King James Version
Isaiah 29:18 in the King James Version says “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...” — study this verse from Isaiah chapter 29 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“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.”
Isaiah 29:18 · KJV
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?
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.
The meek also shall increase their joy in the LORD, and the poor among men shall rejoice in the Holy One of Israel. increase: Heb. add
For the terrible one is brought to nought, and the scorner is consumed, and all that watch for iniquity are cut off:
KJV Study — Public Domain
“hear”
H8085to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)
“And in that day”
H3117a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an asso
he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demo
“the words”
H1697a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
“and out of darkness”
H2822the dark; hence (literally) darkness; figuratively, misery, destruction, death, ignorance, sorrow, wickedness
“and the eyes”
H5869an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
“shall see”
H7200to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
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