Isaiah 42:18-25

18“Listen, you deaf ones! Take notice, you blind ones!

19My servant is truly blind, my messenger is truly deaf. My covenant partner, the servant of the Lord, is truly blind.

20You see many things, but don’t comprehend; their ears are open, but do not hear.”

21The Lord wanted to exhibit his justice by magnifying his law and displaying it.

22But these people are looted and plundered; all of them are trapped in pits and held captive in prisons. They were carried away as loot with no one to rescue them; they were carried away as plunder, and no one says, “Bring that back!”

23Who among you will pay attention to this? Who will listen attentively in the future?

24Who handed Jacob over to the robber? Who handed Israel over to the looters? Was it not the Lord, against whom we sinned? They refused to follow his commands; they disobeyed his law.

25So he poured out his fierce anger on them, along with the devastation of war. Its flames encircled them, but they did not realize it; it burned against them, but they did notice.