Make the heart of this people unreceptive, and make their very ears unresponsive, and paste their very eyes together, that they may not see with their eyes and with their ears they may not hear, and that their own heart may not understand and that they may not actually turn back and get healing for themselves. ”
השמן לב העם הזה, ואוזניו הכבד ועיניו השע, פן יראה בעיניו, ובאוזניו ישמע, ולבבו יבין ושב ורפא לו ” (‏ ישעיהו ו ’: 9, 10‏).