And in them is fulfilled the prophecie of Isaias] This is no new thing, neither need it seem strange unto you that they are so hard hearted: so it is with their fathers, and so it is foretold that it should be with them. See Acts 7. 51, 52.
By hearing ye shall hear, &c.] So Mark 4:12. Luke 8:10. John 12:40. Acts 28:20. Romans 11:8. See Isaiah 6:9.