Isaiah Chapter 43 verse 8 Holy Bible

ASV Isaiah 43:8

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

Send out the blind people who have eyes, and those who have ears, but they are shut.
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DARBY Isaiah 43:8

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

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


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WEB Isaiah 43:8

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

He brought out a blind people who have eyes, And deaf ones who have ears.
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Pulpit Commentary

Pulpit CommentaryVerses 8-13. - A RENEWED CHALLENGE TO THE NATIONS. The nations are once more challenged (comp. Isaiah 41:1, 21-26) to set forth the claims of their gods against those of Jehovah. Israel is summoned on the one hand (ver. 8); the nations on the other (ver. 9). What prophecy can the nations produce, either old or new? The Israelites can abundantly witness on behalf of Jehovah (ver. 10). Jehovah adds a further witness of himself (vers. 11-13). Verse 8. - Bring forth the blind people that have eyes. A tribunal is supposed to have been prepared, before which the contending parties are summoned to appear and plead. Israel is first summoned, as "a blind people that have eyes;" i.e. a people long blind (Isaiah 29:18; Isaiah 35:5; Isaiah 42:7, 18, 19), who have now, to some extent, recovered their sight (Isaiah 32:3; Isaiah 35:5), and are ready to witness for God. Next, the nations are summoned (see the following verse).

Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(8) Bring forth the blind people . . .--The command comes abruptly, as from a Divine voice, and is, as it were, a reversed echo of Isaiah 42:18-20. There Israel saw but did not observe, had eyes and yet was blind. Here the blind and deaf--i.e., the heathen, or the Israel that had fallen into heathenism--are spoken of as having capacities for sight and hearing which will one day be developed.