¹⁶ Then He uncovereth the ear of men, And for their instruction sealeth:

¹⁵ He draweth out the afflicted in his affliction, And uncovereth in oppression their ear.

¹⁰ And He uncovereth their ear for instruction, And saith that they turn back from iniquity.

⁵ The Lord Jehovah opened for me the ear, And I rebelled not -- backward I moved not.

⁶ Sacrifice and present Thou hast not desired, Ears Thou hast prepared for me, Burnt and sin-offering Thou hast not asked.

²⁸ This, then, having finished, and having sealed to them this fruit, I will return through you, to Spain;

¹⁴ and a certain woman, by name Lydia, a seller of purple, of the city of Thyatira, worshipping God, was hearing, whose heart the Lord did open to attend to the things spoken by Paul;

⁴⁵ Then opened he up their understanding to understand the Writings,

⁸ Yea, thou hast not heard, Yea, thou hast not known, Yea, from that time not opened hath thine ear, For I have known thou dealest treacherously, And `Transgressor from the belly,' One is crying to thee.

¹⁰ Declare fat the heart of this people, And its ears declare heavy, And its eyes declare dazzled, Lest it see with its eyes, And with its ears hear, and its heart consider, And it hath turned back, and hath health.'

³⁸ And for all this we are making a stedfast covenant, and are writing, and over him who is sealed `are' our heads, our Levites, our priests.'

²⁷ For Thou, Jehovah of Hosts, God of Israel, Thou hast uncovered the ear of Thy servant, saying, A house I build for thee, therefore hath Thy servant found his heart to pray unto Thee this prayer;