Quotes about Insight

Bring out a people who have eyes but are blind, and who have ears but are deaf.

And no one considers in his heart, no one has the knowledge or insight to say, “I burned half of it in the fire, and I baked bread on its coals; I roasted meat and I ate. Shall I make something detestable with the rest of it? Shall I bow down to a block of wood?”

You have never heard; you have never understood; for a long time your ears have not been open. For I knew how deceitful you are; you have been called a rebel from birth.

And the word of the LORD came to me, asking, “Jeremiah, what do you see?” “I see a branch of an almond tree,” I replied.

Now the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

“Hear this, O foolish and senseless people, who have eyes but do not see, who have ears but do not hear.

And the LORD informed me, so I knew. Then You showed me their deeds.

Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

“Son of man,” He said to me, “do you see this? Yet you will see even greater abominations than these.”

“Son of man, you are living in a rebellious house. They have eyes to see but do not see, and ears to hear but do not hear, for they are a rebellious house.

Then the people asked me, “Won’t you tell us what these things you are doing mean to us?”

Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying,