Isaiah 29:18
And in that day shall the deaf hear the words of the book, and, out of obscurity and out of darkness, the eyes of the blind shall see;
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Deuteronomy 29:4But Jehovah hath not given you a heart to perceive, and eyes to see, and ears to hear, to this day.
Proverbs 20:12The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, Jehovah hath made even both of them.
Isaiah 29:12And they give the book to him that cannot read, saying, Read this, I pray thee; and he saith, I cannot read.
Isaiah 32:3And the eyes of them that see shall not be dim, and the ears of them that hear shall hearken;
Isaiah 42:7to open the blind eyes, to bring forth the prisoner from the prison, them that sit in darkness out of the house of restraint.
Jeremiah 31:33For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel, after those days, saith Jehovah: I will put my law in their inward parts, and will write it in their heart; and I will be their God, and they shall 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 →