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 \v 15 God also said to Isaiah,
-\q These people have become unable to really listen to me;
-\q They have become unable to really hear what I say.
-\q It is as if they wanted to keep their eyes shut,
-\q As if they did not really want to see anything,
-\q As if they did not really want to hear anything.
-\q They are like this so they will not think they must stop sinning;
-\q They are like this so they will not think they need for me to save them.
+\q "These people are able to hear what I say, but they will never understanding the message. 
+\q They have eyes that can see, but they will never see clearly what it is they are looking at; they have closed their eyes so they cannot see.  
+\q They cannot see with their eyes and they cannot hear with their ears and they cannot understand.
+\q If they could see and hear and understand then they would turn to me," God says, "and I would heal them."
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 \v 16 But as for you, God has made you able because you realize what I have done and