Isaiah 42:20 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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²⁰Seeing many things, but thou observest not; opening the ears, but he heareth not.

Isaiah 42:20 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Deuteronomy 29:2-4
And Moses called unto all Israel, and said unto them, Ye have seen all that the LORD did before your eyes in the land of Egypt unto Pharaoh, and unto all his servants, and unto all his land; …
Romans 2:21
Thou therefore which teachest another, teachest thou not thyself? thou that preachest a man should not steal, dost thou steal?
Jeremiah 42:2-5
And said unto Jeremiah the prophet, Let, we beseech thee, our supplication be accepted before thee, and pray for us unto the LORD thy God, even for all this remnant;(for we are left but a few of many, as thine eyes do behold us:) …
Ezekiel 33:31
And they come unto thee as the people cometh, and they sit before thee as my people, and they hear thy words, but they will not do them: for with their mouth they shew much love, but their heart goeth after their covetousness.
John 11:37-50
And some of them said, Could not this man, which opened the eyes of the blind, have caused that even this man should not have died? …

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Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 18-25)

The prophet, having spoken by way of comfort and encouragement to the believing Jews who waited for the consolation of Israel, here turns to those among them who were unbelieving, for their conviction and humiliation. Among those who were in captivity in Babylon there were some who were as the evil figs in Jeremiah’s vision, who were sent thither for their hurt, to be removed into all the kingdoms…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 20)

20. observest--Thou dost not keep them. The “many things” are the many proofs which all along from the first God had given Israel of His goodness and His power (De 4:32-38; 29:2-4; Psa 78:1-72; 105:1-45). he--transition from the second to the third person. “Opening ... ears,” that is, though he (Israel) hath his ears open (see on Is 6:10). This language, too (see on Is 42:19), applies to Messiah a…