Their heart has been as fat without feeling, but I delight in Your Law.

But they refused to heed, and gave a stubborn shoulder, and they made their ears heavy that they might not hear.

Why do you not understand My speech? Because you are not able to hear My Word.

You are of the devil as your father, and the lusts of your father you purpose to do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks from his own, for he is a liar and the father of it.

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

and they will turn their ears away from the truth, and be turned aside to myths.

of whom we have much to say, and hard to explain with words, since you have become dull of hearing.

For Jehovah has poured out upon you the spirit of deep sleep, and has closed your eyes; He has covered the prophets and your heads, the seers.

And the book is delivered to him who is not literate, saying, Please read this; and he says, I am not literate.

He feeds on ashes; a deceived heart has turned him aside, so that he cannot deliver his soul, nor say, Is this not a lie in my right hand?

and with all unrighteous deception among those who are perishing, because they did not receive the love of the truth, that they might be saved.

And for this reason God will send them strong delusion, that they should believe the lie,

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

in humility correcting those who are in opposition, if God perhaps will grant them repentance unto a full true knowledge of the truth,

and that they may come to their senses and escape the snare of the devil, having been taken captive by him to do his will.

For it is impossible for those who at one time were given understanding, and have tasted the Heavenly gift, and have become partakers of the Holy Spirit,

and also turn aside, to renew them again to repentance, since they crucify again for themselves the Son of God, and expose Him to public disgrace.

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

Return, O backsliding children, and I will heal your backslidings. Behold, we come to You; for You are Jehovah our God.

Heal me, O Jehovah, and I shall be healed, save me, and I shall be saved; for You are my praise.

Behold, I will bring it health and healing, and I will heal them and will show them the abundance of peace and truth.

I will heal their backslidings; I will love them freely; for My anger has turned away from him.

But to you who fear My name, the Sun of Righteousness shall rise up, with healing on His wings. And you shall go out and frisk like calves of the stall.

so that seeing they may see and not perceive, and hearing they may hear and not understand; lest they should convert, and their sins be forgiven them.

In the middle of its street, and on either side of the river, was the Tree of Life, which bore twelve fruits, each tree yielding its fruit every month. The leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations.