Isaiah 6:8-11

8Then I heard the voice of the Lord asking: Who will I send? Who will go for us? I said: Here I am. Send me.

9And he replied: Go! Say to these people: Keep listening, but do not understand; keep looking, but do not perceive.

10Make the minds of these people dull; deafen their ears and blind their eyes; otherwise they might see with their eyes and hear with their ears, understand with their minds, turn back, and be healed.

11Then I said, “Until when, Lord?” And he replied: Until cities lie in ruins without inhabitants, houses are without people, the land is ruined and desolate,