18And in that day shall the deaf hear the words of the book, and the eyes of the blind shall see out of obscurity, and out of darkness.
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The blind receive their sight, and the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, and the poor have the gospel preached to them.
Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of the deaf shall be unstopped.
The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, the LORD hath made even both of them.
And the eyes of them that see shall not be dim, and the ears of them that hear shall hearken.
And were beyond measure astonished, saying, He hath done all things well: he maketh both the deaf to hear, and the dumb to speak.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 17-24)Those that thought to hide their counsels from the Lord were said to turn things upside down (Isa. 29:16), and they intended to do it unknown to God; but God here tells them that he will turn things upside down his way; and let us see whose word shall stand, his or theirs. They disbelieve Providence: “Wait awhile,” says God, “and you shall be convinced by ocular demonstration that there is a God w…
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