^{9 Ref} He said, "Go, and tell this people, 'You hear indeed, But don't understand; And you see indeed, But don't perceive.'

^{10 Ref} Make the heart of this people fat; Make their ears heavy, and shut their eyes; Lest they see with their eyes, And hear with their ears, And understand with their heart, And turn again, and be healed."

^{11 Ref} Then I said, "Lord, how long?" He answered, "Until cities are waste without inhabitant, And houses without man, And the land becomes utterly waste,

^{12 Ref} And Yahweh has removed men far away, And the forsaken places are many in the midst of the land.