Seeing... opening the ears. As Israel had done. Reference to Pentateuch (Deuteronomy 29:1; Deuteronomy 29:2). But Israel was blind and deaf (Isaiah 42:19). Compare Jeremiah 5:21; Jeremiah 6:10; Ezekiel 12:2.Matthew 13:14, &c.
he. Some codices, with Syriac, read "thou" (as in the preceding clause); others read "ye". The pronoun refers to Israel. See Isaiah 42:19.