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?
20 (A)He sees many things, but does not observe them;
    (B)his ears are open, but he does not hear.
21 The Lord was pleased, for his righteousness' sake,
    to magnify his law and make it glorious.
22 But this is a people plundered and looted;
    they are all of them trapped in holes
    (C)and hidden in prisons;
they have become plunder with none to rescue,
    spoil with none to say, “Restore!”

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Notas al pie

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

God Rebukes Israel

18 “Listen, you deaf people,
    and look up, you blind people, so you may see!
19 Who is blind except my servant,
    or deaf like my messenger I am sending?
Who is blind like the one committed to me,
    or blind like the Lord’s servant?
20 You’ve seen[a] many things, but you pay no[b] attention.
    His ears are open,[c] but he doesn’t listen.
21 The Lord was pleased, for the sake of his vindication,
    that he should magnify his Law and make it glorious.
22 But this is a people who have been robbed and plundered,
    all of them trapped in pits
        or hidden away in prisons.[d]
They have become prey, with no one to rescue them;
    they have been made loot, with no one to say, ‘Send them back!’

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Notas al pie

  1. Isaiah 42:20 So 1QIsaa MT; MTqere reads To see (or He sees )
  2. Isaiah 42:20 So 1QIsaa MT LXX; MTmss read he pays no
  3. Isaiah 42:20 So 1QIsaa; MT reads to open; or are open
  4. Isaiah 42:22 So 1QIsaa MT LXX; 4QIsag reads prison