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he has hardened their hearts ... understand with their hearts

Here "hearts" is a metonym for a person's mind. The phrase "hardened their hearts" is a metaphor for making someone become stubborn. Also, to "understand with their hearts" means to "truly understand." AT: "he has made them stubborn ... truly understand" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy and rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor)

and turn

"Turn" here is a metonym for "repent." AT: "and they would repent" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy)

translationWords

• rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/hard
• rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/heart
• rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/understand
• rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/heal