Isaiah 42:20
Good News Translation
Israel, you have seen so much, but what has it meant to you? You have ears to hear with, but what have you really heard?"

New Revised Standard Version
He sees many things, but does not observe them; his ears are open, but he does not hear.

Contemporary English Version
who sees and hears so much, but pays no attention.

New American Bible
You see many things but do not observe; ears open, but do not hear.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Thou that seest many things, wilt thou not observe them? thou that hast ears open, wilt thou not hear?

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Thou that seest many things, wilt thou not observe them? thou that hast ears open, wilt thou not hear?

seeing

Isaiah 1:3 The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master's crib: but Israel hath not known me, and my people hath not understood.

Isaiah 48:6-8 See now all the things which thou hast heard: but have you declared them? I have shewn thee new things from that time, and things are kept which thou knowest not: . . .

Numbers 14:22 But yet all the men that have seen my majesty, and the signs that I have done in Egypt, and in the wilderness, and have tempted me now ten times, and have not obeyed my voice,

Deuteronomy 4:9 Keep thyself therefore, and thy soul carefully. Forget not the words that thy eyes have seen, and let them not go out of thy heart all the days of thy life. Thou shalt teach them to thy sons and to thy grandsons,

Deuteronomy 29:2-4 And Moses called all Israel, and said to them: You have seen all the things that the Lord did before you in the land of Egypt to Pharao, and to all his servants, and to his whole land. . . .

Nehemiah 9:10-17 And thou shewedst signs and wonders upon Pharao, and upon all his servants, and upon the people of his land: for thou knewest that they dealt proudly against them: and thou madest thyself a name, as it is at this day. . . .

Psalm 106:7-13 Our fathers understood not thy wonders in Egypt: they remembered not the multitude of thy mercies: And they provoked to wrath going up to the sea, even the Red Sea. . . .

Psalm 107:43 Who is wise, and will keep these things; and will understand the mercies of the Lord?

John 9:37-40 And Jesus said to him: Thou hast both seen him; and it is he that talketh with thee. . . .

John 11:37-50 But some of them said: Could not he that opened the eyes of the man born blind have caused that this man should not die? . . .

opening

Isaiah 58:2 For they seek me from day to day, and desire to know my ways, as a nation that hath done justice, and hath not forsaken the judgment of their God: they ask of me the judgments of justice: they are willing to approach to God.

Jeremiah 42:2-5 And they said to Jeremiah the prophet: Let our supplication fall before thee: and pray thou for us to the Lord thy God for all this remnant, for we are left but a few of many, as thy eyes do behold us. . . .

Ezekiel 33:31 And they come to thee, as if people were coming in, and my people sit before thee: and hear thy words, and do them not: for they turn them into a song of their mouth, and their heart goeth after their covetousness.

Mark 6:19,20 Now Herodias laid snares for him: and was desirous to put him to death and could not. . . .

Acts 28:22-27 But we desire to hear of thee what thou thinkest: for as concerning this sect, we know that it is every where contradicted. . . .

Context
Israel is Deaf and Blind
19Who is blind, but my servant? or deaf, but he to whom I have sent my messengers? Who is blind, but he that is sold? or who is blind, but the servant of the Lord? 20Thou that seest many things, wilt thou not observe them? thou that hast ears open, wilt thou not hear?21And the Lord was willing to sanctify him, and to magnify the law, and exalt it.…
Cross References
Matthew 13:13
Therefore do I speak to them in parables: because seeing they see not, and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand.

Romans 2:21
Thou therefore, that teachest another, teachest not thyself: thou, that preachest that men should not steal, stealest.

Isaiah 42:19
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