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Isaiah 42:23

Isaiah 42:23
Who among you will give ear to this? who will hearken and hear for the time to come?

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

Who gave Jacob for a spoil, and Israel to the robbers?.... To the Roman soldiers, to be spoiled and robbed by them? this was not owing to chance and fortune, or to the superior skill and power of the…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

Who among you will give ear to this? - Who is there in the nation that will be so warned by the judgments of God, that he will attend to the lessons which he designs to teach, and reform his life, and…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Isaiah 42:18-25

The prophet, having spoken by way of comfort and encouragement to the believing Jews who waited for the consolation of Israel, here turns to those among them who were unbelieving, for their conviction…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

The question expresses the prophet's wish that now at last some of the people should begin to realise the significance of their relation to Jehovah, and prepare themselves for the great…