Quotes about Understanding
to those who say, “Let Him hurry and hasten His work so that we may see it! Let the plan of the Holy One of Israel come so that we may know it!”
— Isaiah 5:19
Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes and clever in their own sight.
— Isaiah 5:21
And He replied: “Go and tell this people, ‘Be ever hearing, but never understanding; be ever seeing, but never perceiving.’
— Isaiah 6:9
Make the hearts of this people calloused; deafen their ears and close their eyes. Otherwise they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their hearts, and turn and be healed.”
— Isaiah 6:10
The Spirit of the LORD will rest on Him—the Spirit of wisdom and understanding, the Spirit of counsel and strength, the Spirit of knowledge and fear of the LORD.
— Isaiah 11:2
And He will delight in the fear of the LORD. He will not judge by what His eyes see, and He will not decide by what His ears hear,
— Isaiah 11:3
When its limbs are dry, they are broken off. Women come and use them for kindling; for this is a people without understanding. Therefore their Maker has no compassion on them, and their Creator shows them no favor.
— Isaiah 27:11
Whom is He trying to teach? To whom is He explaining His message? To infants just weaned from milk? To babies removed from the breast?
— Isaiah 28:9
For they hear: “Order on order, order on order, line on line, line on line; a little here, a little there.”
— Isaiah 28:10
As often as it passes through, it will carry you away; it will sweep through morning after morning, by day and by night.” The understanding of this message will bring sheer terror.
— Isaiah 28:19
Listen and hear my voice. Pay attention and hear what I say.
— Isaiah 28:23
And the entire vision will be to you like the words sealed in a scroll. If it is handed to someone to read, he will say, “I cannot, because it is sealed.”
— Isaiah 29:11