Isaiah 42:18

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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

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  • Isa 29:18 : 18 And in that day those whose ears are stopped will be hearing the words of the book; and the eyes of the blind will see through the mist and the dark.
  • Prov 20:12 : 12 The hearing ear and the seeing eye are equally the Lord's work.
  • Isa 43:8 : 8 Send out the blind people who have eyes, and those who have ears, but they are shut.
  • Mark 7:34-37 : 34 And looking up to heaven, he took a deep breath, and said to him, Ephphatha, that is, Be open. 35 And his ears became open, and the band of his tongue was made loose, and his words became clear. 36 And he gave them orders not to give news of it to anyone; but the more he made this request, so much the more they made it public. 37 And they were overcome with wonder, saying, He has done all things well: he even gives back the power of hearing and the power of talking to those who have been without them.
  • Luke 7:22 : 22 And answering them he said, Go back and give news to John of what you have seen, and the things which have come to your ears; the blind now see, those who had no power in their legs are walking, lepers are made clean, those who had no hearing now have their ears open, dead men come to life again, and the poor have the good news given to them.
  • Rev 3:17-18 : 17 For you say, I have wealth, and have got together goods and land, and have need of nothing; and you are not conscious of your sad and unhappy condition, that you are poor and blind and without clothing. 18 If you are wise you will get from me gold tested by fire, so that you may have true wealth; and white robes to put on, so that your shame may not be seen; and oil for your eyes, so that you may see.
  • Exod 4:11 : 11 And the Lord said to him, Who has made man's mouth? who takes away a man's voice or hearing, or makes him seeing or blind? Is it not I, the Lord?
  • Isa 35:5 : 5 Then the eyes of the blind will see, and the ears which are stopped will be open.

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  • Isa 42:19-20
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    19Who is blind, but my servant? who has his ears stopped, but he whom I send? who is blind as my true one, or who has his ears shut like the Lord's servant?

    20Seeing much, but keeping nothing in mind; his ears are open, but there is no hearing.

  • Isa 29:18
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    18And in that day those whose ears are stopped will be hearing the words of the book; and the eyes of the blind will see through the mist and the dark.

  • Isa 43:8-9
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    8Send out the blind people who have eyes, and those who have ears, but they are shut.

    9Let all the nations come together, and let the peoples be present: who among them is able to make this clear, and give us word of earlier things? let their witnesses come forward, so that they may be seen to be true, and that they may give ear, and say, It is true.

  • Isa 35:5
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    5Then the eyes of the blind will see, and the ears which are stopped will be open.

  • Isa 42:16-17
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    16And I will take the blind by a way of which they had no knowledge, guiding them by roads strange to them: I will make the dark places light before them, and the rough places level. These things will I do and will not give them up.

    17They will be turned back and be greatly shamed who put their hope in pictured images, who say to metal images, You are our gods.

  • Isa 32:3
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    3And the eyes of those who see will not be shut, and those who have hearing will give ear to the word.

  • Jer 5:21
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    21Give ear now to this, O foolish people without sense; who have eyes but see nothing, and ears without the power of hearing:

  • Isa 42:7
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    7To give eyes to the blind, to make free the prisoners from the prison, to let out those who are shut up in the dark.

  • Isa 44:18
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    18They have no knowledge or wisdom; for he has put a veil over their eyes, so that they may not see; and on their hearts, so that they may not give attention.

  • Acts 28:26-27
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    26Go to this people and say, Though you give ear, you will not get knowledge; and seeing, you will see, but the sense will not be clear to you:

    27For the heart of this people has become fat and their ears are slow in hearing and their eyes are shut; for fear that they might see with their eyes and give hearing with their ears and become wise in their hearts and be turned again to me, so that I might make them well.

  • Isa 6:9-10
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    9And he said, Go, and say to this people, You will go on hearing, but learning nothing; you will go on seeing, but without getting wiser.

    10Make the hearts of this people fat, and let their ears be stopped, and their eyes shut; for fear that they may see with their eyes, and be hearing with their ears, and their heart may become wise, and they may be turned to me and made well.

  • Matt 13:14-16
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    14And for them the words of Isaiah have come true, Though you give ear, you will not get knowledge; and seeing, you will see, but the sense will not be clear to you:

    15For the heart of this people has become fat and their ears are slow in hearing and their eyes are shut; for fear that they might see with their eyes and give hearing with their ears and become wise in their hearts and be turned again to me, so that I might make them well.

    16But a blessing be on your eyes, because they see; and on your ears, because they are open.

  • Isa 42:23
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    23Who is there among you who will give ear to this? who will give attention to it for the time to come?

  • John 12:40
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    40He has made their eyes blind, and their hearts hard; for fear that they might see with their eyes and get knowledge with their hearts, and be changed, and I might make them well.

  • Lev 19:14
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    14Do not put a curse on those who have no hearing, or put a cause of falling in the way of the blind, but keep the fear of your God before you: I am the Lord.

  • Ps 135:16-18
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    16They have mouths, but no voice, they have eyes, but they do not see;

    17They have ears, but no hearing; and there is no breath in their mouths.

    18Those who make them are like them; and so is everyone who puts his hope in them.

  • Mark 4:12
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    12So that seeing they may see, and it will not be clear to them; and hearing it, they will not get the sense; for fear that they may be turned again to me and have forgiveness.

  • Isa 29:10-11
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    10For the Lord has sent on you a spirit of deep sleep; and by him your eyes, the prophets, are shut, and your heads, the seers, are covered.

    11And the vision of all this has become to you like the words of a book which is shut, which men give to one who has knowledge of writing, saying, Make clear to us what is in the book: and he says, I am not able to, for the book is shut:

  • Matt 20:33
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    33They say to him, Lord, that our eyes may be open.

  • Prov 20:12
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    12The hearing ear and the seeing eye are equally the Lord's work.

  • Mark 8:18
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    18Having eyes, do you not see? and having ears, have you no hearing? and have you no memory?

  • Mic 7:16
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    16The nations will see and be shamed because of all their strength; they will put their hands on their mouths, their ears will be stopped.

  • Ps 38:13
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    13But I kept my ears shut like a man without hearing; like a man without a voice, never opening his mouth.

  • Ezek 12:2
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    2Son of man, you are living among an uncontrolled people, who have eyes to see but see not, and ears for hearing but they do not give ear; for they are an uncontrolled people.

  • Rom 11:8
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    8As it was said in the holy Writings, God gave them a spirit of sleep, eyes which might not see, and ears which have no hearing, to this day.

  • Ps 115:5
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    5They have mouths, but no voice; they have eyes, but they see not;

  • Isa 28:23
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    23Let your ears be open to my voice; give attention to what I say.

  • Ps 94:9
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    9Has he by whom your ears were planted no hearing? or is he blind by whom your eyes were formed?

  • Isa 18:3
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    3All you peoples of the world, and you who are living on the earth, when a flag is lifted up on the mountains, give attention; and when the horn is sounded, give ear.

  • Exod 4:11
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    11And the Lord said to him, Who has made man's mouth? who takes away a man's voice or hearing, or makes him seeing or blind? Is it not I, the Lord?

  • Jer 6:18
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    18So then, give ear, you nations, and ...

  • John 9:39
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    39And Jesus said, I came into this world to be a judge, so that those who do not see may see, and those who see may become blind.

  • Job 42:5
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    5Word of you had come to my ears, but now my eye has seen you.

  • Deut 28:34
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    34So that the things which your eyes have to see will send you out of your minds.

  • Matt 15:31
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    31So that the people were full of wonder when they saw that those who had no voice were talking, the feeble were made strong, those whose bodies were broken had the power of walking, and the blind were able to see: and they gave glory to the God of Israel.

  • Isa 51:1
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    1Give ear to me, you who are searching for righteousness, who are looking for the Lord: see the rock from which you were cut out, and the hole out of which you were taken.

  • Job 29:15
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    15I was eyes to the blind, and feet to him who had no power of walking.

  • John 9:41
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    41Jesus said to them, If you were blind you would have no sin: but now that you say, We see; your sin is there still.

  • Isa 50:5
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    5And I have not put myself against him, or let my heart be turned back from him.

  • Jer 13:15
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    15Give ear and let your ears be open; be not lifted up: for these are the words of the Lord.