Isaiah 35:5,6 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Bible Comments

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

Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened ... - Language figurative, descriptive of the joy felt at the deliverance from Assyria and Babylon; literally true of the antitypical times of Messiah and His miracles (see marginal references).

Verse 6. Leap - literally fulfilled, Acts 3:8; Acts 14:10.

The tongue of the dumb sing - joyful thanksgivings.

In the wilderness ... waters - (Isaiah 41:18.)

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.