Isaiah 6:9

Which verses does Isaiah 6:9 point to?

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1. Matthew 13:14–15106 votes

   In them the prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled: ‘You will be ever hearing but never understanding; you will be ever seeing but never perceiving. For this people’s heart has grown callous; they hardly hear with their ears, and they have closed their eyes. Otherwise they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their hearts, and turn, and I would heal them.’

2. Luke 8:1087 votes

   He replied, “The knowledge of the mysteries of the kingdom of God has been given to you, but to others I speak in parables, so that, ‘though seeing, they may not see; though hearing, they may not understand.’

3. Mark 4:1281 votes

   so that, ‘they may be ever seeing but never perceiving, and ever hearing but never understanding; otherwise they might turn and be forgiven.’”

4. John 12:4069 votes

   “He has blinded their eyes and hardened their hearts, so that they cannot see with their eyes, and understand with their hearts, and turn, and I would heal them.”

5. Acts 28:26–2761 votes

   ‘Go to this people and say, “You will be ever hearing but never understanding; you will be ever seeing but never perceiving.” For this people’s heart has grown callous; they hardly hear with their ears, and they have closed their eyes. Otherwise they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their hearts, and turn, and I would heal them.’

6. Romans 11:855 votes

   as it is written: “God gave them a spirit of stupor, eyes that could not see, and ears that could not hear, to this very day.”

7. Isaiah 29:1348 votes

   Therefore the Lord said: “These people draw near to Me with their mouths and honor Me with their lips, but their hearts are far from Me. Their worship of Me is but rules taught by men.

8. Isaiah 43:837 votes

   Bring out a people who have eyes but are blind, and who have ears but are deaf.

9. Isaiah 44:18–2037 votes

   They do not comprehend or discern, for He has shut their eyes so they cannot see and closed their minds so they cannot understand. And no one considers in his heart, no one has the knowledge or insight to say, “I burned half of it in the fire, and I baked bread on its coals; I roasted meat and I ate. Shall I make something detestable with the rest of it? Shall I bow down to a block of wood?” …

10. Isaiah 30:8–1122 votes

    Go now, write it on a tablet in their presence and inscribe it on a scroll; it will be for the days to come, a witness forever and ever. These are rebellious people, deceitful children, children unwilling to obey the LORD’s instruction. …

11. Jeremiah 15:1–28 votes
12. Exodus 32:7–103 votes
13. Hosea 1:93 votes

Which verses point to Isaiah 6:9?

The 10 strongest of 47.

• Isaiah 44:18 187
• Mark 8:18 141
• Matthew 13:14 79
• Mark 4:12 43
• Acts 28:26 35
• Revelation 4:8 33
• Luke 8:10 27
• Jeremiah 5:21 12
• Romans 11:8 11
• Isaiah 43:8 9