Isaiah 29:18
Therefore, in that day, shall the deaf hear the words of a book,—And out of gloom and darkness, the eyes of the blind shall see;
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Deuteronomy 29:4yet hath Yahweh not given onto you a heart to know, or eyes to see or ears to hear,—until this day.
Proverbs 20:12The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, Yahweh hath made them, both.
Isaiah 29:12And then the writing is delivered to one unacquainted with writing, saying, Pray thee read this, And he saith I am not acquainted with writing.
Isaiah 32:3And the eyes of them who are ready to see, shall not be closed,—And, the ears of them who are ready to hear, shall hearken;
Isaiah 42:7To open eyes that are blind,—To bring forth Out of the dungeon the captive Out of the prison, the dwellers in darkness.
Jeremiah 31:33For, this, is the covenant which I will solemnize with the house of Israel after those days Declareth Yahweh, I will put my law within them, Yea, on their heart, will I write it,—So will I become their God, And they shall become my people.
Matthew Henry on Isaiah 29:18-24
Promises to Israel; Character of Persecutors; Promises of Jacob. ( b. c. 725.) 17 Is it not yet a very little while, and Lebanon shall be turned into a fruitful field, and the fruitful field shall be esteemed as a forest? 18 And in that day shall the deaf hear the words of the book, and the eyes of the blind shall see out of obscurity, and out of darkness. 19 The meek also shall increase their joy in the Lord , and the poor among men shall rejoice in the Holy One of Israel. 20 For the terrible one is brought to… Read the whole commentary →