Then the eyes of the blind will be opened and the ears of the deaf unstopped.
Parallel translations
- WEB Then the eyes of the blind will be opened, and the ears of the deaf will be unstopped.
- KJV Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of the deaf shall be unstopped.
- NKJV Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, And the ears of the deaf shall be unstopped.
- NASB Then the eyes of those who are blind will be opened, And the ears of those who are deaf will be unstopped.
- NLT And when he comes, he will open the eyes of the blind and unplug the ears of the deaf.
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Quick answer
In God's coming salvation the blind will see and the deaf will hear.
Overview
Isaiah promises the reversal of human brokenness as a sign of God's saving presence. Jesus pointed to his own healings of the blind and deaf as evidence that these promises were being fulfilled in him (Matt. 11:5; Luke 7:22). The verse thus links Old Testament hope directly to the ministry of Christ and the dawning of God's kingdom.
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- Isa 42:6–7“I, the LORD, have called you for a righteous purpose, and I will take hold of your hand. I will keep you and appoint you to be a covenant for the people and a light to the nations,
- Luke 7:20–23When the men came to Jesus, they said, “John the Baptist sent us to ask, ‘Are You the One who was to come, or should we look for someone else?’”
- Isa 29:18On that day the deaf will hear the words of the scroll, and out of the deep darkness the eyes of the blind will see.
- Matt 11:3–5to ask Him, “Are You the One who was to come, or should we look for someone else?”
- Isa 32:3–4Then the eyes of those who see will no longer be closed, and the ears of those who hear will listen.
- Ps 146:8the LORD opens the eyes of the blind, the LORD lifts those who are weighed down, the LORD loves the righteous.
- John 9:39Then Jesus declared, “For judgment I have come into this world, so that the blind may see and those who see may become blind.”
- Matt 9:27–30As Jesus went on from there, two blind men followed Him, crying out, “Have mercy on us, Son of David!”
- Isa 50:4The Lord GOD has given Me the tongue of discipleship, to sustain the weary with a word. He awakens Me morning by morning; He awakens My ear to listen as a disciple.
- Eph 1:17–18that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, may give you a spirit of wisdom and revelation in your knowledge of Him.
- Matt 12:22Then a demon-possessed man who was blind and mute was brought to Jesus, and He healed the man so that he could speak and see.
- Matt 21:14The blind and the lame came to Him at the temple, and He healed them.
- Matt 20:30–34And there were two blind men sitting beside the road. When they heard that Jesus was passing by, they cried out, “Lord, Son of David, have mercy on us!”
- Luke 4:18“The Spirit of the Lord is on Me, because He has anointed Me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent Me to proclaim liberty to the captives and recovery of sight to the blind, to release the oppressed,
- John 9:1–7Now as Jesus was passing by, He saw a man blind from birth,
- Isa 42:16I will lead the blind by a way they did not know; I will guide them on unfamiliar paths. I will turn darkness into light before them and rough places into level ground. These things I will do for them, and I will not forsake them.
- Mark 7:32–37Some people brought to Him a man who was deaf and hardly able to speak, and they begged Jesus to place His hand on him.
- Isa 43:8Bring out a people who have eyes but are blind, and who have ears but are deaf.
- Eph 5:14So it is said: “Wake up, O sleeper, rise up from the dead, and Christ will shine on you.”
- Prov 20:12Ears that hear and eyes that see—the LORD has made them both.
- Mark 9:25–26When Jesus saw that a crowd had come running, He rebuked the unclean spirit. “You deaf and mute spirit,” He said, “I command you to come out and never enter him again.”
- Exod 4:11And the LORD said to him, “Who gave man his mouth? Or who makes the mute or the deaf, the sighted or the blind? Is it not I, the LORD?
- Acts 9:17–18So Ananias went to the house, and when he arrived, he placed his hands on Saul. “Brother Saul,” he said, “the Lord Jesus, who appeared to you on the road as you were coming here, has sent me so that you may see again and be filled with the Holy Spirit.”
- Mark 8:22–25When they arrived at Bethsaida, some people brought a blind man and begged Jesus to touch him.
- Acts 26:18to open their eyes, so that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and an inheritance among those sanctified by faith in Me.’
- Isa 48:8You have never heard; you have never understood; for a long time your ears have not been open. For I knew how deceitful you are; you have been called a rebel from birth.
- John 11:37But some of them asked, “Could not this man who opened the eyes of the blind also have kept Lazarus from dying?”
- Job 33:16He opens their ears and terrifies them with warnings
- Jer 6:10To whom can I give this warning? Who will listen to me? Look, their ears are closed, so they cannot hear. See, the word of the LORD has become offensive to them; they find no pleasure in it.
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Isaiah sees him most clearly: the virgin's son Immanuel, the child on David's throne, the shoot from Jesse, the light to the nations, and above all the Suffering Servant pierced for our transgressions (ch. 53).
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