Isaiah 42:20
You⌃ have often seen, and have not taken heed; your ears have been opened, and you⌃ have not heard.
LXX2012 (US English)
In The King James Version
Seeing many things, but thou observest not; opening the ears, but he heareth not.
In Context
21The Lord God has taken counsel that he might be justified, and might magnify his praise.
Cross References
Numbers 14:22For all the men who see my glory, and the signs which I wrought in Egypt, and in the wilderness, and have tempted me this tenth time, and have not listened to my voice,
Deuteronomy 29:2And Moses called all the sons of Israel and said to them, You⌃ have seen all things that the Lord did in the land of Egypt before you to Pharao and his servants, and all his land;
Psalms 106:7And he guided them into a straight path, that they might go to a city of habitation. 1
Isaiah 1:3The ox knows his owner, and the ass his master's crib: but Israel does not know me, and the people has not regarded me.
Isaiah 48:6You⌃ have heard all this, but you⌃ have not known: yet I have made + 48:6 Or, audible. known to you the new things from henceforth, which are coming to pass, and you said not,
Isaiah 58:2They seek me day by day, and desire to know my ways, as a people that had done righteousness, and had not forsaken the judgment of their God: they now ask of me righteous judgment, and desire to draw near to God,
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 →