Isaiah 43:8
The Lord Declares His Sovereignty Bring out the people who are blind, even though they have eyes, those who are deaf, even though they have ears!
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- Isa 6:9 : 9 He said,“Go and tell these people:‘Listen continually, but don’t understand! Look continually, but don’t perceive!’
- Ezek 12:2 : 2 “Son of man, you are living in the midst of a rebellious house. They have eyes to see, but do not see, and ears to hear, but do not hear, because they are a rebellious house.
- 2 Cor 4:4-6 : 4 among whom the god of this age has blinded the minds of those who do not believe so they would not see the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God. 5 For we do not proclaim ourselves, but Jesus Christ as Lord, and ourselves as your slaves for Jesus’ sake. 6 For God, who said“Let light shine out of darkness,” is the one who shined in our hearts to give us the light of the glorious knowledge of God in the face of Christ.
- Deut 29:2-4 : 2 The Exodus, Wandering, and Conquest Reviewed Moses proclaimed to all Israel as follows:“You have seen all that the LORD did in the land of Egypt to Pharaoh, all his servants, and his land. 3 Your eyes have seen the great judgments, those signs and mighty wonders. 4 But to this very day the LORD has not given you an understanding mind, perceptive eyes, or discerning ears!
- Isa 42:18-20 : 18 The Lord Reasons with His People“Listen, you deaf ones! Take notice, you blind ones! 19 My servant is truly blind, my messenger is truly deaf. My covenant partner, the servant of the LORD, is truly blind. 20 You see many things, but don’t comprehend; their ears are open, but do not hear.”
- Isa 44:18-20 : 18 They do not comprehend or understand, for their eyes are blind and cannot see; their minds do not discern. 19 No one thinks to himself, nor do they comprehend or understand and say to themselves:‘I burned half of it in the fire– yes, I baked bread over the coals; I roasted meat and ate it. With the rest of it should I make a disgusting idol? Should I bow down to dry wood?’ 20 He feeds on ashes; his deceived mind misleads him. He cannot rescue himself, nor does he say,‘Is this not a false god I hold in my right hand?’
- Jer 5:21 : 21 Tell them:‘Hear this, you foolish people who have no understanding, who have eyes but do not discern, who have ears but do not perceive:
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- Isa 42:18-203 verses83%
18The Lord Reasons with His People“Listen, you deaf ones! Take notice, you blind ones!
19My servant is truly blind, my messenger is truly deaf. My covenant partner, the servant of the LORD, is truly blind.
20You see many things, but don’t comprehend; their ears are open, but do not hear.”
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9All nations gather together, the peoples assemble. Who among them announced this? Who predicted earlier events for us? Let them produce their witnesses to testify they were right; let them listen and affirm,‘It is true.’
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18At that time the deaf will be able to hear words read from a scroll, and the eyes of the blind will be able to see through deep darkness.
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5Then blind eyes will open, deaf ears will hear.
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6“I, the LORD, officially commission you; I take hold of your hand. I protect you and make you a covenant mediator for people, and a light to the nations,
7to open blind eyes, to release prisoners from dungeons, those who live in darkness from prisons.
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6I will say to the north,‘Hand them over!’ and to the south,‘Don’t hold any back!’ Bring my sons from distant lands, and my daughters from the remote regions of the earth,
7everyone who belongs to me, whom I created for my glory, whom I formed– yes, whom I made!
- Jer 5:20-212 verses74%
20“Proclaim this message among the descendants of Jacob. Make it known throughout Judah.
21Tell them:‘Hear this, you foolish people who have no understanding, who have eyes but do not discern, who have ears but do not perceive:
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16I will lead the blind along an unfamiliar way; I will guide them down paths they have never traveled. I will turn the darkness in front of them into light, and level out the rough ground. This is what I will do for them. I will not abandon them.
- Isa 41:20-223 verses73%
20I will do this so people will observe and recognize, so they will pay attention and understand that the LORD’s power has accomplished this, and that the Holy One of Israel has brought it into being.”
21The Lord Challenges the Pagan Gods“Present your argument,” says the LORD.“Produce your evidence,” says Jacob’s king.
22“Let them produce evidence! Let them tell us what will happen! Tell us about your earlier predictive oracles, so we may examine them and see how they were fulfilled. Or decree for us some future events!
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3Eyes will no longer be blind and ears will be attentive.
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8Then I will reply,‘I will bring them back from the land of the north. I will gather them in from the distant parts of the earth. Blind and lame people will come with them, so will pregnant women and women about to give birth. A vast throng of people will come back here.
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11The LORD said to him,“Who gave a mouth to man, or who makes a person mute or deaf or seeing or blind? Is it not I, the LORD?
- Isa 6:9-102 verses71%
9He said,“Go and tell these people:‘Listen continually, but don’t understand! Look continually, but don’t perceive!’
10Make the hearts of these people calloused; make their ears deaf and their eyes blind! Otherwise they might see with their eyes and hear with their ears, their hearts might understand and they might repent and be healed.”
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7Who is like me? Let him make his claim! Let him announce it and explain it to me– since I established an ancient people– let them announce future events!
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21the people whom I formed for myself, so they might praise me.”
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12The ear that hears and the eye that sees– the LORD has made them both.
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23Who among you will pay attention to this? Who will listen attentively in the future?
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9Does the one who makes the human ear not hear? Does the one who forms the human eye not see?
- Acts 28:26-272 verses70%
26when he said,‘Go to this people and say,“You will keep on hearing, but will never understand, and you will keep on looking, but will never perceive.
27For the heart of this people has become dull, and their ears are hard of hearing, and they have closed their eyes, so that they would not see with their eyes and hear with their ears and understand with their heart and turn, and I would heal them.”’
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6You have heard; now look at all the evidence! Will you not admit that what I say is true? From this point on I am announcing to you new events that are previously unrevealed and you do not know about.
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18They do not comprehend or understand, for their eyes are blind and cannot see; their minds do not discern.
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15I was eyes for the blind and feet for the lame;
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26Who decreed this from the beginning, so we could know? Who announced it ahead of time, so we could say,‘He’s correct’? Indeed, none of them decreed it! Indeed, none of them announced it! Indeed, no one heard you say anything!
27I first decreed to Zion,‘Look, here’s what will happen!’ I sent a herald to Jerusalem.
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15I, I have spoken– yes, I have summoned him; I lead him and he will succeed.
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8as it is written,“God gave them a spirit of stupor, eyes that would not see and ears that would not hear, to this very day.”
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13The Pharisees’ Reaction to the Healing They brought the man who used to be blind to the Pharisees.
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14He says,“Build it! Build it! Clear a way! Remove all the obstacles out of the way of my people!”
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14And concerning them the prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled that says:‘You will listen carefully yet will never understand, you will look closely yet will never comprehend.
15For the heart of this people has become dull; they are hard of hearing, and they have shut their eyes, so that they would not see with their eyes and hear with their ears and understand with their hearts and turn, and I would heal them.’
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16They have mouths, but cannot speak, eyes, but cannot see,
17and ears, but cannot hear. Indeed, they cannot breathe.
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16Nations will see this and be disappointed by all their strength, they will put their hands over their mouths, and act as if they were deaf.
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40“He has blinded their eyes and hardened their heart, so that they would not see with their eyes and understand with their heart, and turn to me, and I would heal them.”
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3“I announced events beforehand, I issued the decrees and made the predictions; suddenly I acted and they came to pass.
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9Look, my earlier predictive oracles have come to pass; now I announce new events. Before they begin to occur, I reveal them to you.”
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3All you who live in the world, who reside on the earth, you will see a signal flag raised on the mountains; you will hear a trumpet being blown.
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14Therefore I will again do an amazing thing for these people– an absolutely extraordinary deed. Wise men will have nothing to say, the sages will have no explanations.”
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39Jesus said,]“For judgment I have come into this world, so that those who do not see may gain their sight, and the ones who see may become blind.”
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5They have mouths, but cannot speak, eyes, but cannot see,
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1The Lord Challenges the Nations“Listen to me in silence, you coastlands! Let the nations find renewed strength! Let them approach and then speak; let us come together for debate!