Isaiah 29:18

At that time, deaf people will be able to hear; they will be able to hear when someone reads from a book; and blind people will be able to see; they will be able to see things when it is gloomy and even when it is dark.

Translation for Translators

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

17Soon the forests in Lebanon will become fertile fields, and abundant crops will grow in those fields, and that will happen very soon.

19Yahweh will enable humble people to be very joyful again. Poor people will rejoice about what the Holy One of Israel has done.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 29:4But until now, Yahweh has not enabled you to understand the meaning of all that you have seen and heard.

Proverbs 20:12Two of the things that Yahweh has created for us are ears to hear things and eyes to see things.

Isaiah 29:12When you give it to others who cannot read, they will say, “ We cannot read it because we do not know how to read.”

Isaiah 32:3When that happens, those leaders will enable people who have not understood [MET] God’s truth to understand it, and they will enable those who have not paid attention to [MET] God’s truth to pay attention to it.

Isaiah 42:7You will enable blind [IDM] people to see, you will free those who are in prison (OR, who are bound by the guilt of their sins) [MET] and release those who are in dark dungeons.

Jeremiah 31:33This is what I, Yahweh, say: ‘This is the new agreement that I will make with the people of Israel some day: I will put my laws in their minds and write them on their inner beings. I will be their God, and they will be my people.

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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