What Does Isaiah 6:10 Mean?

“fat”

to shine, i.e., (by analogy) be (causatively, make) oily or gross

“Make the heart”

the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the center of anything

“of this people”

a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock

the masculine demonstrative pronoun, this or that

“and make their ears”

broadness. i.e., (concrete) the ear (from its form in man)

“heavy”

to be heavy, i.e., in a bad sense (burdensome, severe, dull) or in a good sense (numerous, rich, honorable); causatively, to make weighty (in the same

“their eyes”

an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)

“and shut”

(in a good acceptation) to look upon (with complacency), i.e., fondle, please or amuse (self); (in a bad one) to look about (in dismay), i.e., stare

properly, removal; used only (in the construction) adverb as conjunction, lest

“lest they see”

to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)

“their eyes”

an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)

“and make their ears”

broadness. i.e., (concrete) the ear (from its form in man)

“and hear”

to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)

“with their heart”

the heart (as the most interior organ)

“and understand”

to separate mentally (or distinguish), i.e., (generally) understand

“and convert”

to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point);

“and be healed”

properly, to mend (by stitching), i.e., (figuratively) to cure