17 (A)They are turned back and utterly put to shame,
    who trust in carved idols,
who say to metal images,
    “You are our gods.”

Israel's Failure to Hear and See

18 Hear, you deaf,
    and look, you blind, that you may see!
19 Who is blind but my servant,
    or deaf as my messenger whom I send?
Who is blind as my dedicated one,[a]
    or blind as the servant of the Lord?

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 42:19 Or as the one at peace with me

17 But those who trust in idols,
    who say to images, ‘You are our gods,’(A)
    will be turned back in utter shame.(B)

Israel Blind and Deaf

18 “Hear, you deaf;(C)
    look, you blind, and see!
19 Who is blind(D) but my servant,(E)
    and deaf like the messenger(F) I send?
Who is blind like the one in covenant(G) with me,
    blind like the servant of the Lord?

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