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Jamieson, Fausset & Brown on Isaiah 44:18

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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown · 19th-century historical commentary
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he, &c.--God hath given them over to judicial blindness; not His direct physical, but His providential agency in administering His moral government, is meant (Isa 6:9-10). "Shut," literally, "daubed," plastered up; it is an Eastern custom in some cases to seal up the eyes of offenders.
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