They disagreed among themselves and began to leave after Paul made this final statement: "The Holy Spirit spoke the truth to your ancestors when he said through Isaiah the prophet: 'Go to this people and say, "You will be ever hearing but never understanding; you will be ever seeing but never perceiving. For this people's heart has become calloused; they hardly hear with their ears, and they have closed their eyes. Otherwise they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their hearts and turn, and I would heal them.' (Isaiah 6:9-10) Therefore I want you to know that God's salvation has been sent to the Gentiles, and they will listen!"
The Holy Spirit spoke the truth to your ancestors when he said
Hebrews 3:7-11 So, as the Holy Spirit says, "Today, if you hear his voice, do not harden your hearts as you did in the rebellion, during the time of testing in the wilderness, where your ancestors tested and tried me, though for forty years they saw what I did. That is why I was angry with that generation; I said, 'Their hearts are always going astray, and they have not known my ways.' So I declared on oath in my anger, 'They shall never enter my rest.' " (Psalm 95:7-11)
For this people's heart has become calloused
Psalm 119:70 Their hearts are callous and unfeeling, but I delight in your law.
Otherwise they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their hearts and turn, and I would heal them
Matthew 13:15 " 'For this people's heart has become calloused; they hardly hear with their ears, and they have closed their eyes. Otherwise they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their hearts and turn, and I would heal them.' " (Isaiah 6:9-10)
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