Isaiah 35:5

Then the eyes of the blind will see, and the ears which are stopped will be open.

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In The King James Version

Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of the deaf shall be unstopped.

In Context

4Say to those who are full of fear, Be strong and take heart: see, your God will give punishment; the reward of God will come; he himself will come to be your saviour.

6Then will the feeble-footed be jumping like a roe, and the voice which was stopped will be loud in song: for in the waste land streams will be bursting out, and waters in the dry places.

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Cross References

Job 33:16Then he makes his secrets clear to men, so that they are full of fear at what they see;

Proverbs 20:12The hearing ear and the seeing eye are equally the Lord's work.

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 42:16And I will take the blind by a way of which they had no knowledge, guiding them by roads strange to them: I will make the dark places light before them, and the rough places level. These things will I do and will not give them up.

Isaiah 48:8Truly you had no word of them, no knowledge of them; no news of them in the past had come to your ears; because I saw how false was your behaviour, and that your heart was turned against me from your earliest days.

Jeremiah 6:10To whom am I to give word, witnessing so that they may take note? see, their ears are stopped, and they are not able to give attention: see, the word of the Lord has been a cause of shame to them, they have no delight in it.

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 35:2-5

The Blessings of the Gospel. ( b. c. 720.) 1 The wilderness and the solitary place shall be glad for them; and the desert shall rejoice, and blossom as the rose. 2 It shall blossom abundantly, and rejoice even with joy and singing: the glory of Lebanon shall be given unto it, the excellency of Carmel and Sharon, they shall see the glory of the Lord , and the excellency of our God. 3 Strengthen ye the weak hands, and confirm the feeble knees. 4 Say to them that are of a fearful heart, Be strong, fear not: behold,… Read the whole commentary →

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