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To open the eyes of the blind,
    to bring out prisoners from confinement,
    and from the dungeon, those who live in darkness.

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to open eyes that are blind,(A)
    to free(B) captives from prison(C)
    and to release from the dungeon those who sit in darkness.(D)

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18 You deaf ones, listen,[a]
    you blind ones, look and see!
19 Who is blind but my servant,
    or deaf like the messenger I send?
Who is blind like the one I restore,
    blind like the servant of the Lord?
20 You see many things but do not observe;
    ears open, but do not hear.

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Footnotes

  1. 42:18–20 The Lord rebukes his people for their failures, but their role and their mission endure: they remain his servant, his messenger to the nations.

Israel Blind and Deaf

18 “Hear, you deaf;(A)
    look, you blind, and see!
19 Who is blind(B) but my servant,(C)
    and deaf like the messenger(D) I send?
Who is blind like the one in covenant(E) with me,
    blind like the servant of the Lord?
20 You have seen many things, but you pay no attention;
    your ears are open, but you do not listen.”(F)

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