Isaiah 6:10
Make the hearts of this people calloused; deafen their ears and close their eyes. Otherwise they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their hearts, and turn and be healed.”
Scripture: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain
- WHEN
- c. 740 BC
WHEN
c. 740 BC
dated by the text itself
WHO RULED
- Tiglath-pileser III king of Assyria 745-727 BC
- Uzziah king of Judah 792-740 BC
SOURCES
- date — Isaiah 6:1 dates the vision by the year that King Uzziah died, dated to around 740 BC by the chronology of the kings of Judah.
- Tiglath-pileser III — Assyrian annals from Calah; the Assyrian king lists, which are dated year by year
- Uzziah — 2 Kings 15:1-7; 2 Chronicles 26; Isaiah 6:1, which dates the vision by the year of his death
SEE ALSO
- Matthew 13:15 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,…
- Acts 28:27 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,…
- Jeremiah 5:21 “Hear this, O foolish and senseless people, who have eyes but do not see, who have ears but do not hear.
- Jeremiah 6:10 To whom can I give this warning? Who will listen to me? Look, their ears are closed, so they cannot hear. See, the word of the LORD has become offensive to them; they find no…
- John 3:19-20 And this is the verdict: The Light has come into the world, but men loved the darkness rather than the Light because their deeds were evil. …
- Zechariah 7:11 But they refused to pay attention and turned a stubborn shoulder; they stopped up their ears from hearing.
- Isaiah 29:10 For the LORD has poured out on you a spirit of deep sleep. He has shut your eyes, O prophets; He has covered your heads, O seers.
- Isaiah 63:17 Why, O LORD, do You make us stray from Your ways and harden our hearts from fearing You? Return, for the sake of Your servants, the tribes of Your heritage.
Cross-references: OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0
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