Isaiah 42:18-25 - Blind And Deaf Israel
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Look, you blind, so that you may see.
or deaf like My messenger I am sending?
Who is blind like My dedicated one,
or blind like the servant of the Lord?
Though his ears are open, he does not listen.”
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to magnify His instruction and make it glorious.
all of them trapped in holes
or imprisoned in dungeons.
They have become plunder
with no one to rescue them
and loot, with no one saying, “Give it back!”
Let him listen and obey in the future.
and Israel to the plunderers?
Was it not the Lord?
Have we not sinned against Him?
They were not willing to walk in His ways,
and they would not listen to His instruction.
and the power of war.
It surrounded him with fire, but he did not know it;
it burned him, but he paid no attention.