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Is waxed gross (epachunthē). Aorist passive tense. From pachus, thick, fat, stout. Made callous or dull - even fatty degeneration of the heart.
Dull of hearing (tois ōsin bareōs ēkousan). Another aorist. Literally, “They heard (or hear) heavily with their ears.” The hard of hearing are usually sensitive.
Their eyes they have closed (tous ophthalmous autōn ekammusan). The epic and vernacular verb kammuō is from katamuō (to shut down). We say shut up of the mouth, but the eyes really shut down. The Hebrew verb in Isa 6:10 means to smear over. The eyes can be smeared with wax or cataract and thus closed. “Sealing up the eyes was an oriental punishment” (Vincent). See Isa 29:10; Isa 44:18.
Lest (mēpote). This negative purpose as a judgment is left in the quotation from Isaiah. It is a solemn thought for all who read or hear the word of God.
And I should heal them (kai iasomai autous). Here the lxx changes to the future indicative rather than the aorist subjunctive as before.