Verse 23

Isaiah 42:23

World English Bible, British Edition

23 Who is there amongst you who will give ear to this? Who will listen and hear for the time to come?

Original Language Text

hebrew

מִ֥י בָ/כֶ֖ם יַאֲזִ֣ין זֹ֑את יַקְשִׁ֥ב וְ/יִשְׁמַ֖ע לְ/אָחֽוֹר

English Translation

Who among you will listen to this, will pay attention and hear in the future?

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Chapter 42 Context

1 “Behold, my servant, whom I uphold, my chosen, in whom my soul delights: I have put my Spirit on him... Focus ↗

2 He will not shout, nor raise his voice, nor cause it to be heard in the street. Focus ↗

3 He won’t break a bruised reed. He won’t quench a dimly burning wick. He will faithfully bring justic... Focus ↗

4 He will not fail nor be discouraged, until he has set justice in the earth, and the islands wait for... Focus ↗

5 God (Elohim) the LORD, he who created the heavens and stretched them out, he who spread out the eart... Focus ↗

6 “I, the LORD, have called you in righteousness. I will hold your hand. I will keep you, and make you... Focus ↗

7 to open the blind eyes, to bring the prisoners out of the dungeon, and those who sit in darkness out... Focus ↗

8 “I am the LORD. That is my name. I will not give my glory to another, nor my praise to engraved imag... Focus ↗

9 Behold, the former things have happened and I declare new things. I tell you about them before they... Focus ↗

10 Sing to the LORD a new song, and his praise from the end of the earth, you who go down to the sea, a... Focus ↗

11 Let the wilderness and its cities raise their voices, with the villages that Kedar inhabits. Let the... Focus ↗

12 Let them give glory to the LORD, and declare his praise in the islands. Focus ↗

13 The LORD will go out like a mighty man. He will stir up zeal like a man of war. He will raise a war... Focus ↗

14 “I have been silent a long time. I have been quiet and restrained myself. Now I will cry out like a... Focus ↗

15 I will destroy mountains and hills, and dry up all their herbs. I will make the rivers islands, and... Focus ↗

16 I will bring the blind by a way that they don’t know. I will lead them in paths that they don’t know... Focus ↗

17 “Those who trust in engraved images, who tell molten images, ‘You are our gods,’ will be turned back... Focus ↗

18 “Hear, you deaf, and look, you blind, that you may see. Focus ↗

19 Who is blind, but my servant? Or who is as deaf as my messenger whom I send? Who is as blind as he w... Focus ↗

20 You see many things, but don’t observe. His ears are open, but he doesn’t listen. Focus ↗

21 It pleased the LORD, for his righteousness’ sake, to magnify the law and make it honourable. Focus ↗

22 But this is a robbed and plundered people. All of them are snared in holes, and they are hidden in p... Focus ↗

23 Who is there amongst you who will give ear to this? Who will listen and hear for the time to come?

24 Who gave Jacob as plunder, and Israel to the robbers? Didn’t the LORD, he against whom we have sinne... Focus ↗

25 Therefore he poured the fierceness of his anger on him, and the strength of battle. It set him on fi... Focus ↗

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