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"My servant is truly blind, my messenger is truly deaf. My covenant partner, the servant of the LORD, is truly blind."
— Isaiah 42:19, NET Bible
“Who is blind, but my servant? or deaf, as my messenger that I sent? who is blind as he that is perfect, and blind as the Lord’s servant?”
“Who is blind, but my servant? or deaf, as my messenger that I send? who is blind as he that is at peace with me, and blind as Jehovah’s servant? ”
“Who 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?”
“Who is blind, but my servant? or deaf, but he to whom I have sent my messengers? Who is blind, but he that is sold? or who is blind, but the servant of the Lord?”
“Who 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?”
“Who is blind, but my servant? or deaf, as my messenger that I sent? who is blind as he that is perfect, and blind as the Lord’s servant?”
I 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.
Those who trust in idols will turn back and be utterly humiliated, those who say to metal images,‘You are our gods.’”
The Lord Reasons with His People“Listen, you deaf ones! Take notice, you blind ones!
My servant is truly blind, my messenger is truly deaf. My covenant partner, the servant of the LORD, is truly blind.
You see many things, but don’t comprehend; their ears are open, but do not hear.”
The LORD wanted to exhibit his justice by magnifying his law and displaying it.
But these people are looted and plundered; all of them are trapped in pits and held captive in prisons. They were carried away as loot with no one to rescue them; they were carried away as plunder, and no one says,“Bring that back!”