Isaiah 42:19
And who is blind, but my servants? and deaf, but they that rule over them? yes, the servants of God have been made blind.
LXX2012 (US English)
In The King James Version
In Context
18Hear, you⌃ deaf, and look up, you⌃ blind, to see.
20You⌃ have often seen, and have not taken heed; your ears have been opened, and you⌃ have not heard.
Cross References
Isaiah 6:9You⌃ shall hear indeed, but you⌃ shall not understand; and you⌃ shall see indeed, but you⌃ shall not perceive.
Isaiah 29:9Faint you⌃, and be amazed, and be overpowered, not with strong drink nor with wine.
Isaiah 44:26and confirming the word of his servant, and verifying the counsel of his messengers: who says to Jerusalem, You shall be inhabited; and to the cities of Idumea, You⌃ shall be built, and her desert places shall spring forth.
Jeremiah 4:22For the princes of my people have not known me, they are foolish and unwise children: they are wise to do evil, but how to do good they have not known.
Ezekiel 12:2Son of man, you dwell in the midst of the iniquities of those, who have eyes to see, and see not; and have ears to hear, and hear not: because it is a provoking house.
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 →