Isaiah 42:23

Who among you will listen to this? Who will listen and hear in the future? 1

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In The King James Version

Who among you will give ear to this? who will hearken and hear for the time to come?

In Context

22But this is a people robbed and plundered; 1 they are all trapped in pits, held captive in prisons; 1 they have become a plunder with no one to rescue them, and no one says, “Bring them back!” 1

24Who gave Jacob over to the robber, and Israel to the looters? 1 Was it not Yahweh, against whom we have sinned, 1 in whose ways they refused to walk, and whose law they refused to obey? 1

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 4:29But from there you will seek Yahweh your God, and you will find him, when you search after him with all your heart and with all your soul.

Proverbs 1:22“How long, you naive people, will you love being naive? 1 How long, you mockers, will you delight in mockery, 1 and how long, you fools, will you hate knowledge? 1

Isaiah 48:18If only you had obeyed my commandments! 1 Then your peace and prosperity would have flowed like a river, and your salvation like the waves of the sea. 1

Jeremiah 3:13Acknowledge your iniquity, for you have transgressed against Yahweh your God; 1 you have shared your ways with strangers under every leafy tree! 1 For you have not listened to my voice!—this is Yahweh's declaration. 1

Matthew 21:28But what do you think? A man had two sons. He went to the first and said, 'Son, go work today in the vineyard.'

Acts 3:22Moses indeed said, 'The Lord God will raise up a prophet like me from among your brothers. You shall listen to everything that he will speak to you.

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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