Dull the minds of these people; deafen their ears and blind their eyes; otherwise they might see with their eyes and hear with their ears, understand with their minds, turn back, and be healed.

Stop and be astonished; blind yourselves and be blind! They are drunk, but not with wine; they stagger, but not with beer.

On that day the deaf will hear the words of a document, and out of a deep darkness the eyes of the blind will see.

Then the eyes of the blind will be opened, and the ears of the deaf unstopped.

in order to open blind eyes, to bring out prisoners from the dungeon, and those sitting in darkness from the prison house.

I will lead the blind by a way they did not know; I will guide them on paths they have not known. I will turn darkness to light in front of them and rough places into level ground. This is what I will do for them, and I will not forsake them.

Israel’s Blindness and Deafness

“Listen, you deaf! Look, you blind, so that you may see.

Who is blind but My servant, or deaf like My messenger I am sending? Who is blind like My dedicated one, or blind like the servant of the Lord?

Bring out a people who are blind, yet have eyes, and are deaf, yet have ears.

Israel’s watchmen are blind, all of them, they know nothing; all of them are mute dogs, they cannot bark; they dream, lie down, and love to sleep.

We grope along a wall like the blind; we grope like those without eyes. We stumble at noon as though it were twilight; we are like the dead among those who are healthy.