Hear now this, O foolish people, and without understanding; which have eyes, and see not; which have ears, and hear not:
Which have eyes, and see not; which have ears, and hear not - translate, 'Which have eyes, and yet see not; which have ears, and yet hear not.' The Lord alone can give spiritual eyes and ears: on those who will not seek them from Him He sends a judicial blindness and deafness. (Compare Deuteronomy 29:4; Isaiah 6:9.) Having powers of perception, they did not use them; therefore they were responsible for the exercise of them.