# Isaiah 6:9

> And He replied:
“Go and tell this people,
‘Be ever hearing, but never understanding;
be ever seeing, but never perceiving.’

— Isaiah 6:9, 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 13:14-15 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/matthew/13/14
- Luke 8:10 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/luke/8/10
- Mark 4:12 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/mark/4/12
- John 12:40 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/john/12/40
- Acts 28:26-27 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/28/26
- Romans 11:8 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/romans/11/8
- Isaiah 29:13 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/isaiah/29/13
- Isaiah 43:8 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/isaiah/43/8

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

## This document

- Canonical: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/isaiah/6/9
- Whole chapter: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/isaiah/6
- License: Scripture: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain. Source: Scriptoria (scriptoria.digital).