^8 (A)Bring out the blind people who have eyes,
And the ^(B)deaf who have ears.

^(A)‘Hearing you will hear and shall not understand,
And seeing you will see and not ^(B)perceive;

^(A)‘Seeing they may see and not perceive,
And hearing they may hear and not understand;
Lest they should turn,
And their sins be forgiven them.’ ”

^(A)‘Seeing they may not see,
And hearing they may not understand.’

⁴⁰ “He^(A) has blinded their eyes and hardened their hearts,
^(B)Lest they should see with their eyes,
Lest they should understand with their hearts and turn,
So that I should heal them.”

^(A)‘Go to this people and say:
“Hearing you will hear, and shall not understand;
And seeing you will see, and not perceive;

^(A)“God has given them a spirit of stupor,
^(B)Eyes that they should not see
And ears that they should not hear,
To this very day.”