Isaiah 42:18

Ye deaf, hear; and ye blind, look up, that ye may see.

Leeser Tanakh

In The King James Version

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

In Context

17They shall be turned back, they shall be ashamed, that trust in graven images, that say to molten idols, Ye are our gods.

19Who is blind, but my servant? or deaf, as my messenger whom I send? who is blind as he that is perfect, and blind as the servant of the Lord?

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Cross References

Exodus 4:11And the Lord said unto him, Who hath given a mouth to man? or who maketh him dumb, or deaf, or seeing, or blind? is it not I the Lord?

Isaiah 29:18And 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.

Isaiah 43:8Bring forward the blind people that have eyes, and the deaf that have ears.

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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