9

The Holy Bible, Berean Study Bible

Contextual Overview

⁹And He replied, "Go and tell this people: 'Be ever hearing, but never understanding; be ever seeing, but never perceiving.'¹⁰Make the hearts of this people calloused; deafen their ears and close their eyes. Otherwise they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their hearts, and turn and be healed. ¹¹Then I asked, "How long, O Lord?" And He replied, "Until cities lie in ruins without an inhabitant, until the houses are left unoccupied, and the land is desolate and ravaged, ¹²until the LORD has driven men far away, and the land is utterly forsaken. ¹³And though a tenth remains in the land, it will be burned again. As the terebinth and oak leave stumps when felled, so the holy seed will be a stump in the land."

Bible Verse Review
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Go: Isaiah 29:13, Isaiah 30:8-11, Exodus 32:7-10, Jeremiah 15:1, Jeremiah 15:2, Hosea 1:9

Hear ye: Isaiah 43:8, Isaiah 44:18-20, Matthew 13:14, Matthew 13:15, Mark 4:12, Luke 8:10, John 12:40, Acts 28:26, Acts 28:27, Romans 11:8

indeed: or, without ceasing, Heb. in hearing

indeed: Heb. in seeing.

Reciprocal: Exodus 10:20 - General Deuteronomy 28:28 - General Deuteronomy 29:4 - General Joshua 11:20 - it was 1 Kings 22:23 - the Lord 2 Chronicles 18:19 - Who shall entice Job 12:24 - He taketh Job 33:14 - perceiveth Psalms 69:23 - Their eyes Psalms 119:144 - understanding Isaiah 28:13 - that Isaiah 29:10 - the Lord Isaiah 29:14 - for the wisdom Isaiah 42:19 - Who is blind Isaiah 48:8 - thou heardest Jeremiah 4:22 - For my Jeremiah 5:21 - O foolish Jeremiah 6:10 - their ear Jeremiah 7:27 - hearken Jeremiah 28:8 - prophesied Ezekiel 12:2 - which Zechariah 11:17 - the sword Matthew 15:10 - Hear Mark 3:5 - hardness Mark 7:14 - and understand Mark 8:18 - see Mark 11:33 - We Luke 19:42 - but Luke 20:7 - that John 8:27 - General John 8:43 - ye cannot John 9:39 - might be John 10:6 - they understood not John 12:39 - because John 12:41 - when 2 Corinthians 7:9 - that ye 2 Thessalonians 2:11 - God

Cross-References

Genesis 2:4
This is the account of the heavens and the earth when they were created, in the day that the LORD God made them.

Genesis 5:1
This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day that God created man, He made him in His own likeness.

Genesis 5:22
And after he had become the father of Methuselah, Enoch walked with God 300 years and had other sons and daughters.

Genesis 5:24
Enoch walked with God, and then he was no more, because God had taken him away.

Genesis 6:9
This is the account of Noah. Noah was a righteous man, blameless in his generation; Noah walked with God.

Genesis 6:15
And this is how you are to build it: The ark is to be 300 cubits long, 50 cubits wide, and 30 cubits high.

Genesis 7:1
Then the LORD said to Noah, "Go into the ark, you and all your family, because I have found you righteous in this generation.

Genesis 10:1
This is the account of Noah's sons Shem, Ham, and Japheth, who also had sons after the flood.

Genesis 17:1
When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the LORD appeared to him and said, "I am God Almighty. Walk before Me and be blameless.

Genesis 48:15
Then he blessed Joseph and said: "May the God before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac walked, the God who has been my shepherd all my life to this day,

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And he said, go, and tell this people,.... What is and will be their case and condition, as follows:

hear ye indeed; the words of the prophets sent unto them, yea, Christ himself incarnate preaching among them; the great Prophet Moses said should be raised up unto them:

but understand not; neither that he is the Messiah, nor the doctrines delivered by him; which were spoken to them in parables; see

Matthew 13:13:

and see ye indeed: the miracles wrought by him, as raising the dead, cleansing the lepers, restoring sight to the blind, causing the deaf to hear, and the dumb to speak:

but perceive not; that he is the Messiah, though all the characteristics pointed at in prophecy are upon him, and such miracles are done by him.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

And he said ... - The expressions which follow are those which denote hardness of heart and blindness of mind. They would hear the words of the prophet, but they would not understand him. They were so obstinately bent on iniquity that they would neither believe nor regard him. This shows the spirit with which ministers must deliver the message of God. It is their business to deliver the message, though they should know that it will neither be understood nor believed.

Hear ye indeed - Hebrew ‘In hearing, hear.’ This is a mode of expressing emphasis. This passage is quoted in Matthew 13:14; see thenote at that place.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Isaiah 6:9. And he said — לי li, to me, two MSS. and the Syriac. Thirteen MSS. have ראה raah, in the regular form.