Isaiah 42:18

Hear, ye chereshim (deaf people); 1 and look, ye ivrim (blind people) that ye may see. 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

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 greatly ashamed, 1 that trust in pesel, 1 that say to the masekhah (molten images): 1 You (plural) are eloheinu (our g-ds). 1

19Who is ivver (blind), but Avdi? + 42:19 Yisroel 1 Or cheresh (deaf), like malachi that I sent? 1 Who is ivver (blind) like meshullam (the one committed), + 42:19 to Me 1 and ivver like the Eved Hashem. + 42:19 i.e., Yisroel 1

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Cross References

Exodus 4:11And Hashem said unto him, Who hath made manʼs peh (mouth)? Or who maketh dumb, or deaf, or seeing, or blind? Is it not I, Hashem?

Isaiah 29:18And 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

Isaiah 43:8Bring forth the Am Ivver that have eyes, 1 and the chereshim that have oznayim. 1

Luke 7:22And in reply he said to them, Go and tell Yochanan what you have seen. + 7:22 as edei reiyah, eyewitnesses IVRIM TIRENAH, pisechim (lame persons) walk, the metzorim are cleansed, and chereshim hear, the mesim are restored to life, ANIYIM have the Besuras HaGeulah preached to them. + 7:22 Isa 29:18,19; 35:5,6; 61:1,2

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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