Isaiah 42:23

Who among you will give ozen (ear) to this? 1 Who will pay heed and hear for the time to come? 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

Who among you will give ear to this? who will hearken and hear for the time to come?

In Context

22But this is Am (People) robbed and looted; 1 they are all of them snared in holes, 1 or hidden in batei kela'im (dungeons): 1 they are for plunder, 1 and none delivereth; 1 for loot, and none saith, Give it back! 1

24Who gave Ya'akov as loot, 1 and Yisroel to ones plundering? 1 Did not Hashem, He against Whom we have sinned? 1 For they would not walk in the darkhei HaShem, 1 neither were they obedient unto His torah. 1

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 4:29But if from thence thou shalt seek Hashem Eloheicha, thou shalt find Him, if thou seek Him with all thy lev and with all thy nefesh.

Proverbs 1:22Ad mosai, ye simple ones, will ye love being simpletons? 1 And the scoffers delight in their mockery, 1 and kesilim (fools) hate da'as? 1

Isaiah 48:18O if only thou hadst paid heed to My mitzvot! 1 Then had thy shalom been like a nahar, 1 and thy tzedakah as the waves of the yam; 1

Jeremiah 3:13Only acknowledge thine avon (iniquity, guilt of wrongdoing), 1 that thou hast rebelled against Hashem your G-d, 1 and hast scattered thy favors to the zarim 1 under every green tree, 1 and ye have not obeyed My voice, saith Hashem. 1

Matthew 21:28What do you think? A man had two banim (sons). And having approached the rishon (first), the man said, Beni (my son), go today and work in the kerem (vineyard).

Acts 3:22Moshe Rabbenu indeed said, NAVI KAMONI + 3:22 T. N. i.e., a prophet like Moses for you Hashem Adonoi will raise up from your achim; to him you will give heed according to everything whatever he may speak to you. + 3:22 Dt 18:15,18

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 42:19-25

The Blindness of the Jews. ( b. c. 708.) 18 Hear, ye deaf; and look, ye blind, that ye may see. 19 Who is blind, but my servant? or deaf, as my messenger that I sent? who is blind as he that is perfect, and blind as the Lord 's servant? 20 Seeing many things, but thou observest not; opening the ears, but he heareth not. 21 The Lord is well pleased for his righteousness' sake; he will magnify the law, and make it honourable. 22 But this is a people robbed and spoiled; they are all of them snared in holes, and they… Read the whole commentary →

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