Isaiah 43:8

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Bring out the people who are blind, yet have eyes, who are deaf, yet have ears.

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  • Isa 6:9 : 9 And He said, "Go, and say to this people: ‘Keep listening, but do not understand; keep looking, but do not perceive.’
  • Ezek 12:2 : 2 Son of man, you are living among a rebellious house. They have eyes to see but do not see, and ears to hear but do not hear, for they are a rebellious house.
  • 2 Cor 4:4-6 : 4 In their case, the god of this age has blinded the minds of the unbelievers, so that they cannot see the light of the gospel that displays the glory of Christ, who is the image of God. 5 For we do not preach ourselves, but Jesus Christ as Lord, and ourselves as your servants for Jesus' sake. 6 For God, who said, 'Let light shine out of darkness,' has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of God's glory displayed in the face of Jesus Christ.
  • Deut 29:2-4 : 2 The great trials that your eyes saw, those signs and great wonders. 3 But to this day, the LORD has not given you a heart to understand, eyes to see, or ears to hear. 4 I led you for forty years in the wilderness. Your clothes did not wear out on you, and your sandals did not wear out on your feet.
  • Isa 42:18-20 : 18 Hear, you deaf! Look, you blind, that you may see! 19 Who is blind but my servant, or deaf as my messenger whom I send? Who is as blind as my dedicated one, or as blind as the servant of the LORD? 20 You have seen many things, but you do not observe them; your ears are open, but you do not listen.
  • Isa 44:18-20 : 18 They have no knowledge or understanding; their eyes are plastered over so they cannot see, and their hearts so they cannot understand. 19 No one considers in his heart, no one has the knowledge or insight to say, 'Half of it I burned in the fire; I also baked bread on its coals, roasted meat, and ate. Now, should I make an abomination of the rest? Should I bow down to a block of wood?' 20 He feeds on ashes. A deceived heart has led him astray, and he cannot save himself or say, 'Isn't there a lie in my right hand?'
  • Jer 5:21 : 21 Hear this, you foolish and senseless people, who have eyes but do not see, who have ears but do not hear.

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  • Isa 42:18-20
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    83%

    18Hear, you deaf! Look, you blind, that you may see!

    19Who is blind but my servant, or deaf as my messenger whom I send? Who is as blind as my dedicated one, or as blind as the servant of the LORD?

    20You have seen many things, but you do not observe them; your ears are open, but you do not listen.

  • Isa 43:9
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    9All the nations gather together, and the peoples assemble. Who among them can declare this and proclaim the former things? Let them produce their witnesses to prove they were right, so that others may hear and say, 'It is true.'

  • Isa 29:18
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    18On that day the deaf will hear the words of the scroll, and out of gloom and darkness the eyes of the blind will see.

  • Isa 35:5
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    5Then the eyes of the blind will be opened, and the ears of the deaf will be unstopped.

  • Isa 42:6-7
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    6I, the LORD, have called you in righteousness; I will take hold of your hand. I will keep you and appoint you as a covenant to the people, a light to the nations.

    7To open blind eyes, to bring prisoners out from the dungeon, and to release those who dwell in darkness from their confinement.

  • Isa 43:6-7
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    6I will say to the north, 'Give them up,' and to the south, 'Do not hold them back.' Bring My sons from afar and My daughters from the ends of the earth—

    7everyone who is called by My name, whom I created for My glory, whom I formed and made.

  • Jer 5:20-21
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    20Declare this to the house of Jacob and proclaim it in Judah, saying:

    21Hear this, you foolish and senseless people, who have eyes but do not see, who have ears but do not hear.

  • Isa 42:16
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    16I will lead the blind by a way they did not know; along unfamiliar paths, I will guide them. I will turn darkness before them into light and make the rough places level. These are the things I will do, and I will not abandon them.

  • Isa 41:20-22
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    20so that people may see and know, may consider and understand, that the hand of the Lord has done this, that the Holy One of Israel has created it.

    21Present your case, says the Lord. Set forth your arguments, says Jacob’s King.

    22Tell us, you idols, what is going to happen. Tell us the former things, so that we may consider them and know their final outcome. Or declare to us the things to come.

  • Isa 32:3
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    3The eyes of those who see will no longer be closed, and the ears of those who hear will listen attentively.

  • Jer 31:8
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    8Behold, I will bring them from the land of the north and gather them from the farthest parts of the earth. Among them will be the blind and the lame, the pregnant woman and she who is giving birth—all together. They will return as a great company.

  • Exod 4:11
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    11The LORD said to him, 'Who gave human beings their mouths? Or who makes them mute, deaf, seeing, or blind? Is it not I, the LORD?

  • Isa 6:9-10
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    9And He said, "Go, and say to this people: ‘Keep listening, but do not understand; keep looking, but do not perceive.’

    10Make the hearts of this people dull, their ears heavy, and their eyes blind; otherwise, they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, and understand with their hearts, and turn back and be healed."

  • Isa 44:7
    71%

    7Who is like Me? Let him declare and explain it. Let him present it to Me since I established the ancient people. Let them declare the things that are to come and what will happen.

  • Isa 43:21
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    21the people I formed for Myself, so they might proclaim My praise.

  • Prov 20:12
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    12The hearing ear and the seeing eye—the Lord has made both of them.

  • Isa 42:23
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    23Who among you will give ear to this? Who will listen and pay attention for the time to come?

  • Ps 94:9
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    9Does He who formed the ear not hear? Does He who formed the eye not see?

  • Acts 28:26-27
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    26'Go to this people and say, "You will indeed hear but never understand; you will indeed see but never perceive."'

    27For this people's heart has grown calloused; they hardly hear with their ears, and they have closed their eyes. Otherwise, they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their hearts, and turn, and I would heal them.'

  • Isa 48:6
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    6You have heard it—now see all of it! And will you not declare it? From now on I will make you hear new things, hidden things that you have not known.

  • Isa 44:18
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    18They have no knowledge or understanding; their eyes are plastered over so they cannot see, and their hearts so they cannot understand.

  • Job 29:15
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    15I was eyes to the blind, and feet to the lame.

  • Isa 41:26-27
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    26Who has declared this from the beginning that we might know, or in advance that we might say ‘He is right’? No one proclaimed it, no one announced it, no one heard any words from you.

    27I was the first to say to Zion, 'Look, here they are!' And I give to Jerusalem a messenger of good news.

  • Isa 48:15
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    15I, even I, have spoken; I have called him, I have brought him, and he will succeed in his mission.

  • Rom 11:8
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    8As it is written: "God gave them a spirit of stupor, eyes that could not see and ears that could not hear, to this very day."

  • John 9:13
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    13They brought the man who had been blind to the Pharisees.

  • Isa 57:14
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    14And it will be said: 'Build up, build up, prepare the road! Remove the obstacles out of the way of my people.'

  • Matt 13:14-15
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    14In them is fulfilled the prophecy of Isaiah that says: 'You will indeed hear but never understand; you will indeed see but never perceive.'

    15For the heart of this people has grown dull; they can barely hear with their ears, and they have closed their eyes. Otherwise, they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their hearts, turn back to me, and I would heal them.

  • Ps 135:16-17
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    16They have mouths but cannot speak, eyes but cannot see.

    17They have ears but cannot hear; there is no breath in their mouths.

  • Mic 7:16
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    16The nations will see and be ashamed of all their might. They will put their hands over their mouths, and their ears will become deaf.

  • John 12:40
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    40"He has blinded their eyes and hardened their hearts, so that they would not see with their eyes or understand with their hearts, and turn, and I would heal them."

  • Isa 48:3
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    3I declared the former things long ago; they went forth from my mouth, and I made them known. Suddenly, I acted, and they came to pass.

  • Isa 42:9
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    9Behold, the former things have come to pass, and new things I now declare; before they spring forth, I announce them to you.

  • Isa 18:3
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    3All you inhabitants of the world, you who dwell on the earth, when a banner is raised on the mountains, you will see it; when the trumpet sounds, you will hear it.

  • Isa 29:14
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    14Therefore, I will again do extraordinary things with this people, with wonder upon wonder. The wisdom of their wise will perish, and the understanding of their discerning will vanish.

  • John 9:39
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    39Jesus said, 'For judgment I came into this world, so that those who are blind may see and those who see may become blind.'

  • Ps 115:5
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    5They have mouths but cannot speak, eyes but cannot see.

  • Isa 41:1
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    1Be silent before me, you coastlands, and let the peoples renew their strength. Let them approach and speak; let us come together for judgment.