Keil & Delitzsch on Isaiah 42:18

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Commentary on the Old Testament
C. F. Keil & F. Delitzsch · 19th-century historical commentary
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The thought which connects the second half with the first is to be found in the expression in Isa 42:16, "I will bring the blind by a way." It is the blind whom Jehovah will lead into the light of liberty, the blind who bring upon themselves not only His compassion, but also His displeasure; for it is their own fault that they do not see. And to them is addressed the summons, to free themselves from the ban which is resting upon them. "Ye deaf, hear; and ye blind, look up, that ye may see." הסהרשׁהים and העורים (this is the proper pointing, according to the codd. and the Masora) (Note: The Masora observes expressly פותחין רפוין סמיין כל, omnes caeci raphati et pathachati; but our editions have both here and in Sa2 5:6, Sa2 5:8, העורים.)) are vocatives. The relation in which הבּיט and ראה stand to one another is that of design and accomplishment ( Isa 63:15; Job 35:5; Kg2 3:14, etc.); and they are used interchangeably with עיניו פּקח and ראה (e.g., Kg2 19:16), which also stand in the same relation of design and result. Isaiah 42:19

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