the Week of Proper 11 / Ordinary 16
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THE MESSAGE
Isaiah 42:18
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“Listen, you deaf!Look, you blind, so that you may see.
Hear, you deaf; and look, you blind, that you may see.
Hear, ye deaf; and look, ye blind, that ye may see.
Hear, you deaf, and look, you blind, that you may see!
Hear, you who are deaf! And look, you who are blind, so that you may see.
"You who are deaf, hear me. You who are blind, look and see.
Hear, you deaf! And look, you blind, that you may see.
Hear, you deaf; and look, you blind, that you may see.
Heare, ye deafe: and ye blinde, regarde, that ye may see.
Hear, you deaf!And look, you blind, that you may see.
"Listen, you deaf, and look, you blind, that you may see.
You people are deaf and blind, but the Lord commands you to listen and to see.
Listen, you deaf! Look, you blind! — so that you will see!
—Hear, ye deaf; and look, ye blind, that ye may see.
"Deaf people, listen to me! Blind people, look and see!
Hear, O you deaf! And understand and see, O you blind!
The Lord says, "Listen, you deaf people! Look closely, you that are blind!
Deaf people, listen! And blind people, look to see!
O deaf ones, hear! And O blind ones, look to see!
Heare, o ye deaf men, and sharpen youre sightes to se (o ye blinde.)
Hear, ye deaf; and look, ye blind, that ye may see.
Give ear, you whose ears are shut; and let your eyes be open, you blind, so that you may see.
Hear, ye deaf, and look, ye blind, that ye may see.
Heare ye deafe, and looke ye blinde that ye may see.
Heare O ye deafe men, and sharpen your eyes to see O ye blinde.
Hear, ye deaf, and look up, ye blind, to see.
Hear, ye deaf; and look, ye blind, that ye may see.
Ye deef men, here; and ye blynde men, biholde to se.
Hear, you deaf; and look, you blind, that you may see.
Hear, ye deaf; and look, ye blind, that ye may see.
"Listen, you deaf ones! Take notice, you blind ones!
"Hear, you deaf; And look, you blind, that you may see.
"Listen, you who are deaf! Look and see, you blind!
Listen, you who do not hear! And look, you blind, that you may see.
Listen, you that are deaf; and you that are blind, look up and see!
Ye deaf hear! And ye blind look around that ye may see, Who is blind if not my Servant? Or deaf, like, my messenger whom I send?
Hear, ye deaf, and, ye blind, behold that you may see.
Hear, you deaf; and look, you blind, that you may see!
Ye deaf, hear; and ye blind, look to see.
Hear, you deaf! And look, you blind, that you may see.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
ye deaf: Isaiah 29:18, Isaiah 43:8, Exodus 4:11, Proverbs 20:12, Mark 7:34-37, Luke 7:22, Revelation 3:17, Revelation 3:18
Reciprocal: Psalms 146:8 - openeth Isaiah 44:9 - their own Isaiah 45:20 - they Ezekiel 37:4 - O ye Matthew 13:13 - General Matthew 20:30 - two Mark 3:5 - hardness Mark 8:18 - see John 8:27 - General John 9:39 - might be 2 Corinthians 3:14 - their Revelation 9:20 - and idols
Cross-References
Abraham said, "I just assumed that there was no fear of God in this place and that they'd kill me to get my wife. Besides, the truth is that she is my half sister; she's my father's daughter but not my mother's. When God sent me out as a wanderer from my father's home, I told her, ‘Do me a favor; wherever we go, tell people that I'm your brother.'"
"What you're doing is wrong. Is there no fear of God left in you? Don't you care what the nations around here, our enemies, think of you?
"He never gave her the time of day. But after this went on and on he said to himself, ‘I care nothing what God thinks, even less what people think. But because this widow won't quit badgering me, I'd better do something and see that she gets justice—otherwise I'm going to end up beaten black-and-blue by her pounding.'"
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Hear, ye deaf; and look, ye blind, that ye may see. Jarchi and Kimchi think these words are spoken to Israel, who, as Aben Ezra says, were deaf and blind in heart; but they are rather an exhortation to the Gentiles that remained impenitent and unbelieving, and who were deaf to the voice of the Gospel, and blind as to the knowledge of it; and the purport of the exhortation is, that they would make use of their external hearing and sight, which they had, that they might attain to a spiritual hearing and understanding of divine things; "for faith comes by hearing, and hearing the word of God", Romans 10:17 to hear the Gospel preached, and to look into the Scriptures, and read the word of God, are the means of attaining light and knowledge in spiritual things; and these are within the compass of natural men, who are internally deaf and blind.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Hear, ye deaf - This is evidently an address to the Jews, and probably to the Jews of the time of the prophet. He had been predicting the coming of the Messiah, and the influence of his religion on the Gentile world. He had said that God would go forth to destroy the idolatry of the pagan nations, and to convince them of the folly of the worship of images, and to confound them for putting their trust in them. He seems here to have recollected that this was the easily-besetting sin of his own countrymen, and perhaps especially of the times when he penned this portion of the prophecy - under the reign of Manasseh; that that generation was stupid, blind, deaf to the calls of God, and sunk in the deepest debasement of idolatry. In view of this, and of the great truths which he had uttered, he calls on them to hear, to be alarmed, to return to God, and assures them that for these sins they exposed themselves to, and must experience, his sore displeasure. The statement of these truths, and the denouncing of these judgments, occupy the remainder of this chapter. A similar instance occurs in Isaiah 2:0, where the prophet, having foretold the coming of the Messiah, and the fact that his religion would be extended among the Gentiles, turns and reproves the Jews for their idolatry and crimes (see the notes at that chapter). The Jewish people are often described as âdeafâ to the voice of God, and âblindâ to their duty and their interests (see Isaiah 29:18; Isaiah 42:8).
And look ... that ye may see - This phrase denotes an attentive, careful, and anxious search, in order that there may be a clear view of the object. The prophet calls them to an attentive contemplation of the object, that they might have a clear and distinct view of it. They had hitherto looked at the subject of religion in a careless, inattentive, and thoughtless manner.
