Isaiah 29:18
And the deaf have heard the words of a scroll in that day, || And out of thick darkness, and out of darkness, || The eyes of the blind see.
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Deuteronomy 29:4And YHWH has not given to you a heart to know, and eyes to see, and ears to hear, until this day.
Proverbs 20:12A hearing ear, and a seeing eye—YHWH has even made both of them.
Isaiah 29:12And the scroll is given to him who has not known scrolls, || Saying, “Please read this,” || And he has said, “I have not known scrolls.”
Isaiah 32:3And the eyes of beholders are not dazzled, || And the ears of hearers attend.
Isaiah 42:7To open the eyes of the blind, || To bring forth the bound one from prison, || Those sitting in darkness from the house of restraint.
Jeremiah 31:33“For this [is] the covenant that I make, || With the house of Israel, after those days,” || A declaration of YHWH, || “I have given My law in their inward part, || And I write it on their heart, || And I have been their God, || And they are 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 →