Isaiah 29:18
And heard in that day have the deaf the words of a book, And out of thick darkness, and out of darkness, The eyes of the blind do see.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
19And the humble have added joy in Jehovah, And the poor among men In the Holy One of Israel rejoice.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 29:4and Jehovah hath not given to you a heart to know, and eyes to see, and ears to hear, till this day,
Proverbs 20:12A hearing ear, and a seeing eye, Jehovah hath made even both of them.
Isaiah 29:12And the book is given to him who hath not known books, Saying, 'Read this, we pray thee,' And he hath said, 'I have not known books.'
Isaiah 32:3And not dazzled are the eyes of beholders, And the ears of hearers do attend.
Isaiah 42:7To open the eyes of the blind, To bring forth from prison the bound one, From the house of restraint those sitting in darkness.
Jeremiah 31:33For this [is] the covenant that I make, With the house of Israel, after those days, An affirmation of Jehovah, I have given My law in their inward part, And on their heart I do write it, And I have been to them for God, And they are to me for a 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 →