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Selected Verse: Isaiah 6:10 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Isa 6:10 |
Strong Concordance |
Make the heart [03820] of this people [05971] fat [08080], and make their ears [0241] heavy [03513], and shut [08173] their eyes [05869]; lest they see [07200] with their eyes [05869], and hear [08085] with their ears [0241], and understand [0995] with their heart [03824], and convert [07725], and be healed [07495]. |
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King James |
Make the heart of this people fat, and make 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 healed. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
Make . . . fat-- (Psa 119:17). "Render them the more hardened by thy warnings" [MAURER]. This effect is the fruit, not of the truth in itself, but of the corrupt state of their hearts, to which God here judicially gives them over (Isa 63:17). GESENIUS takes the imperatives as futures. "Proclaim truths, the result of which proclamation will be their becoming the more hardened" (Rom 1:28; Eph 4:18); but this does not so well as the former set forth God as designedly giving up sinners to judicial hardening (Rom 11:8; Th2 2:11). In the first member of the sentence, the order is, the heart, ears, eyes; in the latter, the reverse order, the eyes, ears, heart. It is from the heart that corruption flows into the ears and eyes (Mar 7:21-22); but through the eyes and ears healing reaches the heart (Rom 10:17), [BENGEL]. (Jer 5:21; Eze 12:2; Zac 7:11; Act 7:57; Ti2 4:4). In Mat 13:15, the words are quoted in the indicative, "is waxed gross" (so the Septuagint), not the imperative, "make fat"; God's word as to the future is as certain as if it were already fulfilled. To see with one's eyes will not convince a will that is opposed to the truth (compare Joh 11:45-46; Joh 12:10-11). "One must love divine things in order to understand them" [PASCAL].
be healed--of their spiritual malady, sin (Isa 1:6; Psa 103:3; Jer 17:14). |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
Make the heart - The word "heart" here is used in the sense of the "mind" - to denote all their mental powers. It is commonly used in this sense in the Scriptures.
Fat - Gross, heavy, dull, stupid. That is, go and proclaim such "truth" to them as shall have this effect - as shall irritate, provoke, enrage them; truth, whose delivery shall be attended, in their gross and corrupt hearts, with this blinding and infatuating influence the effect would be produced by the corrupt state of their hearts, not by any native tendency of the truth, and still less by any direct divine influence. 'Go, and proclaim truth to a corrupt and sensual people, and the result will be that they will not hear; they are so wicked that they will not attend to it; they will become even more hardened; yet go, and though certain of producing this effect, still proclaim it;' see this passage explained in the notes at Joh 12:40.
Their ears heavy - Dull, stupid, insensible.
And shut their eyes - The word used here means "to spread over," and then to close. It denotes here the state of mind which is more and more indisposed to attend to the truth.
And be healed - Be restored from the malady of sin; be recovered and pardoned. Sin is often represented as a painful, loathsome malady, and forgiveness as restoration from such a malady; Isa 30:26; Ps. 103; Psa 41:3-4; Ch2 7:14; Jer 3:22; Jer 17:14. We may learn here,
(1) That the effect of truth is often to irritate people and make them more wicked.
(2) The truth must, nevertheless, be proclaimed.
This effect is not the fault of the truth; and it is often well that the heart should be known, and the true effect should be seen. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| Fat - Stupid and senseless. This making of their hearts fat, is here ascribed to the prophet, as it is ascribed to God in the repetition of this prophecy, Joh 12:40, because God inflicted this judgment upon them by the ministry of the prophet, partly by way of prediction, foretelling that this would be the effect of his preaching; and partly by withdrawing the light and help of his Spirit. Heavy - Make them dull of hearing. Lest - That they may not be able, as before they were not willing to see. Convert - Turn to God. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
Make the heart of this people fat "Gross" - The prophet speaks of the event, the fact as it would actually happen, not of God's purpose and act by his ministry. The prophets are in other places said to perform the thing which they only foretell: -
"Lo! I have given thee a charge this day
Over the nations, and over the kingdoms;
To pluck up, and to pull down;
To destroy, and to demolish;
To build, and to plant."
Jer 1:10.
And Ezekiel says, "When I came to destroy the city," that is, as it is rendered in the margin of our version, "when I came to prophesy that the city should be destroyed;" Eze 43:3. To hear, and not understand; to see, and not perceive; is a common saying in many languages. Demosthenes uses it, and expressly calls it a proverb: ὡστε το της παροιμιας ὁρωντας μη ὁρᾳν, και ακουοντας μη ακουειν; Conttra Aristogit. I., sub fin. The prophet, by the bold figure in the sentiment above mentioned, and the elegant form and construction of the sentence, has raised it from a common proverb into a beautiful mashal, and given it the sublime air of poetry.
Or the words may be understood thus, according to the Hebrew idiom: "Ye certainly hear, but do not understand; ye certainly see, but do not acknowledge." Seeing this is the case, make the heart of this people fat - declare it to be stupid and senseless; and remove from them the means of salvation, which they have so long abused.
There is a saying precisely like this in Aeschylus: -
- - - βλεποντες εβλεπον ματην,
Κλυοντες ουκ ηκουον.
Aesch. Prom. Vinct. 456.
"Seeing, they saw in vain; and hearing, they did not understand."
And shut "Close up" - השע hasha. This word Sal. ben Melec explains to this sense, in which it is hardly used elsewhere, on the authority of Onkelos. He says it means closing up the eyes, so that one cannot see; that the root is שוע shava, by which word the Targum has rendered the word טח tach, Lev 14:42, וטח את בית vetach eth beith, "and shall plaster the house." And the word טח tach is used in the same sense, Isa 44:18. So that it signifies to close up the eyes by some matter spread upon the lids. Mr. Harmer very ingeniously applies to this passage a practice of sealing up the eyes as a ceremony, or as a kind of punishment used in the East, from which the image may possibly be taken. Observ. 2:278.
With their heart "With their hearts" - ובלבבו ubilebabo, fifteen MSS. of Kennicott's and fourteen of De Rossi's, and two editions, with the Septuagint, Syriac, Chaldee, and Vulgate.
And be healed "And I should heal" - ואר פא veer pa, Septuagint, Vulgate. So likewise Mat 13:14; Joh 12:40; Act 28:27. |
14 Heal [07495] me, O LORD [03068], and I shall be healed [07495]; save [03467] me, and I shall be saved [03467]: for thou art my praise [08416].
3 Who forgiveth [05545] all thine iniquities [05771]; who healeth [07495] all thy diseases [08463];
6 From the sole [03709] of the foot [07272] even unto the head [07218] there is no soundness [04974] in it; but wounds [06482], and bruises [02250], and putrifying [02961] sores [04347]: they have not been closed [02115], neither bound up [02280], neither mollified [07401] with ointment [08081].
10 But [1161] the chief priests [749] consulted [1011] that [2443] they might put [615] Lazarus [2976] also [2532] to death [615];
11 Because [3754] that by reason [1223] of him [846] many [4183] of the Jews [2453] went away [5217], and [2532] believed [4100] on [1519] Jesus [2424].
45 Then [3767] many [4183] of [1537] the Jews [2453] which [3588] came [2064] to [4314] Mary [3137], and [2532] had seen [2300] the things which [3739] Jesus [2424] did [4160], believed [4100] on [1519] him [846].
46 But [1161] some [5100] of [1537] them [846] went their ways [565] to [4314] the Pharisees [5330], and [2532] told [2036] them [846] what things [3739] Jesus [2424] had done [4160].
15 For [1063] this [5127] people's [2992] heart [2588] is waxed gross [3975], and [2532] their ears [3775] are dull [917] of hearing [191], and [2532] their [846] eyes [3788] they have closed [2576]; lest at any time [3379] they should see [1492] with their eyes [3788], and [2532] hear [191] with their ears [3775], and [2532] should understand [4920] with their heart [2588], and [2532] should be converted [1994], and [2532] I should heal [2390] them [846].
4 And [2532] they shall turn away [3303] [654] their ears [189] from [575] the truth [225], and [1161] shall be turned [1624] unto [1909] fables [3454].
57 Then [1161] they cried out [2896] with a loud [3173] voice [5456], and stopped [4912] their [846] ears [3775], and [2532] ran [3729] upon [1909] him [846] with one accord [3661],
11 But they refused [03985] to hearken [07181], and pulled away [05414] [05637] the shoulder [03802], and stopped [03513] their ears [0241], that they should not hear [08085].
2 Son [01121] of man [0120], thou dwellest [03427] in the midst [08432] of a rebellious [04805] house [01004], which have eyes [05869] to see [07200], and see [07200] not; they have ears [0241] to hear [08085], and hear [08085] not: for they are a rebellious [04805] house [01004].
21 Hear [08085] now this, O foolish [05530] people [05971], and without understanding [03820]; which have eyes [05869], and see [07200] not; which have ears [0241], and hear [08085] not:
17 So then [686] faith [4102] cometh by [1537] hearing [189], and [1161] hearing [189] by [1223] the word [4487] of God [2316].
21 For [1063] from within [2081], out of [1537] the heart [2588] of men [444], proceed [1607] evil [2556] thoughts [1261], adulteries [3430], fornications [4202], murders [5408],
22 Thefts [2829], covetousness [4124], wickedness [4189], deceit [1388], lasciviousness [766], an evil [4190] eye [3788], blasphemy [988], pride [5243], foolishness [877]:
11 And [2532] for this [5124] cause [1223] God [2316] shall send [3992] them [846] strong [1753] delusion [4106], that [1519] they [846] should believe [4100] a lie [5579]:
8 (According as [2531] it is written [1125], God [2316] hath given [1325] them [846] the spirit [4151] of slumber [2659], eyes [3788] that they should [991] not [3361] see [991], and [2532] ears [3775] that they should [191] not [3361] hear [191] unto [2193] this [4594] day [2250].
18 Having the understanding [1271] darkened [4654], being [5607] alienated [526] from the life [2222] of God [2316] through [1223] the ignorance [52] that is [5607] in [1722] them [846], because [1223] of the blindness [4457] of their [846] heart [2588]:
28 And [2532] even as [2531] they did [1381] not [3756] like [1381] to retain [2192] God [2316] in [1722] their knowledge [1922], God [2316] gave [3860] them [846] over [3860] to [1519] a reprobate [96] mind [3563], to do [4160] those things which are [2520] not [3361] convenient [2520];
17 O LORD [03068], why hast thou made us to err [08582] from thy ways [01870], and hardened [07188] our heart [03820] from thy fear [03374]? Return [07725] for thy servants [05650]' sake, the tribes [07626] of thine inheritance [05159].
17 GIMEL. Deal bountifully [01580] with thy servant [05650], that I may live [02421], and keep [08104] thy word [01697].
14 Heal [07495] me, O LORD [03068], and I shall be healed [07495]; save [03467] me, and I shall be saved [03467]: for thou art my praise [08416].
22 Return [07725], ye backsliding [07726] children [01121], and I will heal [07495] your backslidings [04878]. Behold, we come [0857] unto thee; for thou art the LORD [03068] our God [0430].
14 If my people [05971], which are called [07121] by my name [08034], shall humble [03665] themselves, and pray [06419], and seek [01245] my face [06440], and turn [07725] from their wicked [07451] ways [01870]; then will I hear [08085] from heaven [08064], and will forgive [05545] their sin [02403], and will heal [07495] their land [0776].
3 The LORD [03068] will strengthen [05582] him upon the bed [06210] of languishing [01741]: thou wilt make [02015] all his bed [04904] in his sickness [02483].
4 I said [0559], LORD [03068], be merciful [02603] unto me: heal [07495] my soul [05315]; for I have sinned [02398] against thee.
26 Moreover the light [0216] of the moon [03842] shall be as the light [0216] of the sun [02535], and the light [0216] of the sun [02535] shall be sevenfold [07659], as the light [0216] of seven [07651] days [03117], in the day [03117] that the LORD [03068] bindeth up [02280] the breach [07667] of his people [05971], and healeth [07495] the stroke [04273] of their wound [04347].
40 He hath blinded [5186] their [846] eyes [3788], and [2532] hardened [4456] their [846] heart [2588]; that [3363] they should [1492] not [3363] see [1492] with their eyes [3788], nor [2532] understand [3539] with their heart [2588], and [2532] be converted [1994], and [2532] I should heal [2390] them [846].
40 He hath blinded [5186] their [846] eyes [3788], and [2532] hardened [4456] their [846] heart [2588]; that [3363] they should [1492] not [3363] see [1492] with their eyes [3788], nor [2532] understand [3539] with their heart [2588], and [2532] be converted [1994], and [2532] I should heal [2390] them [846].
27 For [1063] the heart [2588] of this [5127] people [2992] is waxed gross [3975], and [2532] their ears [3775] are dull [917] of hearing [191], and [2532] their [846] eyes [3788] have they closed [2576]; lest [3379] they should see [1492] with their eyes [3788], and [2532] hear [191] with their ears [3775], and [2532] understand [4920] with their heart [2588], and [2532] should be converted [1994], and [2532] I should heal [2390] them [846].
40 He hath blinded [5186] their [846] eyes [3788], and [2532] hardened [4456] their [846] heart [2588]; that [3363] they should [1492] not [3363] see [1492] with their eyes [3788], nor [2532] understand [3539] with their heart [2588], and [2532] be converted [1994], and [2532] I should heal [2390] them [846].
14 And [2532] in [1909] them [846] is fulfilled [378] the prophecy [4394] of Esaias [2268], which [3588] saith [3004], By hearing [189] ye shall hear [191], and [2532] shall [4920] not [3364] understand [4920]; and [2532] seeing [991] ye shall see [991], and [2532] shall [1492] not [3364] perceive [1492]:
18 They have not known [03045] nor understood [0995]: for he hath shut [02902] their eyes [05869], that they cannot see [07200]; and their hearts [03826], that they cannot understand [07919].
42 And they shall take [03947] other [0312] stones [068], and put [0935] them in the place [08478] of those stones [068]; and he shall take [03947] other [0312] morter [06083], and shall plaister [02902] the house [01004].
3 And it was according to the appearance [04758] of the vision [04758] which I saw [07200], even according to the vision [04758] that I saw [07200] when I came [0935] to destroy [07843] the city [05892]: and the visions [04759] were like the vision [04758] that I saw [07200] by the river [05104] Chebar [03529]; and I fell [05307] upon my face [06440].
10 See [07200], I have this day [03117] set [06485] thee over the nations [01471] and over the kingdoms [04467], to root out [05428], and to pull down [05422], and to destroy [06], and to throw down [02040], to build [01129], and to plant [05193].