...; that is, as our translators have rightly rendered it, do not thou call unclean — Isaiah vi. 10. Make the heart of this people fat, and make their ears heavy; declare, or foretel, that the heart of this people is fat, &c. Accordingly, Mat. xiii. 15. where this...

...vi. 9. 10. contained in book iii. chap. 24. sect. 13. " And he, ie the Lord, said, (to the prophet,) Go, and tell this people, hear ye indeed, but understand...their ears heavy, and shut their eyes ; lest they see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their hearts, and convert, and be...

...scripture ; which, at the same time, will serve to throw some light upon them. The Lord says to Isaiah, " Go and tell this people, Hear ye indeed, but understand...their ears heavy, and shut their eyes : Lest they see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and convert, and be...

...vi. 9, 10. contained in book iii. chap. 24. sect. 13. " And he, ie the Lord, said, (to the prophet,) Go, and tell this people, hear ye indeed, but understand...their ears heavy, and shut their eyes ; lest they see with their eyes, and hear with their cars, and understand with their hearts, and convert, and be...

...saying, Whom shall " I send and who will go for us ? Then said I, " Here am I, send me. And he said, Go and tell " this people, Hear ye indeed, but understand...their ears heavy, " and shut their eyes : lest they see with their eyes, " and hear with their ears, and understand with " their heart, and convert and...

...sent with this awful message to them : " Go and tell the people, hear ye, indeed, but understand not : see ye, indeed, but perceive not : make the heart...fat, and make their ears heavy, and shut their eyes," Sec. " Then," said I, " Lord, how long?" And he answered, " until the cities be wasted without inhabitant,...

...hand of an angry "God ; arrows of •wrath that enter into their souls without noise ; Isa. vi. 10. " Make the heart of this people fat, and make their ears heavy, and shut their eyes, lest they see with their eyes," \3c. God strives with them for a while, and convictions enter their consciences...

...Isa. Ixvi. 14. ' I will choose their delusions, and will bring their fears them." upon Isa. Ixvi. 4. " Make the heart of this people fat, and make their ears heavy, and shut their eyes ; lest they see, hear, understand, convert, and be healed." Isa. vi. 10. " And for this cause God shall send them...

...hand of an angry God ; arrows of wrath that enter into their souls without noise ; Isa, vi. 10. it Make the heart of this people fat, and make their ears heavy, and shut their eyes, lest they see with their eyes," £$V. God strives with them for a while, and convictions enter their consciences...

...grace to make it effectual, on account of their insufferable provocations. The alarming expressions, " Make the heart of this people fat, and make their ears heavy, and shut their eyes," cannot possibly mean that God inspired Israel with contempt for his holy word, or disaffection to it;...