9 And He said, "Go, and Is. 43:8; Matt. 13:14; Mark 4:12; Luke 8:10; John 12:40; Acts 28:26; Rom. 11:8tell this people:
‘Keep on hearing, but do not understand;
Keep on seeing, but do not perceive.’
10 "Make Ps. 119:70; Mark 6:1–6; Acts 7:51; Rom. 10:1–4the heart of this people dull,
And their ears heavy,
And shut their eyes;
Jer. 5:21Lest they see with their eyes,
And hear with their ears,
And understand with their heart,
And return and be healed."
11 Then I said, "Lord, how long?"
And He answered:
Mic. 3:12"Until the cities are laid waste and without inhabitant,
The houses are without a man,
The land is utterly desolate,
12 2 Kin. 25:21; Is. 5:9The Lord has removed men far away,
And the forsaken places are many in the midst of the land.
13 But yet a tenth willbe in it,
And will return and be for consuming,
As a terebinth tree or as an oak,
Whose stump remains when it is cut down.
So Deut. 7:6; Ezra 9:2the holy seed shallbe its stump."