Isaiah 29:18
+ 29:18. MP: Messiah will heal deaf and blind. (See also Is 35:5). (Mark 7:32-35, 10:46b, 10:49-52) In that day, the deaf will sh'ma ·hear obey· the words of the book, and the eyes of the blind will see out of obscurity and out of darkness.
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Deuteronomy 29:4But Adonai has not given you a heart to know, eyes to see, and ears to sh'ma ·hear obey·, to this day. + 29:4. Quoted in Rom 11:8
Proverbs 20:12The sh'ma ·hearing obeying· ear, and the seeing eye, 2 Adonai has made even both of them. 1
Isaiah 29:12and the book is delivered to one who is not educated, saying, “Read this, please;” and he says, “I can’t read.”
Isaiah 32:3The eyes of those who see will not be dim, 2 and the ears of those who sh'ma ·hear obey· will listen. 1
Isaiah 42:7+ 42:7 (context 42:5-9) MP: Heals the blind both physically and spiritually, both Jew or Gentile, removing them from darkness as a prison. (See also Is 9:1-2, 49:6). (Matt 9:27-30a; Luke 4:18 (context 16-22); John 9:39-41 (context all ch 9)) to open the blind eyes, 2 to bring the prisoners out of the dungeon, 2 and those who sit in darkness out of the prison. 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 →