8 Then I heard the voice of the Lord asking:
Who will I send?
Who will go for us?
I said:
Here I am. Send me.
9 And he replied:
Go! Say to these people:
Keep listening, but do not understand; 6:9–10 Mt 13:14–15; Mk 4:12; Lk 8:10; Jn 12:40; Ac 28:26–27
keep looking, but do not perceive.
10 Make the minds 6:10 Lit heart of these people dull;
deafen their ears and blind their eyes;
otherwise they might see with their eyes
and hear with their ears,
understand with their minds,
turn back, and be healed. 6:10 Zch 7:11–12; 1Th 2:16
11 Then I said, "Until when, Lord? " 6:11 Ps 79:5; 89:46 And he replied:
Until cities lie in ruins without inhabitants, 6:11 Is 1:7; 27:10
houses are without people,
the land is ruined and desolate,
12 and the Lord drives the people far away,
leaving great emptiness in the land.
13 Though a tenth will remain in the land,
it will be burned again.
Like the terebinth or the oak
that leaves a stump when felled,
the holy seed 6:13 Is 41:8; 43:5; 45:25; 53:10; 59:21; 65:9,23; 66:22 is the stump. 6:13 Is 11:1