Isaiah 44:18 KJV — MannaFest

Isaiah 44:18

They have not known nor understood: for he hath shut their eyes, that they cannot see; and their hearts, that they cannot understand.

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ASV

They know not, neither do they consider: for he hath shut their eyes, that they cannot see; and their hearts, that they cannot understand.

WEB

They do not comprehend or discern, for He has shut their eyes so they cannot see and closed their minds so they cannot understand.

YLT

They have not known, nor do they understand, For He hath daubed their eyes from seeing, Their heart from acting wisely.

DBT

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.

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Isaiah 6:9–10
And he said, Go, and tell this people, Hear ye indeed, but understand not; and see ye indeed, but perceive not.
2 Corinthians 4:3–4
But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost:
John 12:39–40
Therefore they could not believe, because that Esaias said again,
2 Thessalonians 2:9–12
Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders,
Jeremiah 5:21
Hear now this, O foolish people, and without understanding; which have eyes, and see not; which have ears, and hear not:

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): They have not known nor understood common sense; men that act rationally in other things in this act most absurdly. Though they have some knowledge and understanding, yet they are strangers to, nay, they are rebels against the great law of consideration (

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

In short, it is the effect and evidence of the greatest stupidity and sottishness that one could ever imagine rational beings to be guilty of, and shows that man has become worse than the beasts that perish; for they act according to the dictates of sense, but man acts not according to the dictates of reason (

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

he, &c.--God hath given them over to judicial blindness; not His direct physical, but His providential agency in administering His moral government, is meant (Isa 6:9, 10). "Shut," literally, "daubed," plastered up; it is an Eastern custom in some cases to seal up the eyes of offenders.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

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