27 For the heart of this people is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes have they closed; lest they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them.



Ver. 27. Is waxed gross] "Their heart is as fat as grease; but I delight in thy law," saith David, Psa_119:70. Naturalists tell us that fat-hearted men are dull-witted. Ãáóôçñ ðá÷åéá ëåðôïí ïõ ôéêôåé íïïí . It is a heavy case when men have got a kind of hoof over their hearts, callum obductum, corneas fibras, brawny breasts, horny heart strings.



Their eyes have they closed] Gr. åêáììõóáí . They have winked, they shut the windows, lest the light should come in. Ut liberius peccent, libenter ignorant, saith Bernard. Sponte quidem reluctantur veritati, non tamen fortuito, saith Beza.