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You deaf,הַחֵרְשִׁיםhear;שְׁמָעוּand you blind,וְהַעִוְרִיםlookהַבִּיטוּto see.לִרְאוֹת
Isaiah 42:18
Study it in the app“You deaf, hear; and you blind, look to see.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Isaiah 42:18, word by word
- You deafחֵרְשִׁיםchershim
deaf
Deaf.
Where else “chershim” appears- hearשְׁמָעוּshemau
hear
To hear a sound, or learn of something.
Where else “shemau” appears- and you blindעִוְרִיםivrim
spiritually blind
Someone who does not understand the truth.
Where else “ivrim” appears- lookהַבִּיטוּhabitu
look
Look intently, gaze; regard, pay attention to.
Where else “habitu” appears- to seeרְאוֹתreot
see
To see with one's eyes.
Where else “reot” appears
The context
17They will be turned back, they will be utterly put to shame, those who trust in the carved image, who say to the cast image, ‘You are our gods.’
18 · This verse (above)
19Who is blind but my servant, or deaf like my messenger whom I send? Who is blind like the one at peace with me, or blind like the servant of YHWH?