Charles Spurgeon Commentary Isaiah 43:8

"Bring forth the blind people that have eyes, and the deaf that have ears." — Isaiah 43:8 (ASV)

Bring forth the blind people that have eyes, and the deaf that have ears.

There are plenty of them, for our proverb is true, "There are none so blind as those that will not see, and none so deaf as those that will not hear." But even to such people as these God makes his appeal.

Bring forth the blind people that have eyes, and the deaf that have ears.

Some think that the Lord refers here to those who were once blind, but to whom he has given eyes; and to those who were deaf, to whom he has given ears. Many of us are of that order. One thing I know is that, whereas I was once spiritually blind, now I can see; and another thing I know is that, whereas I was once spiritually deaf, now I can hear the voice of God.