Isaiah 42:18-22

New Century Version

¹⁸ “You who are deaf, hear me.
    You who are blind, look and see.
¹⁹ No one is more blind than my servant Israel
    or more deaf than the messenger I send.
No one is more blind than the person I own
    or more blind than the servant of the Lord.
²⁰ Israel, you have seen much, but you have not obeyed.
    You hear, but you refuse to listen.”
²¹ The Lord made his teachings wonderful,
    because he is good.
²² These people have been defeated and robbed.
    They are trapped in pits
    or locked up in prison.
Like robbers, enemies have taken them away,
    and there is no one to save them.
Enemies carried them off,
    and no one said, “Bring them back.”