Jeremiah 5:21

5:21 Tell them: ‘Hear this,

you foolish people who have no understanding,

who have eyes but do not discern,

who have ears but do not perceive: ¹ 

John 3:19-20

3:19 Now this is the basis for judging: ²  that the light has come into the world and people ³  loved the darkness rather than the light, because their deeds were evil. 3:20 For everyone who does evil deeds hates the light and does not come to the light, so that their deeds will not be exposed.

Acts 3:19

3:19 Therefore repent and turn back so that your sins may be wiped out,

Acts 28:27

28:27 For the heart of this people has become dull, ⁴ 

and their ears are hard of hearing, ⁵ 

and they have closed their eyes,

so that they would not see with their eyes

and hear with their ears

and understand with their heart

and turn, ⁶  and I would heal them.”’ ⁷ 

¹ tn Heb “they have eyes but they do not see, they have ears but they do not hear.”

² tn Or “this is the reason for God judging,” or “this is how judgment works.”

³ tn Grk “and men,” but in a generic sense, referring to people of both genders (as “everyone” in v. 20 makes clear).

⁴ tn Or “insensitive.”

⁵ tn Grk “they hear heavily with their ears” (an idiom for slow comprehension).

⁶ sn Note how the failure to respond to the message of the gospel is seen as a failure to turn.

⁷ sn A quotation from Isa 6:9-10.