Isaiah 29:18
And on that day shall the deaf hear the words of the book, and out of obscurity, and out of darkness, shall the eyes of the blind see.
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Deuteronomy 29:4(29:3) Yet the Lord gave you not a heart to perceive, and eyes to see, and ears to hear, until this day.
Proverbs 20:12The ear that heareth, and the eye that seeth, the Lord hath made both of them alike.
Isaiah 29:12And the book is then delivered to one that cannot read, saying, Read this, I pray thee; and he saith, I cannot read.
Isaiah 32:3And the eyes of those that see shall not be blinded again, and the ears of those that hear shall hearken.
Isaiah 42:7To open blind eyes, to bring out from the dungeon the prisoner, and out of the prison-house those that dwell in darkness.
Jeremiah 31:33(31:32) But this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel, after those days, saith the Lord, I place my law in their inward parts, and upon their heart will I write it; and I will be unto them for a God, and they shall be unto me for a 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 →