Isaiah 42:20

You see many things, but do not comprehend; ears are open, but no one hears. 1

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Seeing many things, but thou observest not; opening the ears, but he heareth not.

In Context

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

21It pleased Yahweh to praise his justice and to make his law glorious. 1

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Cross References

Numbers 14:22all those people who saw my glory and the signs of power that I did in Egypt and in the wilderness—they have still tempted me these ten times and have not listened to my voice.

Deuteronomy 29:2Moses called to all Israel and said to them, “You have seen everything that Yahweh did before your eyes in the land of Egypt to Pharaoh, to all his servants, and to all his land—

Psalms 106:7Our fathers did not appreciate your marvelous deeds in Egypt; 1 they ignored your many acts of covenant faithfulness; 1 they were rebellious at the sea, the Sea of Reeds. 1

Isaiah 1:3The ox knows his owner, and the donkey his master's feeding trough, 1 but Israel does not know, Israel does not understand.” 1

Isaiah 48:6You heard about these things; look at all this evidence; and you, will you not admit what I said is true? From now on, I am showing you new things, hidden things that you have not known. 1

Isaiah 58:2Yet they seek me daily and delight in the knowledge of my ways, 1 like a nation that practiced righteousness and did not abandon the law of their God. 1 They ask me for righteous judgments; they take pleasure in the thought of God coming near. 1

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 →

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