9 He said, “Go, and tell this people:
‘Keep on ahearing, but do not understand;
Keep on seeing, but do not know.’
10 aRender the hearts of this people binsensitive,
Their ears dull,
And their eyes dim,
cLest they see with their eyes,
And hear with their ears,
And understand with their hearts,
And return and be healed.”
11 Then I said, “Lord, ahow long?” And He said,
“Until bcities are devastated and without inhabitant,
Houses are without people,
And the land is devastated to desolation,
12 And Yahweh has aremoved men far away,
And the bforsaken places are many in the midst of the land.