Isaiah 42:18

Hear, ye deaf; and look, ye blind, that ye may see.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Hear, ye deaf - This is evidently an address to the Jews, and probably to the Jews of the time of the prophet. He had been predicting the coming...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Israel's Piteous Plight, a Punishment from Yahweh. The prophet bids the people, who have not recognised Yahweh's working in their distresses, look...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Hear. Note the call to hear in the Structure, corresponding with the call in Isaiah 42:23 .
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

18. O ye deaf, hear, and ye blind. He now employs these words, “blind” and “deaf,” in a sense different from that in which he formerly emplo...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Hear, ye deaf, &c.— The prophet, having foretold the future illumination and conversion of the Gentiles, and the abolition of idolatry, takes a...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

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John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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John Trapp Complete Commentary

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Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

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Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

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Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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The Biblical Illustrator

Hear, ye deaf Divine expostulation Thus the Lord expostulates with His ancient people, and thus He has reason to expostulate with us. 1. We...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Exodus 4:11 ; Isaiah 29:18 ; Isaiah 43:8 ; Luke 7:22 ; Mark 7:34-37 ; Proverbs 20:12 ; Revelation 3:17 ; Revelation 3:18
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Hear — O you, whosoever you are, who resist this clear light.

¹⁸ Hear, ye deaf; and look, ye blind, that ye may see.

Related Commentaries of Isaiah 42:18

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Isaiah 42:18