Isaiah 42:19
Who is blind, but my servant, or deaf, as my messenger that I send? Who is blind as he who is at peace [with me], and blind as LORD's servant?
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
18Hear, ye deaf, and look, ye blind, that ye may see.
20Thou see many things, but thou do not observe. His ears are open, but he does not hear.
Cross References
Isaiah 6:9And he said, Go, and tell this people, Hear ye indeed, but do not understand, and see ye indeed, but do not perceive.
Isaiah 29:9Tarry ye and wonder, take your pleasure and be blind. They are drunken, but not with wine. They stagger, but not with strong drink.
Isaiah 44:26who confirms the word of his servant, and performs the counsel of his messengers, who says of Jerusalem, She shall be inhabited, and of the cities of Judah, They shall be built, and I will raise up the waste places of it,
Jeremiah 4:22For my people are foolish. They do not know me. They are sottish sons, and they have no understanding. They are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge.
Ezekiel 12:2Son of man, thou dwell in the midst of the rebellious house, that have eyes to see, and see not, that have ears to hear, and hear not, for they are a rebellious house.
Matthew 15:14Leave them. They are blind leaders of blind men, and if a blind man leads a blind man, both will fall into a ditch.
Matthew Henry on Isaiah 42:19-25
The Blindness of the Jews. ( b. c. 708.) 18 Hear, ye deaf; and look, ye blind, that ye may see. 19 Who is blind, but my servant? or deaf, as my messenger that I sent? who is blind as he that is perfect, and blind as the Lord 's servant? 20 Seeing many things, but thou observest not; opening the ears, but he heareth not. 21 The Lord is well pleased for his righteousness' sake; he will magnify the law, and make it honourable. 22 But this is a people robbed and spoiled; they are all of them snared in holes, and they… Read the whole commentary →