# 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.”

— Isaiah 6:10, Berean Standard Bible

## When

- c. 740 BC (dated by the text itself)
- Date source: 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.

## Who ruled

- **Tiglath-pileser III**, king of Assyria, 745-727 BC · Source: Assyrian annals from Calah; the Assyrian king lists, which are dated year by year
- **Uzziah**, king of Judah, 792-740 BC · Source: 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 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/matthew/13/15
- Acts 28:27 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/28/27
- Jeremiah 5:21 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/jeremiah/5/21
- Jeremiah 6:10 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/jeremiah/6/10
- John 3:19-20 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/john/3/19
- Zechariah 7:11 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/zechariah/7/11
- Isaiah 29:10 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/isaiah/29/10
- Isaiah 63:17 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/isaiah/63/17

Cross-references: OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0.

## This document

- Canonical: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/isaiah/6/10
- Whole chapter: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/isaiah/6
- License: Scripture: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain. Source: Scriptoria (scriptoria.digital).