Matthew Poole and continuators on Isaiah 6:9

9 And he said, Go and tell this people , Hear ye indeed, but understand not; and see ye indeed, but perceive not .

Not my people, for I disown them, as they have rejected me.

The Hebrew Words are Imperative; yet they are not to be taken as a Command what the People ought to do, but onely as a Signification and Prediction what by their own Wickedness, and by God's just Judgment, they did and would do, as is manifest by Mat. 13. 14. Act. 28. 26. where they are so rendred. And Imperative▪ Words among the Hebrews are frequently put for the future, as is well known to the Learned. The sence is, Because you have so long heard my Words, and seen my Works, to no purpose, and have hardned your Hearts, and will not learn [illegible: 1+ letters]or reform, I will punish you in your own kind, your Sin shall be your Punishment. I will still continue my Word and Works to you, not in Mercy, and for your Good, but to aggravate your Sin and Condemnation; for I will blind your Minds, and withdraw my Spirit, so that you shall be as unable, as now you are unwilling, to understand or perceive any thing that may do you good.

Marginal references: Mat. 13. 14. Mar. 4. 12. Luk. 8. 10. Joh. 12. 40. Act. 28. 26. Rom. 11. 8.; Or, without ceasing, &c.; Heb. Hear ye in hearing, &c.; Heb. in seeing.