Isaiah 29:18

World English Bible (2000)

In that day, the deaf will hear the words of the book, and the eyes of the blind will see out of obscurity and out of darkness.

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  • Isa 35:5 : 5 Then the eyes of the blind will be opened, and the ears of the deaf will be unstopped.
  • Matt 11:5 : 5 the blind receive their sight, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, and the poor have good news preached to them.
  • Mark 7:37 : 37 They were astonished beyond measure, saying, "He has done all things well. He makes even the deaf hear, and the mute speak!"
  • Ps 119:18 : 18 Open my eyes, that I may see wondrous things out of your law.
  • Prov 20:12 : 12 The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, Yahweh has made even both of them.
  • Isa 32:3 : 3 The eyes of those who see will not be dim, and the ears of those who hear will listen.
  • Acts 26:18 : 18 to open their eyes, that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive remission of sins and an inheritance among those who are sanctified by faith in me.'
  • Eph 1:17-19 : 17 that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give to you a spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him; 18 having the eyes of your hearts enlightened, that you may know what is the hope of his calling, and what are the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints, 19 and what is the exceeding greatness of his power toward us who believe, according to that working of the strength of his might
  • Eph 5:14 : 14 Therefore he says, "Awake, you who sleep, and arise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you."
  • 1 Pet 2:9 : 9 But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God's own possession, that you may proclaim the excellence of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light:
  • Rev 3:18 : 18 I counsel you to buy from me gold refined by fire, that you may become rich; and white garments, that you may clothe yourself, and that the shame of your nakedness may not be revealed; and eye salve to anoint your eyes, that you may see.
  • 2 Cor 3:14-18 : 14 But their minds were hardened, for until this very day at the reading of the old covenant the same veil remains, because in Christ it passes away. 15 But to this day, when Moses is read, a veil lies on their heart. 16 But whenever one turns to the Lord, the veil is taken away. 17 Now the Lord is the Spirit and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty. 18 But we all, with unveiled face beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are transformed into the same image from glory to glory, even as from the Lord, the Spirit.
  • 2 Cor 4:2-6 : 2 But we have renounced the hidden things of shame, not walking in craftiness, nor handling the word of God deceitfully; but by the manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every man's conscience in the sight of God. 3 Even if our Good News is veiled, it is veiled in those who perish; 4 in whom the god of this world has blinded the minds of the unbelieving, that the light of the Good News of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God, should not dawn on them. 5 For we don't preach ourselves, but Christ Jesus as Lord, and ourselves as your servants for Jesus' sake; 6 seeing it is God who said, "Light will shine out of darkness," who has shone in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
  • Matt 13:14-16 : 14 In them the prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled, which says, 'By hearing you will hear, and will in no way understand; Seeing you will see, and will in no way perceive: 15 for this people's heart has grown callous, their ears are dull of hearing, they have closed their eyes; or else perhaps they might perceive with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their heart, and should turn again; and I would heal them.' 16 "But blessed are your eyes, for they see; and your ears, for they hear.
  • Matt 16:17 : 17 Jesus answered him, "Blessed are you, Simon Bar Jonah, for flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but my Father who is in heaven.
  • Luke 4:18 : 18 "The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because he has anointed me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to proclaim release to the captives, recovering of sight to the blind, to deliver those who are crushed,
  • Luke 7:22 : 22 Jesus answered them, "Go and tell John the things which you have seen and heard: that the blind receive their sight, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, and the poor have good news preached to them.
  • John 6:45 : 45 It is written in the prophets, 'They will all be taught by God.' Therefore everyone who hears from the Father, and has learned, comes to me.
  • Deut 29:4 : 4 but Yahweh has not given you a heart to know, and eyes to see, and ears to hear, to this day.
  • Isa 42:16-18 : 16 I will bring the blind by a way that they don't know. I will lead them in paths that they don't know. I will make darkness light before them, and crooked places straight. I will do these things, and I will not forsake them. 17 "Those who trust in engraved images, who tell molten images, 'You are our gods' will be turned back. They will be utterly disappointed. 18 "Hear, you deaf, and look, you blind, that you may see.
  • Jer 31:33-34 : 33 But this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, says Yahweh: I will put my law in their inward parts, and in their heart will I write it; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people: 34 and they shall teach no more every man his neighbor, and every man his brother, saying, Know Yahweh; for they shall all know me, from the least of them to the greatest of them, says Yahweh: for I will forgive their iniquity, and their sin will I remember no more.
  • Isa 29:10-12 : 10 For Yahweh has poured out on you a spirit of deep sleep, and has closed your eyes, the prophets; and he has covered your heads, the seers. 11 All vision has become to you like the words of a book that is sealed, which men deliver to one who is educated, saying, "Read this, please;" and he says, "I can't, for it is sealed:" 12 and the book is delivered to one who is not educated, saying, "Read this, please;" and he says, "I can't read."
  • Isa 29:24 : 24 They also who err in spirit will come to understanding, and those who grumble will receive instruction."

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  • Isa 42:18-20
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    18"Hear, you deaf, and look, you blind, that you may see.

    19Who is blind, but my servant? Or who is as deaf as my messenger whom I send? Who is as blind as he who is at peace, and as blind as Yahweh's servant?

    20You see many things, but don't observe. His ears are open, but he doesn't listen.

  • Isa 35:5-6
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    5Then the eyes of the blind will be opened, and the ears of the deaf will be unstopped.

    6Then the lame man will leap like a deer, and the tongue of the mute will sing; for waters will break out in the wilderness, and streams in the desert.

  • Isa 32:3
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    3The eyes of those who see will not be dim, and the ears of those who hear will listen.

  • Isa 29:19
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    19The humble also will increase their joy in Yahweh, and the poor among men will rejoice in the Holy One of Israel.

  • Isa 43:8
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    8Bring out the blind people who have eyes, and the deaf who have ears.

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    7to open the blind eyes, to bring the prisoners out of the dungeon, and those who sit in darkness out of the prison.

  • Isa 29:17
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    17Isn't it yet a very little while, and Lebanon will be turned into a fruitful field, and the fruitful field will be regarded as a forest?

  • Isa 29:10-12
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    10For Yahweh has poured out on you a spirit of deep sleep, and has closed your eyes, the prophets; and he has covered your heads, the seers.

    11All vision has become to you like the words of a book that is sealed, which men deliver to one who is educated, saying, "Read this, please;" and he says, "I can't, for it is sealed:"

    12and the book is delivered to one who is not educated, saying, "Read this, please;" and he says, "I can't read."

  • Isa 42:16
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  • Matt 13:14-16
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    14In them the prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled, which says, 'By hearing you will hear, and will in no way understand; Seeing you will see, and will in no way perceive:

    15for this people's heart has grown callous, their ears are dull of hearing, they have closed their eyes; or else perhaps they might perceive with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their heart, and should turn again; and I would heal them.'

    16"But blessed are your eyes, for they see; and your ears, for they hear.

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    2The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light. Those who lived in the land of the shadow of death, on them the light has shined.

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    9He said, "Go, and tell this people, 'You hear indeed, but don't understand; and you see indeed, but don't perceive.'

    10Make the heart of this people fat. Make their ears heavy, and shut their eyes; lest they see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and turn again, and be healed."

  • Ezek 24:26-27
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    26that in that day he who escapes shall come to you, to cause you to hear it with your ears?

    27In that day your mouth will be opened to him who has escaped, and you shall speak, and be no more mute: so you will be a sign to them; and they shall know that I am Yahweh.

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    2For, behold, darkness shall cover the earth, and gross darkness the peoples; but Yahweh will arise on you, and his glory shall be seen on you.

  • Jer 5:21
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    15I was eyes to the blind, and feet to the lame.

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  • Isa 29:14-15
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    14therefore, behold, I will proceed to do a marvelous work among this people, even a marvelous work and a wonder; and the wisdom of their wise men will perish, and the understanding of their prudent men will be hidden."

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  • Isa 59:10
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  • Zech 14:6
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  • Mic 7:16
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    16The nations will see and be ashamed of all their might. They will lay their hand on their mouth. Their ears will be deaf.

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  • Job 29:11
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  • Acts 28:26-27
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  • Deut 28:28-29
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    28Yahweh will strike you with madness, and with blindness, and with astonishment of heart;

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  • Rom 11:8
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  • Jer 13:16
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