Isaiah 42:18

Listen, you deaf; and look, you blind, that you may see. 1

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In The King James Version

Hear, ye deaf; and look, ye blind, that ye may see.

In Context

17They will be turned back, they will be completely put to shame, those who trust in carved figures, 1 who say to cast metal figures, “You are our gods.” 1

19Who is blind but my servant? Or deaf like my messenger I send? 1 Who is as blind as my covenant partner, or blind as Yahweh's servant? 1

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Cross References

Exodus 4:11Yahweh said to him, “Who is it who made man's mouth? Who makes a man mute or deaf or seeing or blind? Is it not I, Yahweh?

Isaiah 29:18On that day the deaf will hear the words of a book, 1 and the eyes of the blind will see out of the deep darkness. 1

Isaiah 43:8Bring out the people who are blind, even though they have eyes, and the deaf, even though they have ears. 1

Luke 7:22Jesus answered and said to them, “After you have gone on your way, report to John what you have seen and heard. Blind people are receiving sight, lame people are walking, lepers are being cleansed, deaf people are hearing, people who have died are being raised back to life, and needy people are being told the good news.

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 42:14-18

Judgment and Mercy. ( b. c. 708.) 13 The Lord shall go forth as a mighty man, he shall stir up jealousy like a man of war: he shall cry, yea, roar; he shall prevail against his enemies. 14 I have long time holden my peace; I have been still, and refrained myself: now will I cry like a travailing woman; I will destroy and devour at once. 15 I will make waste mountains and hills, and dry up all their herbs; and I will make the rivers islands, and I will dry up the pools. 16 And I will bring the blind by a way that… Read the whole commentary →

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