Isaiah 29:18
And in that day those whose ears are stopped will be hearing the words of the book; and the eyes of the blind will see through the mist and the dark.
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Deuteronomy 29:4But even to this day the Lord has not given you a mind open to knowledge, or seeing eyes or hearing ears.
Proverbs 20:12The hearing ear and the seeing eye are equally the Lord's work.
Isaiah 29:12And they give it to one without learning, saying, Make clear to us what is in the book: and he says, I have no knowledge of writing.
Isaiah 32:3And the eyes of those who see will not be shut, and those who have hearing will give ear to the word.
Isaiah 42:7To give eyes to the blind, to make free the prisoners from the prison, to let out those who are shut up in the dark.
Jeremiah 31:33But this is the agreement which I will make with the people of Israel after those days, says the Lord; I will put my law in their inner parts, writing it in their hearts; and I will be their God, and they will be my people.
Matthew Henry on Isaiah 29:18-24
Promises to Israel; Character of Persecutors; Promises of Jacob. ( b. c. 725.) 17 Is it not yet a very little while, and Lebanon shall be turned into a fruitful field, and the fruitful field shall be esteemed as a forest? 18 And in that day shall the deaf hear the words of the book, and the eyes of the blind shall see out of obscurity, and out of darkness. 19 The meek also shall increase their joy in the Lord , and the poor among men shall rejoice in the Holy One of Israel. 20 For the terrible one is brought to… Read the whole commentary →