Isaiah 42:20

Israel sees and hears much yet neither observes nor truly listens. It describes the hardened heart that has knowledge without obedience.

Cross-references · 17

• Deut 29:2–4Moses summoned all Israel and proclaimed to them, “You have seen with your own eyes everything the LORD did in Egypt to Pharaoh, to all his officials, and to all his land.
• Jer 6:10To whom can I give this warning? Who will listen to me? Look, their ears are closed, so they cannot hear. See, the word of the LORD has become offensive to them; they find no pleasure in it.
• Jer 42:2–5Jeremiah the prophet and said, “May our petition come before you; pray to the LORD your God on behalf of this entire remnant. For few of us remain of the many, as you can see with your own eyes.
• Deut 4:9Only be on your guard and diligently watch yourselves, so that you do not forget the things your eyes have seen, and so that they do not slip from your heart as long as you live. Teach them to your children and grandchildren.
• Neh 9:10–17You performed signs and wonders against Pharaoh, all his officials, and all the people of his land, for You knew they had acted with arrogance against our fathers. You made a name for Yourself that endures to this day.
• Isa 1:3The ox knows its owner, and the donkey its master’s manger, but Israel does not know; My people do not understand.”
• Isa 58:2For day after day they seek Me and delight to know My ways, like a nation that does what is right and does not forsake the justice of their God. They ask Me for righteous judgments; they delight in the nearness of God.”
• Isa 48:6–8You have heard these things; look at them all. Will you not acknowledge them? From now on I will tell you of new things, hidden things unknown to you.
• Ezek 33:31So My people come to you as usual, sit before you, and hear your words; but they do not put them into practice. Although they express love with their mouths, their hearts pursue dishonest gain.
• Mark 6:19–20So Herodias held a grudge against John and wanted to kill him. But she had been unable,
• Acts 28:22–27But we consider your views worth hearing, because we know that people everywhere are speaking against this sect.”
• Ps 106:7–13Our fathers in Egypt did not grasp Your wonders or remember Your abundant kindness; but they rebelled by the sea, there at the Red Sea.
• Ps 107:43Let him who is wise pay heed to these things and consider the loving devotion of the LORD.
• John 11:37–50But some of them asked, “Could not this man who opened the eyes of the blind also have kept Lazarus from dying?”
• John 9:37–40“You have already seen Him,” Jesus answered. “He is the One speaking with you.”
• Num 14:22not one of the men who have seen My glory and the signs I performed in Egypt and in the wilderness—yet have tested Me and disobeyed Me these ten times—
• Rom 2:21you, then, who teach others, do you not teach yourself? You who preach against stealing, do you steal?

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