Hear, ye deaf; and look, ye blind, that ye may see.
Listen, you deaf ones; look, you blind ones, that you may see!
Ye deaf, hear; and ye blind, look to see.
— Hear, ye deaf; and look, ye blind, that ye may see.
Isaiah — Isaiah — Scripture, Old Testament.
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Called thee - To declare my righteousness, or faithfulness. With-hold - Will give thee counsel and strength for the work. Give thee - To be the mediator in whom my covenant of grace is confirmed with mankind.
John Wesley (NT Notes)· Explanatory Notes upon the Bible, 1765evangelical
This call to the deaf to hear and the blind to see is like the command given to the man that had the withered hand to stretch it forth; though he could not do this, because it was withered, yet, if he had not attempted to do it, he would not have been healed, and his being healed thereupon was owing, not to his act, but to the divine power.
Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan
4 He shall not fail nor be discouraged, till he have set judgment in the earth: and the isles shall wait for his law. We are sure that these verses are to be understood of Christ, for the evangelist tells us expressly that in him this prophecy was fulfilled, Matt. xii.
Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan
In this they differ from "the blind" (Isa 42:16). The Jews are referred to. He had said, God would destroy the heathen idolatry; here he remembers that even Israel, His "servant" (Isa 42:19), from whom better things might have been expected, is tainted with this sin.
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed
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Having eyes, see ye not? and having ears, hear ye not? and do ye not remember?
Again he said unto me, Prophesy upon these bones, and say unto them, O ye dry bones, hear the word of the Lord.
Therefore speak I to them in parables: because they seeing see not; and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand.
Bring forth the blind people that have eyes, and the deaf that have ears.
They that make a graven image are all of them vanity; and their delectable things shall not profit; and they are their own witnesses; they see not, nor know; that they may be ashamed.
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