For the hearts of this people have grown dull. Their ears are hard of hearing, And their eyes they have closed, Lest they should see with [their] eyes and hear with [their] ears, Lest they should understand with [their] hearts and turn, So that I should heal them." '
Izan ere, herri honek gogortu egin ditu buru-bihotzak, gortu belarriak, itsutu begiak. Ez bezate beren begiez ikus, ez belarriez entzun, ez eta buruaz ulertu ere, horrela niregana bihur ez daitezen eta salba ez ditzadan.