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New International Version (1984) Then the eyes of those who see will no longer be closed, and the ears of those who hear will listen. New Living Translation (2007) Then everyone who has eyes will be able to see the truth, and everyone who has ears will be able to hear it. English Standard Version (2001) Then the eyes of those who see will not be closed, and the ears of those who hear will give attention. New American Standard Bible (1995) Then the eyes of those who see will not be blinded, And the ears of those who hear will listen. King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.) And the eyes of them that see shall not be dim, and the ears of them that hear shall hearken. GOD'S WORD Translation (1995) Then the vision of those who can see won't be blurred, and the ears of those who can hear will pay attention. King James 2000 Bible (2003) And the eyes of them that see shall not be dim, and the ears of them that hear shall listen. American King James Version And the eyes of them that see shall not be dim, and the ears of them that hear shall listen. American Standard Version And the eyes of them that see shall not be dim, and the ears of them that

hear shall hearken. Douay-Rheims Bible The eyes of them that see shall not be dim, and the ears of them that hear shall hearken diligently. Darby Bible Translation And the eyes of them that see shall not be dim, and the ears of them that hear shall hearken; English Revised Version And the eyes of them that see shall not be dim, and the ears of them that hear shall hearken. Webster's Bible Translation And the eyes of them that see shall not be dim, and the ears of them that hear shall hearken. World English Bible The eyes of those who see will not be dim, and the ears of those who hear will listen. Young's Literal Translation And not dazzled are the eyes of beholders, And the ears of hearers do attend.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible And the eyes of them that see ... - The sense of this verse is, that there shall be, under the reign of this wise and pious prince, on the part of the prophets and teachers, a clear view of divine truth, and on the part of the people who hear, a disposition to hearken and to attend to it. The phrase 'of them that see,' refers probably to the prophets, as those who were called seers (see the notes at Isaiah 29:10; Isaiah 30:10; compare 1 Samuel 9:9), or those who had visions (see the note at Isaiah 1:1) of the things that God would communicate to people. The word rendered 'be dim' (

tisheeynah), is derived from shaah, which usually signifies "to see, to look," but it also has a meaning similar to shaa, "to spread over, to close, to make blind." Of this fact Lowth seems not to have been aware when he proposed, without the authority of any MS., to change the text. The sense is, that those who were prophets and religious teachers should no more see obscurely, but should have clear and just views of divine truth. And the ears of them that hear - Of the people who were instructed by their religious teachers. Shall hearken - It shall be a characteristic of those times that they shall be disposed to attend to the truth of God.

Clarke's Commentary on the Bible And the eyes of them that see shall not be dim "And him the eyes of those that see shall regard" - For velo, and not, Le Clerc reads velo, and to him, of which mistake the Masoretes acknowledge there are fifteen instances; and many more are reckoned by others. The removal of the negative restores to the verb its true and usual sense.

Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible And the eyes of them that see shall not be dim,.... Not of the seers and prophets, or ministers of the word only, but of the righteous in general, as the Targum; even all such as are illuminated by the Spirit of God, who shall have a clear discerning of Gospel truths, behold with open face, with eyes unveiled, the glory of them, and of Christ in them, and not have their eyes covered, or such a dim obscure knowledge of them as under the law; and not only the watchmen shall see, eye to eye, all truths clearly and distinctly, but even all, from the least to the greatest, shall know the Lord, and the earth shall be filled with the knowledge of him, as the waters cover the sea. It is a prophecy of the great increase of spiritual light in the times of the Messiah:

and the ears of them that hear shall hearken: very diligently and attentively to the word preached, and receive and embrace the doctrines of the Gospel, and submit to, and obey, the ordinances of it.

Keil and Delitzsch Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament The second is an opened understanding, following upon the ban of hardening. "And the eyes of the seeing no more are closed, and the ears of the hearing attend. And the heart of the hurried understands to know, and the tongue of stammerers speaks clear things with readiness." It is not physical miracles that are predicted here, but a spiritual change. The present judgment of hardening will be repealed: this is what Isaiah 32:3 affirms. The spiritual defects, from which many suffer who do not belong to the worst, will be healed: this is the statement in Isaiah 32:4. The form is not the future of here, as in Isaiah 31:1; Isaiah 22:4; Isaiah 17:7-8 (in the sense of, they will no longer stare about restlessly and without aim), but of equals ,a metaplastic future of the latter, in the sense of, to be smeared over to closed (see Isaiah 29:9; Isaiah 6:10; cf., tach in Isaiah 44:18). On qashabh (the kal of which is only met with here), see at Isaiah 21:7. The times succeeding the hardening, of which Isaiah is speaking here, are "the last times," as Isaiah 6:1-13 clearly shows; though it does not therefore follow that the king mentioned in Isaiah 32:1 (as in Isaiah 11:1.) is the Messiah Himself. In Isaiah 32:1 the prophet merely affirms, that Israel as a national commonwealth will then be governed in a manner well pleasing to God; here he predicts that Israel as a national congregation will be delivered from the judgment of not seeing with seeing eyes, and not hearing with hearing ears, and that it will be delivered from defects of weakness also. The nimharm are those that fall headlong, the precipitate, hurrying, or rash; and the ,stammerers, are not scoffers (Isaiah 28:7., Isaiah 19:20), as Knobel and Drechsler maintain, but such as are unable to think and speak with distinctness and certainty, more especially concerning the exalted things of God. The former would now have the gifts of discernment (yabhn), to perceive things in their true nature, and to distinguish under all circumstances that which is truly profitable (ladaath);

the latter would be able to express themselves suitably, with refinement, clearness, and worthiness. Tsachoth (old ed. tsachoth) signifies that which is light, transparent; not merely intelligible, but refined and elegant. gives the adverbial idea to ledabber (Ewald, 285, a).

Geneva Study Bible And the eyes of {d} them that see shall not be dim, and the ears of them that hear shall hearken. (d) He promises to give the true light which is the pure doctrine of God's word, and understanding, and zeal of the same, are contrary to the threatenings against the wicked, Isa 6:9,29:10.

Wesley's Notes 32:3 The eyes - The people, they shall not shut their eyes and ears against the good counsels and examples of their religious king and rulers, as they have done formerly: both princes and people shall be reformed.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary 3. them that see-the seers or prophets. them that hear-the people under instruction (Isa 35:5, 6).

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary 32:1-8 Christ our righteous King, and his true disciples, are evidently here intended. The consolations and graces of his Spirit are as rivers of water in this dry land; and as the overhanging rock affords refreshing shade and shelter to the weary traveller in the desert, so his power, truth, and love, yield the believer the only real protection and refreshment in the weary land through which he journeys to heaven. Christ bore the storm himself, to keep it off from us. To him let the trembling sinner flee for refuge; for he

alone can protect and refresh us in every trial. See what pains sinners take in sin; they labour at it, their hearts are intent upon it, and with art they work iniquity; but this is our comfort, that they can do no more mischief than God permits. Let us seek to have our hearts more freed from selfishness. The liberal soul devises liberal things concerning God, and desires that He will grant wisdom and prudence, the comforts of his presence, the influence of his Spirit, and in due time the enjoyment of his glory. Library

The Hiding-Place 'And a man shall be as an hiding place from the wind, and a covert from the tempest; as rivers of water in a dry place, as the shadow of a great rock in a weary land.'--ISAIAH xxxii. 2. We may well say, Of whom speaketh the prophet this? Here are distinctly attributed to one of ourselves, if we take the words in their simplicity and fulness, functions and powers which universal experience has taught us not to look for in humanity. And there have been a great many attempts--as it seems to me, altogether Alexander MaclarenExpositions of Holy Scripture