"They have not known nor understood: for he hath shut their eyes, that they cannot see; and their hearts, that they cannot understand."
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The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master's crib: but Israel doth not know, my people doth not consider.
He feedeth on ashes: a deceived heart hath turned him aside, that he cannot deliver his soul, nor say, Is there not a lie in my right hand?
Many shall be purified, and made white, and tried; but the wicked shall do wickedly: and none of the wicked shall understand; but the wise shall understand.
Who is wise, and he shall understand these things? prudent, and he shall know them? for the ways of the LORD are right, and the just shall walk in them: but the transgressors shall fall therein.
O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.
How can ye believe, which receive honour one of another, and seek not the honour that cometh from God only?
And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient;
A brutish man knoweth not; neither doth a fool understand this.
Then shalt thou understand the fear of the LORD, and find the knowledge of God.
Evil men understand not judgment: but they that seek the LORD understand all things.
They that make a graven image are all of them vanity; and their delectable things shall not profit; and they are their own witnesses; they see not, nor know; that they may be ashamed.
Assemble yourselves and come; draw near together, ye that are escaped of the nations: they have no knowledge that set up the wood of their graven image, and pray unto a god that cannot save.
They bear him upon the shoulder, they carry him, and set him in his place, and he standeth; from his place shall he not remove: yea, one shall cry unto him, yet can he not answer, nor save him out of his trouble.
Yea, they are greedy dogs which can never have enough, and they are shepherds that cannot understand: they all look to their own way, every one for his gain, from his quarter.
But they are altogether brutish and foolish: the stock is a doctrine of vanities.
And in them is fulfilled the prophecy of Esaias, which saith, By hearing ye shall hear, and shall not understand; and seeing ye shall see, and shall not perceive:
Why do ye not understand my speech? even because ye cannot hear my word.
Who in times past suffered all nations to walk in their own ways.
Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened.
Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders,
Having eyes full of adultery, and that cannot cease from sin; beguiling unstable souls: an heart they have exercised with covetous practices; cursed children:
For the LORD hath poured out upon you the spirit of deep sleep, and hath closed your eyes: the prophets and your rulers, the seers hath he covered.
Hear now this, O foolish people, and without understanding; which have eyes, and see not; which have ears, and hear not:
Every man is brutish in his knowledge: every founder is confounded by the graven image: for his molten image is falsehood, and there is no breath in them.
Therefore they could not believe, because that Esaias said again,
(According as it is written, God hath given them the spirit of slumber, eyes that they should not see, and ears that they should not hear;) unto this day.
So I gave them up unto their own hearts' lust: and they walked in their own counsels.
And he said, Go, and tell this people, Hear ye indeed, but understand not; and see ye indeed, but perceive not.
But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost:
They have no knowledge or wisdom; for he has put a veil over their eyes, so that they may not see; and on their hearts, so that they may not give attention.
They have no knowledge, and understand not; for he hath plastered their eyes, that they may not see; and their hearts, that they may not understand.
They have not known nor understood: for he hath shut their eyes, that they cannot see; and their hearts, that they cannot understand.
They have not known nor understood: for he hath shut their eyes, that they cannot see; and their hearts, that they cannot understand.
They don't know, neither do they consider: for he has shut their eyes, that they can't see; and their hearts, that they can't understand.
They have not known, nor do they understand, For He hath daubed their eyes from seeing, Their heart from acting wisely.