Isaiah 42:18

You who are deaf, hear! You who are blind, turn your gaze and see!

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In The King James Version

Hear, ye deaf; and look, ye blind, that ye may see.

In Context

17They have been converted again. Let those who trust in graven idols be greatly confounded, for they say to a molten thing, “You are our god.”

19Who is blind, except my servant? Who is deaf, except the one to whom I have sent my messengers? Who is blind, except the one who has been sold? And who is blind, except the servant of the Lord?

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Cross References

Exodus 4:11The Lord said to him: “Who made the mouth of man? And who has formed the mute and the deaf, the seeing and the blind? Was it not I?

Isaiah 29:18And in that day, the deaf will hear the words of a book, and out of darkness and obscurity the eyes of the blind will see.

Isaiah 43:8Lead forth the people who are blind and have eyes, who are deaf and have ears.

Luke 7:22And responding, he said to them: “Go and report to John what you have heard and seen: that the blind see, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead rise again, the poor are evangelized.

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 42:14-18

Judgment and Mercy. ( b. c. 708.) 13 The Lord shall go forth as a mighty man, he shall stir up jealousy like a man of war: he shall cry, yea, roar; he shall prevail against his enemies. 14 I have long time holden my peace; I have been still, and refrained myself: now will I cry like a travailing woman; I will destroy and devour at once. 15 I will make waste mountains and hills, and dry up all their herbs; and I will make the rivers islands, and I will dry up the pools. 16 And I will bring the blind by a way that… Read the whole commentary →

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