Isaiah 42:18

Hear, ye deaf, and look up, ye blind, to see.

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

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

In Context

17But they are turned back: be ye utterly ashamed that trust in graven images, who say to the molten images, Ye are our gods.

19And who is blind, but my servants? and deaf, but they that rule over them? yea, the servants of God have been made blind.

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Cross References

Exodus 4:11And the Lord said to Moses, Who has given a mouth to man, and who has made the very hard of hearing, and the deaf, the seeing and the blind? have not I, God?

Isaiah 29:18And in that day the deaf shall hear the words of the book, and they that are in darkness, and they that are in mist: the eyes of the blind shall see,

Isaiah 43:8and I have brought forth the blind people; for their eyes are alike blind, and they that have ears are deaf.

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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