Their heart is as fat as grease; but I delight in thy law.

But they refused to hearken, and pulled away the shoulder, and stopped their ears, that they should not hear.

Why do ye not understand my speech? even because ye cannot hear my word.

Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.

Then they cried out with a loud voice, and stopped their ears, and ran upon him with one accord,

And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables.

Of whom we have many things to say, and hard to be uttered, seeing ye are dull of hearing.

For the LORD hath poured out upon you the spirit of deep sleep, and hath closed your eyes: the prophets and your rulers, the seers hath he covered.

And the book is delivered to him that is not learned, saying, Read this, I pray thee: and he saith, I am not learned.

He feedeth on ashes: a deceived heart hath turned him aside, that he cannot deliver his soul, nor say, Is there not a lie in my right hand?

And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.

And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie:

Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord;

In meekness instructing those that oppose themselves; if God peradventure will give them repentance to the acknowledging of the truth;

And that they may recover themselves out of the snare of the devil, who are taken captive by him at his will.

For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Ghost,

If they shall fall away, to renew them again unto repentance; seeing they crucify to themselves the Son of God afresh, and put him to an open shame.

I have seen his ways, and will heal him: I will lead him also, and restore comforts unto him and to his mourners.

Return, ye backsliding children, and I will heal your backslidings. Behold, we come unto thee; for thou art the LORD our God.

Heal me, O LORD, and I shall be healed; save me, and I shall be saved: for thou art my praise.

Behold, I will bring it health and cure, and I will cure them, and will reveal unto them the abundance of peace and truth.

I will heal their backsliding, I will love them freely: for mine anger is turned away from him.

But unto you that fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness arise with healing in his wings; and ye shall go forth, and grow up as calves of the stall.

That seeing they may see, and not perceive; and hearing they may hear, and not understand; lest at any time they should be converted, and their sins should be forgiven them.

In the midst of the street of it, and on either side of the river, was there the tree of life, which bare twelve manner of fruits, and yielded her fruit every month: and the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations.