8 And I heard the voice of the Lord saying, “Whom shall I send, and who will go for us?” Then I said, “Here I am! Send me.”
9 And he said, “Go, and say to this people: “‘Keep on hearing, but do not understand;keep on seeing, but do not perceive.’
10 Make the heart of this people dull,and their ears heavy,and blind their eyes; lest they see with their eyes,and hear with their ears,and understand with their hearts,and turn and be healed.”
11 Then I said, “How long, O Lord?”And he said:“Until cities lie wastewithout inhabitant,and houses without people,and the land is a desolate waste,
12 and the Lord removes people far away,and the forsaken places are many in the midst of the land.
13 And though a tenth remain in it,it will be burned again,like a terebinth or an oak,whose stump remainswhen it is felled.” The holy seed is its stump.