A Hard Ministry
Isaiah 6:9-13
And he said, Go, and tell this people, Hear you indeed, but understand not; and see you indeed, but perceive not.…


"On the morning before I was licensed," says the late Rev. John Brown, "that text was much impressed on my spirit." He said, Go and tell this people, Hear ye indeed, but understand not; and see ye indeed, but perceive not, etc. Since I was ordained at Haddington, I know not how often it hath been heavy to my heart to think how much this Scripture hath been fulfilled in my ministry. Frequently I have had an anxious desire to be removed by death, from being a plague to my poor congregation. Often, however, I have checked myself, and have considered this wish as my folly, and begged of the Lord, that if it were not for His glory to remove me by death, He would make me successful in my work."



Parallel Verses
KJV: And he said, Go, and tell this people, Hear ye indeed, but understand not; and see ye indeed, but perceive not.

WEB: He said, "Go, and tell this people, 'You hear indeed, but don't understand; and you see indeed, but don't perceive.'




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