10. Make . . . fat — ( :- ). "Render them the more hardened by thy warnings" [MAURER]. This effect is the fruit, not of the truth in itself, but of the corrupt state of their hearts, to which God here judicially gives them over ( Isaiah 63:17 ). GESENIUS takes the imperatives as futures. "Proclaim truths, the result of which proclamation will be their becoming the more hardened" ( Romans 1:28 ; Ephesians 4:18 ); but this does not so well as the former set forth God as designedly giving up sinners to judicial hardening ( Romans 11:8 ; 2 Thessalonians 2:11 ). In the first member of the sentence, the order is, the heart, ears, eyes; in the latter, the reverse order, the eyes, ears, heart. It is from the heart that corruption flows into the ears and eyes ( Mark 7:21 ; Mark 7:22 ); but through the eyes and ears healing reaches the heart ( Romans 10:17 ), [BENGEL]. ( Jeremiah 5:21 ; Ezekiel 12:2 ; Zechariah 7:11 ; Acts 7:57 ; 2 Timothy 4:4 ). In 2 Timothy 4:4- : , the words are quoted in the indicative, " is waxed gross" (so the Septuagint ), not the imperative, "make fat"; God's word as to the future is as certain as if it were already fulfilled. To see with one's eyes will not convince a will that is opposed to the truth (compare John 11:45 ; John 11:46 ; John 12:10 ; John 12:11 ). "One must love divine things in order to understand them" [PASCAL]. be healed —of their spiritual malady, sin ( Isaiah 1:6 ; Psalms 103:3 ; Jeremiah 17:14 ). return to ' Top of Page ' <a name="verse-11" class="com-number"
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