28:27 For the heart of this people has become dull, 1
and their ears are hard of hearing, 2
and they have closed their eyes,
so that they would not see with their eyes
and hear with their ears
and understand with their heart
and turn, 3 and I would heal them.”’ 4
1 tn Or “insensitive.”
sn The heart of this people has become dull. The charge from Isaiah is like Stephen’s against the Jews of Jerusalem (Acts 7:51-53). They were a hard-hearted and disobedient people.
2 tn Grk “they hear heavily with their ears” (an idiom for slow comprehension).
3 sn Note how the failure to respond to the message of the gospel is seen as a failure to turn.
4 sn A quotation from Isa 6:9-10.