²³ May their eyes be darkened so they cannot see,
    and their backs be bent forever.^(A)

¹⁰ The Lord has brought over you a deep sleep:^(A)
    He has sealed your eyes^(B) (the prophets);^(C)
    he has covered your heads (the seers).^(D)

¹⁸ They know nothing, they understand^(A) nothing;
    their eyes^(B) are plastered over so they cannot see,
    and their minds closed so they cannot understand.

“Though seeing, they do not see;
    though hearing, they do not hear or understand.^(A)

“‘You will be ever hearing but never understanding;
    you will be ever seeing but never perceiving.

⁴⁰ “He has blinded their eyes
    and hardened their hearts,
so they can neither see with their eyes,
    nor understand with their hearts,
    nor turn—and I would heal them.”^[a](A)