Isaiah 29:18

And in that day shall the chereshim (deaf persons) 1 hear the devarim of the sefer, 1 and the eynayim of the ivrim 1 shall see out of obscurity, and out of choshech. 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

17Is it not yet a very little while, 1 and Levanon shall be turned into a carmel, 1 and the carmel shall be esteemed as a ya'ar (forest)? 1

19The anaviyim also shall increase their simchah in Hashem, 1 and the evyonei adam (needy of humankind) s 1 hall rejoice in the Kadosh Yisroel. 1

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 29:4And I have led you arba'im shanim in the midbar; your clothes are not worn out upon you, and thy sandal is not worn out upon thy foot.

Proverbs 20:12The hearing ozen, and the seeing ayin, 1 Hashem hath made even both of them. 1

Isaiah 29:12And the sefer is delivered to him that with the sefer has no da'as, saying, Read this, now; and he saith, I cannot read this. With sefer I have no da'as. 1

Isaiah 32:3And the eynayim of them that see shall no longer be closed, 1 and the oznayim of them that hear shall pay heed. 1

Isaiah 42:7To open the einayim ivrot (blind eyes), 1 to bring out the captives from confinement, 1 and them that sit in choshech out of the bais keleh (dungeon, prison). 1

Jeremiah 31:33And they shall teach no more every ish his re'a (neighbor), and every ish his brother, saying, Know Hashem; for they shall all have da'as of Me, from the katon of them unto the gadol of them, saith Hashem; for I will forgive their avon, and I will remember their chattat no more. 1

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 →

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