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Bring forth the blind people who have eyes, and the deaf who have ears.
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A Divine Courtroom Summons
Several commentators view this verse as a divine summons. God is calling the nations—who are spiritually blind and deaf despite having physical eyes and ears—into a divine courtroom. In this setting, God will demonstrate His absolute superiority over the powerless idols they worship.
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Isaiah
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Bring forth the blind people - Many have understood this to refer to the Jews. So Vitringa, Rosenmuller, Grotius, and others unders…
19th Century
Anglican
Bring forth the blind people ... —The command comes abruptly, as from a Divine voice, and is, as it were, a reversed echo of Isaiah 42:18-…
Baptist
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 on…
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16th Century
Protestant
That I may bring out. The brevity of the words makes the meaning somewhat obscure. Some translate it as follows: “I will bring out the bli…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Bring forth the blind people that have eyes, and the deaf thathave ears
The Targum …
Idolaters are called to appear in defense of their idols. Those who make them, and trust in them, are like them. They have the shape and faculties …
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13th Century
Catholic
And now thus says the LORD. Here he shows them divine love through the remedies he granted them in their difficulties. This is d…
