Isaiah 42:18-25

181Hear, you who are deaf! And look, you who are blind, so that you may see.19Who is blind but My 2servant, Or so deaf as My 3messenger whom I send? Who is so blind as one who is 45at peace with Me, Or so blind as the servant of the Lord?206You have seen many things, but you do not retain them; Your ears are open, but no one hears.21The Lord was pleased for His righteousness’ sake To make the Law 7great and glorious.22But this is a people plundered and pillaged; All of them are 8trapped in 9caves, Or are 10hidden away in prisons; They have become plunder, with no one to save them, And spoils with no one to say, “Give them back!”

23Who among you will listen to this? Who will pay attention and listen in the time to come?24Who gave Jacob up for spoils, and Israel to plunderers? Was it not the Lord, against whom we have sinned, And in whose ways they 11were not willing to walk, And whose Law they did not 12obey?25So He poured out on him the heat of His anger And the 13fierceness of battle; And it set him aflame all around, Yet he did not recognize it; And it burned him, but he 1415paid no attention.