Isaiah 29:18

Sickness and healing Hope

¹⁶ Surely your turning of things upside down shall be esteemed as the potter’s clay: for shall the work say of him that made it, He made me not? or shall the thing framed say of him that framed it, He had no understanding?

¹⁷ Is it not yet a very little while, and Lebanon shall be turned into a fruitful field, and the fruitful field shall be esteemed as a forest?

And in that day shall the deaf hear the words of the book, and the eyes of the blind shall see out of obscurity, and out of darkness.

¹⁹ The meek also shall increase their joy in the LORD, and the poor among men shall rejoice in the Holy One of Israel.

²⁰ For the terrible one is brought to nought, and the scorner is consumed, and all that watch for iniquity are cut off:

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB: On that day the deaf will hear the words of the scroll, and out of the deep darkness the eyes of the blind will see.
KJV: And in that day shall the deaf hear the words of the book, and the eyes of the blind shall see out of obscurity, and out of darkness.
WEB: In that day, the deaf will hear the words of the book, and the eyes of the blind will see out of obscurity and out of darkness.
ASV: And in that day shall the deaf hear the words of the book, and the eyes of the blind shall see out of obscurity and out of darkness.
DARBY: And in that day shall the deaf hear the words of the book, and, out of obscurity and out of darkness, the eyes of the blind shall see;
BLB: And in that day the deaf will hear the words of a book, and from the gloom and from the darkness, the eyes of the blind will see.

ÅB: Og på den dag skal de døve høre bokens ord, og ut fra mulm og mørke skal de blindes øyne se,
OTB: På den dagen skal de døve høre ordene i en bok, og ut av deres mørke og skygge skal de blindes øyne se.
B1930: Og på den dag skal de døve høre bokens ord, og ut fra mulm og mørke skal de blindes øine se,

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Matthew 11:5
The blind receive their sight, and the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, and the poor have the gospel preached to them.
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Isaiah 35:5
Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of the deaf shall be unstopped.
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Proverbs 20:12
The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, the LORD hath made even both of them.
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Ephesians 1:17–19
That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him:
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Psalms 119:18
Open thou mine eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of thy law.
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Mark 7:37
And were beyond measure astonished, saying, He hath done all things well: he maketh both the deaf to hear, and the dumb to speak.
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Isaiah 32:3
And the eyes of them that see shall not be dim, and the ears of them that hear shall hearken.
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Acts 26:18
To open their eyes, and to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and inheritance among them which are sanctified by faith that is in me.
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