Isaiah 43:8

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

He brought out a blind people who have eyes, And deaf ones who have ears.

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  • Isa 6:9 : 9 And He saith, `Go, and thou hast said to this people, Hear ye -- to hear, and ye do not understand, And see ye -- to see, and ye do not know.
  • Ezek 12:2 : 2 `Son of man, in the midst of the rebellious house thou art dwelling, that have eyes to see, and they have not seen; ears they have to hear, and they have not heard; for a rebellious house `are' they.
  • 2 Cor 4:4-6 : 4 in whom the god of this age did blind the minds of the unbelieving, that there doth not shine forth to them the enlightening of the good news of the glory of the Christ, who is the image of God; 5 for not ourselves do we preach, but Christ Jesus -- Lord, and ourselves your servants because of Jesus; 6 because `it is' God who said, Out of darkness light `is' to shine, who did shine in our hearts, for the enlightening of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
  • Deut 29:2-4 : 2 And Moses calleth unto all Israel, and saith unto them, `Ye -- ye have seen all that which Jehovah hath done before your eyes in the land of Egypt, to Pharaoh, and to all his servants, and to all his land; 3 the great trials which thine eyes have seen, the signs, and those great wonders; 4 and Jehovah hath not given to you a heart to know, and eyes to see, and ears to hear, till this day,
  • Isa 42:18-20 : 18 Ye deaf, hear; and ye blind, look to see. 19 Who `is' blind but My servant? And deaf as My messenger I send? Who `is' blind as he who is at peace, Yea, blind, as the servant of Jehovah? 20 Seeing many things, and thou observest not, Opening ears, and he heareth not.
  • Isa 44:18-20 : 18 They have not known, nor do they understand, For He hath daubed their eyes from seeing, Their heart from acting wisely. 19 And none doth turn `it' back unto his heart, Nor hath knowledge nor understanding to say, `Half of it I have burned in the fire, Yea, also, I have baked bread over its coals, I roast flesh and I eat, And its remnant for an abomination I make, To the stock of a tree I fall down.' 20 Feeding on ashes, the heart is deceived, It hath turned him aside, And he delivereth not his soul, nor saith: `Is there not a lie in my right hand?'
  • Jer 5:21 : 21 Hear ye, I pray you, this, O people, foolish and without heart, Eyes they have, and they see not, Ears they have, and they hear not.

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  • Isa 42:18-20
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    18 Ye deaf, hear; and ye blind, look to see.

    19 Who `is' blind but My servant? And deaf as My messenger I send? Who `is' blind as he who is at peace, Yea, blind, as the servant of Jehovah?

    20 Seeing many things, and thou observest not, Opening ears, and he heareth not.

  • 9 All the nations have been gathered together, And the peoples are assembled, Who among them declareth this, And former things causeth us to hear? They give their witnesses, And they are declared righteous, And they hear and say, `Truth.'

  • 18 And heard in that day have the deaf the words of a book, And out of thick darkness, and out of darkness, The eyes of the blind do see.

  • 5 Then opened are eyes of the blind, And ears of the deaf are unstopped,

  • Isa 42:6-7
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    6 I, Jehovah, did call thee in righteousness, And I lay hold on thy hand, and keep thee, And I give thee for a covenant of a people, And a light of nations.

    7 To open the eyes of the blind, To bring forth from prison the bound one, From the house of restraint those sitting in darkness.

  • Isa 43:6-7
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    6 I am saying to the north, `Give up,' And to the south, `Restrain not.' Bring in My sons from afar, And My daughters from the end of the earth.

    7 Every one who is called by My name, Even for My honour I have created him, I have formed him, yea, I have made him.

  • Jer 5:20-21
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    20 Declare ye this in the house of Jacob, And sound ye it in Judah, saying,

    21 Hear ye, I pray you, this, O people, foolish and without heart, Eyes they have, and they see not, Ears they have, and they hear not.

  • 16 And I have caused the blind to go, In a way they have not known, In paths they have not known I cause them to tread, I make a dark place before them become light, And unlevelled places become a plain, These `are' the things I have done to them, And I have not forsaken them.

  • Isa 41:20-22
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    73%

    20 So that they see, and know, And regard, and act wisely together, For the hand of Jehovah hath done this, And the Holy One of Israel hath prepared it.

    21 Bring near your cause, saith Jehovah, Bring nigh your mighty ones, saith the king of Jacob.

    22 They bring nigh, and declare to us that which doth happen, The first things -- what they `are' declare ye, And we set our heart, and know their latter end, Or the coming things cause us to hear.

  • 3 And not dazzled are the eyes of beholders, And the ears of hearers do attend.

  • 8 Lo, I am bringing them in from the north country, And have gathered them from the sides of the earth, Among them `are' blind and lame, Conceiving and travailing one -- together, A great assembly -- they turn back hither.

  • 11 And Jehovah saith unto him, `Who appointed a mouth for man? or who appointeth the dumb, or deaf, or open, or blind? is it not I, Jehovah?

  • Isa 6:9-10
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    9 And He saith, `Go, and thou hast said to this people, Hear ye -- to hear, and ye do not understand, And see ye -- to see, and ye do not know.

    10 Declare fat the heart of this people, And its ears declare heavy, And its eyes declare dazzled, Lest it see with its eyes, And with its ears hear, and its heart consider, And it hath turned back, and hath health.'

  • 7 And who as I, doth call and declare it, And arrange it for Me, Since My placing the people of antiquity, And things that are coming, And those that do come, declare they to them?

  • 21 This people I have formed for Myself, My praise they recount.

  • 12 A hearing ear, and a seeing eye, Jehovah hath made even both of them.

  • 23 Who among you giveth ear `to' this? Attendeth, and heareth afterwards.

  • 9 He who planteth the ear doth He not hear? He who formeth the eye doth He not see?

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    26 saying, Go on unto this people and say, With hearing ye shall hear, and ye shall not understand, and seeing ye shall see, and ye shall not perceive,

    27 for made gross was the heart of this people, and with the ears they heard heavily, and their eyes they did close, lest they may see with the eyes, and with the heart may understand, and be turned back, and I may heal them.

  • 6 Thou hast heard, see the whole of it, And ye, do ye not declare? I have caused thee to hear new things from this time, And things reserved that ye knew not.

  • 18 They have not known, nor do they understand, For He hath daubed their eyes from seeing, Their heart from acting wisely.

  • 15 Eyes I have been to the blind, And feet to the lame `am' I.

  • Isa 41:26-27
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    69%

    26 Who hath declared from the first, and we know? And beforetime, and we say, `Righteous?' yea, there is none declaring, Yea, there is none proclaiming, Yea, there is none hearing your sayings.

    27 First to Zion, Behold, behold them, And to Jerusalem one proclaiming tidings I give,

  • 15 I -- I have spoken, yea, I have called him, I have brought him in, And he hath made prosperous his way.

  • 8 according as it hath been written, `God gave to them a spirit of deep sleep, eyes not to see, and ears not to hear,' -- unto this very day,

  • 13 They bring him to the Pharisees who once `was' blind,

  • 14 And he hath said, `Raise up, raise up, prepare a way, Lift a stumbling-block out of the way of My people.'

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    14 and fulfilled on them is the prophecy of Isaiah, that saith, With hearing ye shall hear, and ye shall not understand, and seeing ye shall see, and ye shall not perceive,

    15 for made gross was the heart of this people, and with the ears they heard heavily, and their eyes they did close, lest they might see with the eyes, and with the ears might hear, and with the heart understand, and turn back, and I might heal them.

  • Ps 135:16-17
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    68%

    16 A mouth they have, and they speak not, Eyes they have, and they see not,

    17 Ears they have, and they give not ear, Nose -- there is no breath in their mouth!

  • 16 See do nations, and they are ashamed of all their might, They lay a hand on the mouth, their ears are deaf.

  • 40 `He hath blinded their eyes, and hardened their heart, that they might not see with the eyes, and understand with the heart, and turn back, and I might heal them;'

  • 3 The former things from that time I declared, And from my mouth they have gone forth, And I proclaim them, Suddenly I have done, and it cometh.

  • 9 The former things, lo, have come, And new things I am declaring, Before they spring up I cause you to hear.

  • 3 All ye inhabitants of the world, And ye dwellers of earth, At the lifting up of an ensign on hills ye look, And at the blowing of a trumpet ye hear.

  • 14 Therefore, lo, I am adding to do wonderfully with this people, A wonder, and a marvel, And perished hath the wisdom of its wise ones, And the understanding of its intelligent ones hideth itself.'

  • 39 And Jesus said, `For judgment I to this world did come, that those not seeing may see, and those seeing may become blind.'

  • 5 A mouth they have, and they speak not, Eyes they have, and they see not,

  • 1 Keep silent towards Me, O isles, And the peoples pass on `to' power, They come nigh, then they speak, `Together -- to judgment we draw near.'