interesting side note

In Matthew 13, JESUS quotes from Isaiah 6. However, HE makes a change.

In Isaiah, it says,
"Keep on listening, but do not perceive;
Keep on looking, but do not understand.
Render the hearts of this people insensitive,
Their ears dull,
And their eyes dim,
Otherwise they might see with their eyes,
Hear with their ears,
Understand with their hearts,
And return and be healed."


In Matthew CHRIST says,
"You will keep on hearing, but will not understand;
You will keep on seeing, but will not perceive;
For the heart of this people has become dull,
With their ears they scarcely hear,
And they have closed their eyes,
Otherwise they would see with their eyes,
Hear with their ears,
And understand their heart and return,
And I would heal them."

It's interesting to see that GOD is no longer the ones hardening their hearts. They are doing it to themselves. However it is no longer the whole of the people, for, "blessed are your eyes, because they see; and your ears, because they hear." And if we open our eyes and ears and return, HE will heal us.