Isaiah 42:23

Who is there among you who will give ear to this? who will give attention to it for the time to come?

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In The King James Version

Who among you will give ear to this? who will hearken and hear for the time to come?

In Context

22But this is a people whose property has been taken away from them by force; they are all taken in holes, and shut up in prisons: they are made prisoners, and no one makes them free; they are taken by force and no one says, Give them back.

24Who gave up Jacob to those who took away his goods, and Israel to his attackers? Did not the Lord? he against whom they did wrong, and in whose ways they would not go, turning away from his teaching.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 4:29But if in those lands you are turned again to the Lord your God, searching for him with all your heart and soul, he will not keep himself from you.

Proverbs 1:22How long, you simple ones, will foolish things be dear to you? and pride a delight to the haters of authority? how long will the foolish go on hating knowledge?

Isaiah 48:18If only you had given ear to my orders, then your peace would have been like a river, and your righteousness as the waves of the sea:

Jeremiah 3:13Only be conscious of your sin, the evil you have done against the Lord your God; you have gone with strange men under every branching tree, giving no attention to my voice, says the Lord.

Matthew 21:28But how does it seem to you? A man had two sons; and he came to the first, and said, Son, go and do work today in the vine-garden.

Acts 3:22For Moses said, The Lord will give you a prophet from among your people, like me; you will give ear to everything which he will say to you.

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 →

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