THEOSISJerome of Stridon
And the Lord spoke to me, saying: Son of man, you live among a people given to wickedness; they possess sight but do not perceive, and they have hearing yet do not listen, for this is a house of the unrighteous. Instead of the phrase we have translated: you dwell amidst the house of the wrathful, the LXX expresses: you live in the midst of their inequities. From the subsequent context, we can infer that this indeed reflects the nature of the house being one of wrath. As we have noted before, the term affliction is also employed in place of anger, indicating that you dwell in a household that designates suffering, which, due to its bitter transgressions, renders God—who is inherently good and gentle—afflictive and fearsome.
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Scripture reminds us, "Taste and see that the Lord is good" (Psalm 33:9). Yet the prophet is surrounded by a community that inflicts distress; they have eyes that fail to see and ears that do not hear—not due to a lack of physical senses but due to their obstinate evil. Consequently, the Lord chastises the Jews, saying, “If you were blind, you should have no sin: but now you say, We see; therefore your sin remains” (John 9:41), highlighting and condemning their willful ignorance. Therefore, since they have faculties to see and cannot perceive, and hearing yet do not listen, instruct them through parables and representations, so that they may become aware of the captivity unfolding—not solely through hearing but also through sight.