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Then I heard the 1voice of the Lord, saying, "Whom shall I send, and who will go for Us?" Then 2I said, "Here am I. Send me!"
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He said, "Go, and tellthispeople : 'Keep on 3listening, but do not perceive ; Keep on looking, but do not understand.'
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"4Render the hearts of thispeoplea5insensitive, Their earsbdull, And their eyescdim, 6Otherwise they might see with their eyes, Hear with their ears, Understand with their hearts, And return and be healed."
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Then I said, "Lord, 7howlong ?" And He answered, "Until8cities are devastated and withoutinhabitant, Houses are withoutpeople And the land is utterlydesolate,
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"The LORD has 9removedmenfar away, And the d10forsakenplaces are many in the midst of the land.
13"Yet there will be a tenthportion in it, And it will again be subject to burning, Like a terebinth or an 11oakWhosestump remains when it is felled. The 12holyseed is its stump."
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