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Isaiah 43:8

Isaiah 43:8
Bring forth the blind people that have eyes, and the deaf that have ears.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

Bring forth the blind people that have eyes, and the deaf that have ears,.... The Targum applies this to the bringing of the people of Israel out of Egypt; and others understand it of their…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

Bring forth the blind people - Many have understood this of the Jews. So Vitringa, Rosenmuller, Grotius, and others understand it. But Lowth, more correctly, regards it as referring to the Gentiles.…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Isaiah 43:8-13

God here challenges the worshippers of idols to produce such proofs of the divinity of their false gods as even this very instance (to go no further) of the redemption of the Jews out of Babylon…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

Isaiah 43:8-13

Another imaginary judgement scene (cf. ch. Isa 41:1-4; Isa 41:21-28), in which Israel appears as Jehovah's witness to the truth of His prophecies.