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Isa. 44:18 KJV (With Strong’s)

Theyg have not known nor understood: forh he hath ηshut their eyes, that they cannot see; and their hearts, that they cannot understand.

Isa. 45:20• ²⁰Assemble yourselves and come; draw near together, ye [that are] escaped of the nations. They have no knowledge that carry the wood of their graven image, and pray unto a god [that] cannot save. (Isa. 45:20)

Isa. 6:9‑10• ⁹And he said, Go and tell this people, Hear indeed, but understand not; and see indeed, but perceive not.
¹⁰Make the heart of this people fat, and make its ears heavy, and smear its eyes: lest it see with its eyes, and hear with its ears, and its heart understand, and it be converted, and be healed. (Isa. 6:9‑10)

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have not.

Isa. 44:9,20• ⁹They that make a graven image [are] all of them vanity; and their delectable things shall not profit; and they [are] their own witnesses: they see not, nor know, that they may be ashamed.
²⁰He feedeth on ashes: a deceived heart hath turned him aside, that he cannot deliver his soul, nor say, [Is there] not a lie in my right hand? (Isa. 44:9,20)

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Isa. 46:7‑8• ⁷They bear him upon the shoulder, they carry him, and set him in his place, and he standeth; from his place shall he not remove: yea, [one] shall cry unto him, yet can he not answer, nor save him out of his trouble.
⁸Remember this, and show yourselves men: bring [it] again to mind, ye transgressors. (Isa. 46:7‑8)

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Jer. 10:8,14• ⁸{i}But they are one and all senseless and foolish; the teaching of vanities is a stock.{/i}
¹⁴{i}Every man is become brutish, bereft of knowledge; every founder is put to shame by the graven image, for his molten image is falsehood, and there is no breath in them.{/i} (Jer. 10:8,14)

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Rom. 1:21‑23• ²¹Because, having known God, they glorified him not as God nor were thankful, but became vain in their thoughts, and their heart void of understanding was darkened.
²²Professing to be wise, they became fools,
²³and changed the glory of the incorruptible God for a likeness of an image of corruptible man, and of winged and four-footed and creeping [creatures]. (Rom. 1:21‑23)

for he hath.

Isa. 6:10• ¹⁰Make the heart of this people fat, and make its ears heavy, and smear its eyes: lest it see with its eyes, and hear with its ears, and its heart understand, and it be converted, and be healed. (Isa. 6:10)

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Isa. 29:10• ¹⁰For Jehovah hath poured out on you the spirit of deep sleep, and hath closed your eyes: the prophets and your rulers, the seers, hath he covered. (Isa. 29:10)

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Psa. 81:12• ¹²And I gave them up to the revolting of their heart,{HR}That they might walk in their own counsels. (Psa. 81:12)

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Matt. 13:14‑15• ¹⁴{i}and in them is filled up the prophecy of Esaias, which says, Hearing ye shall hear and shall not understand, and beholding ye shall behold and not see;{/i}
¹⁵{i}for the heart of this people has grown fat, and they have heard heavily with their ears, and they have closed their eyes as asleep, lest they should see with the eyes, and hear with the ears, and understand with the heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them.{/i} (Matt. 13:14‑15)

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Acts 14:16• ¹⁶who in the bygone generations suffered all the Gentiles to walk in their own ways. (Acts 14:16)

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Rom. 1:28• ²⁸And even as they disapproved to have God in acknowledgment, God gave them up unto a reprobate mind to do improper things; (Rom. 1:28)

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Rom. 11:8‑10• ⁸even as it is written, “God gave them a spirit of slumber, eyes so as not to see, and ears so as not to hear, until this day.”
⁹And David saith, “Let their table be for a snare and for a trap and for a stumblingblock and for a recompense to them:
¹⁰let their eyes be darkened so as not to see, and their back ever bend thou down.” (Rom. 11:8‑10)

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2 Cor. 4:3‑4• ³But if even our gospel is veiled, in those that perish it is veiled,
⁴in whom the god of this age blinded the minds of the faithless, that the illumination of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is [the] image of God, should not shine forth. (2 Cor. 4:3‑4)

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2 Thess. 2:9‑12• ⁹whose coming is according to the working of Satan in all power and signs and wonders of falsehood,
¹⁰and in all deceit of unrighteousness for those that perish, because they received not the love of the truth that they might be saved.
¹¹And for this cause God sendeth them a working of error that they should believe falsehood,
¹²that all might be judged who believed not the truth but had pleasure in unrighteousness. (2 Thess. 2:9‑12)

shut.

Heb. daubed.

cannot.

Isa. 56:11• ¹¹Yea, the dogs [are] greedy, they can never have enough; and these [are] shepherds [that] cannot understand: they have all turned to their own way, each one to his gain, from every quarter. (Isa. 56:11)

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Psa. 92:6• ⁶A brutish man knoweth not,{HR}And a fool doth not understand this. (Psa. 92:6)

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Prov. 2:5‑9• ⁵Then shalt thou apprehend the fear of Jehovah,{HR}And find the knowledge of God.
⁶For Jehovah giveth wisdom;{HR}Out of his mouth come knowledge and understanding.
⁷He layeth up sound wisdom for the upright,{HR}A shield to those that walk in integrity;
⁸Guarding the paths of just judgment{HR}And keeping the way of his saints.
⁹Then thou shalt understand righteousness{HR}And judgment and equity—every good path. (Prov. 2:5‑9)

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Prov. 28:5• ⁵{i}Evil men understand not judgment;{HR}But they that seek Jehovah understand everything.{/i} (Prov. 28:5)

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Jer. 5:21• ²¹{i}Hear now this, O foolish and heartless people, who have eyes and see not; who have ears, and hear not.{/i} (Jer. 5:21)

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Dan. 12:10• ¹⁰Many shall be purified, and made white, and tried; but the wicked shall do wickedly: and none of the wicked shall understand; but the wise shall understand. (Dan. 12:10)

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Hos. 14:9• ⁹Who is wise, that he may understand these things? intelligent, that he may know them? for the ways of Jehovah are right, and the {i}just shall walk in them; but the{/i} transgressors shall stumble thereon. (Hos. 14:9)

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Matt. 12:34• ³⁴{i}Offspring of vipers! how can ye speak good things, being wicked? For of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.{/i} (Matt. 12:34)

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John 5:44• ⁴⁴How can ye believe who receive glory one of another, and seek not the glory which [is] from the only God? (John 5:44)

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John 8:43• ⁴³Why do ye not know my speech? Because ye cannot hear my word. (John 8:43)

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John 12:39‑40• ³⁹On this account they could not believe because Isaiah said again,
⁴⁰He hath blinded their eyes, and he hardened their heart that they may not see with their eyes and understand with their heart, and be converted, and I heal them. (John 12:39‑40)

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2 Peter 2:14• ¹⁴having eyes full of an adulteress and without cessation from sin; setting baits for unstable souls; having a heart practiced in covetousness, children of curse; (2 Peter 2:14)

J. N. Darby Translation

They have no knowledge, and understand not; for he hath plastered their eyes, that they may not see; and their hearts, that they may not understand.

W. Kelly Translation

They have no knowledge and understand not: for he hath plastered their eyes, that they see not; [and] their hearts that they understand not.