Isaiah 35:5,6 - The Biblical Illustrator

Bible Comments

Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened

Good hope for the afflicted

I. This joyful prediction was literally fulfilled in the MIRACULOUS CURES WHICH OUR LORD PERFORMED IN THE DAYS OF HIS FLESH.

II. The cheering prediction is spiritually fulfilled, in THE EXPERIENCE OF SINNERS, IN THE DAY OF CONVERSION.

III. This pleasing prediction is also accomplished, in a spiritual sense, in THE EXPERIENCE OF THE CHRISTIAN, IN THE DAY OF GRACIOUS REVIVAL, AFTER A SEASON OF DECLENSION.

IV. The delightful prediction is gloriously fulfilled in THE DAY OF THE CHRISTIAN’S DEATH, AND AT THE RESURRECTION OF THE JUST. (D. Fraser, D. D.)

Isaiah 35:5-6

5 Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of the deaf shall be unstopped.

6 Then shall the lame man leap as an hart, and the tongue of the dumb sing: for in the wilderness shall waters break out, and streams in the desert.