Isaiah 42:20
Thou seest many things, but thou observest not; his ears are open, but he heareth not.
American Standard Version
In The King James Version
Seeing many things, but thou observest not; opening the ears, but he heareth not.
In Context
21It pleased Jehovah, for his righteousness` sake, to magnify the law, and make it honorable.
Cross References
Numbers 14:22because all those men that have seen my glory, and my signs, which I wrought in Egypt and in the wilderness, yet have tempted me these ten times, and have not hearkened to my voice;
Deuteronomy 29:2And Moses called unto all Israel, and said unto them, Ye have seen all that Jehovah did before your eyes in the land of Egypt unto Pharaoh, and unto all his servants, and unto all his land;
Psalms 106:7Our fathers understood not thy wonders in Egypt; They remembered not the multitude of thy lovingkindnesses, But were rebellious at the sea, even at the Red Sea.
Isaiah 1:3The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master`s crib; [but] Israel doth not know, my people doth not consider.
Isaiah 48:6Thou hast heard it; behold all this; and ye, will ye not declare it? I have showed thee new things from this time, even hidden things, which thou hast not known.
Isaiah 58:2Yet they seek me daily, and delight to know my ways: as a nation that did righteousness, and forsook not the ordinance of their God, they ask of me righteous judgments; they delight to draw near unto God.
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 →