Isaiah 42:18 “Listen, you deaf ones; look, you blind ones, that you may see!”

Isaiah 42:18

Listen, you deaf ones; look, you blind ones, that you may see!

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Hear, ye deaf; and look, ye blind, that ye may see.

World English Bible

“Hear, you deaf, and look, you blind, that you may see.

American Standard Version

Hear, ye deaf; and look, ye blind, that ye may see.

Geneva Bible 1599

Heare, ye deafe: and ye blinde, regarde, that ye may see.

Darby Translation

— Hear, ye deaf; and look, ye blind, that ye may see.

Young's Literal Translation

Ye deaf, hear; and ye blind, look to see.

Bible in Basic English

Give ear, you whose ears are shut; and let your eyes be open, you blind, so that you may see.

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Cross references

“ye deaf”

Isaiah 43:8 Isaiah 29:18 Proverbs 20:12 Mark 7:34–37 Exodus 4:11 Luke 7:22

Isaiah 43:8 · BSB

Bring out a people who have eyes but are blind, and who have ears but are deaf.

Isaiah 29:18 · BSB

On that day the deaf will hear the words of the scroll, and out of the deep darkness the eyes of the blind will see.

Proverbs 20:12 · BSB

Ears that hear and eyes that see— the LORD has made them both.

Mark 7:34–37 · BSB

And looking up to heaven, He sighed deeply and said to him, “Ephphatha!” (which means, “Be opened!”).

Exodus 4:11 · BSB

And the LORD said to him, “Who gave man his mouth? Or who makes the mute or the deaf, the sighted or the blind? Is it not I, the LORD?

Luke 7:22 · BSB

So He replied, “Go back and report to John what you have seen and heard: The blind receive sight, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and the good news is preached to the poor.

Also

Isaiah 35:5

Isaiah 35:5 · BSB

Then the eyes of the blind will be opened and the ears of the deaf unstopped.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

17But those who trust in idols and say to molten images, ‘You are our gods!’ will be turned back in utter shame.

19Who is blind but My servant, or deaf like the messenger I am sending? Who is blind like My covenant partner, or blind like the servant of the LORD?

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