Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of the deaf shall be unstopped.
Parallel translations
- WEB Then the eyes of the blind will be opened, and the ears of the deaf will be unstopped.
- BSB Then the eyes of the blind will be opened and the ears of the deaf 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.
Cross-references & the web
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- Isa 42:6–7I the LORD have called thee in righteousness, and will hold thine hand, and will keep thee, and give thee for a covenant of the people, for a light of the Gentiles;
- Luke 7:20–23When the men were come unto him, they said, John Baptist hath sent us unto thee, saying, Art thou he that should come? or look we for another?
- Isa 29:18And 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.
- Matt 11:3–5And said unto him, Art thou he that should come, or do we look for another?
- Isa 32:3–4And the eyes of them that see shall not be dim, and the ears of them that hear shall hearken.
- Ps 146:8The LORD openeth the eyes of the blind: the LORD raiseth them that are bowed down: the LORD loveth the righteous:
- John 9:39And Jesus said, For judgment I am come into this world, that they which see not might see; and that they which see might be made blind.
- Matt 9:27–30And when Jesus departed thence, two blind men followed him, crying, and saying, Thou son of David, have mercy on us.
- Isa 50:4The Lord GOD hath given me the tongue of the learned, that I should know how to speak a word in season to him that is weary: he wakeneth morning by morning, he wakeneth mine ear to hear as the learned.
- Eph 1:17–18That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him:
- Matt 12:22Then was brought unto him one possessed with a devil, blind, and dumb: and he healed him, insomuch that the blind and dumb both spake and saw.
- Matt 21:14And the blind and the lame came to him in the temple; and he healed them.
- Matt 20:30–34And, behold, two blind men sitting by the way side, when they heard that Jesus passed by, cried out, saying, Have mercy on us, O Lord, thou son of David.
- Luke 4:18The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised,
- John 9:1–7And as Jesus passed by, he saw a man which was blind from his birth.
- Isa 42:16And I will bring the blind by a way that they knew not; I will lead them in paths that they have not known: I will make darkness light before them, and crooked things straight. These things will I do unto them, and not forsake them.
- Mark 7:32–37And they bring unto him one that was deaf, and had an impediment in his speech; and they beseech him to put his hand upon him.
- Isa 43:8Bring forth the blind people that have eyes, and the deaf that have ears.
- Eph 5:14Wherefore he saith, Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light.
- Prov 20:12The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, the LORD hath made even both of them.
- Mark 9:25–26When Jesus saw that the people came running together, he rebuked the foul spirit, saying unto him, Thou dumb and deaf spirit, I charge thee, come out of him, and enter no more into him.
- Exod 4:11And the LORD said unto him, Who hath made man’s mouth? or who maketh the dumb, or deaf, or the seeing, or the blind? have not I the LORD?
- Acts 9:17–18And Ananias went his way, and entered into the house; and putting his hands on him said, Brother Saul, the Lord, even Jesus, that appeared unto thee in the way as thou camest, hath sent me, that thou mightest receive thy sight, and be filled with the Holy Ghost.
- Mark 8:22–25And he cometh to Bethsaida; and they bring a blind man unto him, and besought him to touch him.
- Acts 26:18To open their eyes, and to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and inheritance among them which are sanctified by faith that is in me.
- Isa 48:8Yea, thou heardest not; yea, thou knewest not; yea, from that time that thine ear was not opened: for I knew that thou wouldest deal very treacherously, and wast called a transgressor from the womb.
- John 11:37And 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?
- Job 33:16Then he openeth the ears of men, and sealeth their instruction,
- Jer 6:10To whom shall I speak, and give warning, that they may hear? behold, their ear is uncircumcised, and they cannot hearken: behold, the word of the LORD is unto them a reproach; they have no delight in it.
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