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class="vheadingv"><b>Verse</b><a href="/bsb/isaiah/29.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/isaiah/29.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />In that day the deaf will hear the words of the scroll, and out of gloom and darkness the eyes of the blind will see.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/isaiah/29.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />In that day the deaf will hear words read from a book, and the blind will see through the gloom and darkness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/isaiah/29.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />In that day the deaf shall hear the words of a book, and out of their gloom and darkness the eyes of the blind shall see.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/isaiah/29.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />On that day the deaf will hear the words of the scroll, and out of the deep darkness the eyes of the blind will see.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/isaiah/29.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/isaiah/29.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />In that day the deaf shall hear the words of the book, And the eyes of the blind shall see out of obscurity and out of darkness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/isaiah/29.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />On that day those who are deaf will hear words of a book, And out of <i>their</i> gloom and darkness the eyes of those who are blind will see.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/isaiah/29.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />On that day the deaf will hear words of a book, And out of their gloom and darkness the eyes of the blind will see.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/isaiah/29.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />And on that day the deaf shall hear words of a book, And out of <i>their</i> gloom and darkness the eyes of the blind shall see.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/isaiah/29.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />On that day the deaf will hear words of a book, And out of darkness and thick darkness the eyes of the blind will see.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/isaiah/29.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />On that day the deaf will hear the words of a book, And out of <i>their</i> gloom and darkness the eyes of the blind will see [the words of the book].<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/isaiah/29.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />On that day the deaf will hear the words of a document, and out of a deep darkness the eyes of the blind will see.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/isaiah/29.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />On that day the deaf will hear the words of a document, and out of a deep darkness the eyes of the blind will see. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/isaiah/29.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/isaiah/29.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />The deaf will be able to hear whatever is read to them; the blind will be freed from a life of darkness. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/isaiah/29.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/isaiah/29.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />When that day comes, the deaf will hear the words written in the book. The blind will see out of their gloom and darkness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/isaiah/29.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />When that day comes, the deaf will be able to hear a book being read aloud, and the blind, who have been living in darkness, will open their eyes and see. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/isaiah/29.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />On that day the deaf will hear the words of a scroll, and out of gloom and darkness the eyes of the blind will see.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/isaiah/29.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />On that day the deaf will hear the words of the scroll, and out of the deep darkness the eyes of the blind will see.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/isaiah/29.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />At that time the deaf will be able to hear words read from a scroll, and the eyes of the blind will be able to see through deep darkness. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/isaiah/29.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />In that day, the deaf will hear the words of the scroll, and the eyes of the blind will see out of obscurity and out of darkness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/isaiah/29.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/isaiah/29.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />In that day, the deaf will hear the words of the book, and the eyes of the blind will see out of obscurity and out of darkness. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/isaiah/29.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And the deaf have heard the words of a scroll in that day, "" And out of thick darkness, and out of darkness, "" The eyes of the blind see.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/isaiah/29.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> And heard in that day have the deaf the words of a book, And out of thick darkness, and out of darkness, The eyes of the blind do see.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/isaiah/29.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />In that day the deaf heard the words of the book, and the eyes of the blind shall see out of thick darkness, and darkness.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/isaiah/29.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And in that day the deaf shall hear the words of the book, and out of darkness and obscurity the eyes of the blind shall see. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/isaiah/29.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />And in that day, the deaf will hear the words of a book, and out of darkness and obscurity the eyes of the blind will see.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/isaiah/29.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />On that day the deaf shall hear the words of a scroll; And out of gloom and darkness, the eyes of the blind shall see. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/isaiah/29.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />On that day the deaf shall hear the words of a scroll, and out of their gloom and darkness the eyes of the blind shall see.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/isaiah/29.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And in that day shall the deaf hear the words of the book, and the eyes of the blind shall see out of darkness and obscurity.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/isaiah/29.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />Also in that day, a deaf man shall hear the words of the book, and from darkness and thick darkness the eyes of the blind shall see<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/isaiah/29.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />And in that day shall the deaf hear the words of a book, And the eyes of the blind shall see out of obscurity and out of darkness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/isaiah/29.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And in that day the deaf shall hear the words of the book, and they that are in darkness, and they that are in mist: the eyes of the blind shall see,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/isaiah/29-18.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Xv9bHT-nr9s?start=6073" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/isaiah/29.htm">Sanctification for the Godly</a></span><br><span class="reftext">17</span>In a very short time, will not Lebanon become an orchard, and the orchard seem like a forest? <span class="reftext">18</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/1931.htm" title="1931: ha·hū (Art:: Pro-3ms) -- He, she, it. ">On that</a> <a href="/hebrew/3117.htm" title="3117: ḇay·yō·wm- (Prep-b, Art:: N-ms) -- Day. From an unused root meaning to be hot; a day, whether literal, or figurative.">day</a> <a href="/hebrew/2795.htm" title="2795: ha·ḥê·rə·šîm (Art:: Adj-mp) -- Deaf. From charash; deaf.">the deaf</a> <a href="/hebrew/8085.htm" title="8085: wə·šā·mə·‘ū (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjPerf-3cp) -- To hear. A primitive root; to hear intelligently.">will hear</a> <a href="/hebrew/1697.htm" title="1697: diḇ·rê- (N-mpc) -- Speech, word. From dabar; a word; by implication, a matter or thing; adverbially, a cause.">the words</a> <a href="/hebrew/5612.htm" title="5612: sê·p̄er (N-ms) -- A missive, document, writing, book. Or ciphrah; from caphar; properly, writing; by implication, a book.">of the scroll,</a> <a href="/hebrew/652.htm" title="652: ū·mê·’ō·p̄el (Conj-w, Prep-m:: N-ms) -- Darkness, gloom. From the same as 'aphel; dusk.">and out of</a> <a href="/hebrew/2822.htm" title="2822: ū·mê·ḥō·šeḵ (Conj-w, Prep-m:: N-ms) -- From chashak; the dark; hence darkness; figuratively, misery, destruction, death, ignorance, sorrow, wickedness.">the deep darkness</a> <a href="/hebrew/5869.htm" title="5869: ‘ê·nê (N-cdc) -- An eye. Probably a primitive word; an eye; by analogy, a fountain.">the eyes</a> <a href="/hebrew/5787.htm" title="5787: ‘iw·rîm (Adj-mp) -- Blind. Intensive from avar; blind.">of the blind</a> <a href="/hebrew/7200.htm" title="7200: tir·’e·nāh (V-Qal-Imperf-3fp) -- To see. A primitive root; to see, literally or figuratively.">will see.</a> </span><span class="reftext">19</span>The humble will increase their joy in the LORD, and the poor among men will rejoice in the Holy One of Israel.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/11-5.htm">Matthew 11:5</a></span><br />The blind receive sight, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and the good news is preached to the poor.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/7-22.htm">Luke 7:22</a></span><br />So He replied, “Go back and report to John what you have seen and heard: The blind receive sight, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and the good news is preached to the poor.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/35-5.htm">Isaiah 35:5-6</a></span><br />Then the eyes of the blind will be opened and the ears of the deaf unstopped. / Then the lame will leap like a deer and the mute tongue will shout for joy. For waters will gush forth in the wilderness, and streams in the desert.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/42-7.htm">Isaiah 42:7</a></span><br />to open the eyes of the blind, to bring prisoners out of the dungeon and those sitting in darkness out from the prison house.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/42-16.htm">Isaiah 42:16</a></span><br />I will lead the blind by a way they did not know; I will guide them on unfamiliar paths. I will turn darkness into light before them and rough places into level ground. These things I will do for them, and I will not forsake them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/32-3.htm">Isaiah 32:3-4</a></span><br />Then the eyes of those who see will no longer be closed, and the ears of those who hear will listen. / The mind of the rash will know and understand, and the stammering tongue will speak clearly and fluently.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/31-8.htm">Jeremiah 31:8</a></span><br />Behold, I will bring them from the land of the north and gather them from the farthest parts of the earth, including the blind and the lame, expectant mothers and women in labor. They will return as a great assembly!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/146-8.htm">Psalm 146:8</a></span><br />the LORD opens the eyes of the blind, the LORD lifts those who are weighed down, the LORD loves the righteous.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/9-27.htm">Matthew 9:27-30</a></span><br />As Jesus went on from there, two blind men followed Him, crying out, “Have mercy on us, Son of David!” / After Jesus had entered the house, the blind men came to Him. “Do you believe that I am able to do this?” He asked. “Yes, Lord,” they answered. / Then He touched their eyes and said, “According to your faith will it be done to you.” ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/mark/7-32.htm">Mark 7:32-37</a></span><br />Some people brought to Him a man who was deaf and hardly able to speak, and they begged Jesus to place His hand on him. / So Jesus took him aside privately, away from the crowd, and put His fingers into the man’s ears. Then He spit and touched the man’s tongue. / And looking up to heaven, He sighed deeply and said to him, “Ephphatha!” (which means, “Be opened!”). ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/9-1.htm">John 9:1-7</a></span><br />Now as Jesus was passing by, He saw a man blind from birth, / and His disciples asked Him, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?” / Jesus answered, “Neither this man nor his parents sinned, but this happened so that the works of God would be displayed in him. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/26-18.htm">Acts 26:18</a></span><br />to open their eyes, so that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and an inheritance among those sanctified by faith in Me.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_corinthians/4-4.htm">2 Corinthians 4:4-6</a></span><br />The god of this age has blinded the minds of unbelievers, so they cannot see the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God. / For we do not proclaim ourselves, but Jesus Christ as Lord, and ourselves as your servants for Jesus’ sake. / For God, who said, “Let light shine out of darkness,” made His light shine in our hearts to give us the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/3-18.htm">Revelation 3:18</a></span><br />I counsel you to buy from Me gold refined by fire so that you may become rich, white garments so that you may be clothed and your shameful nakedness not exposed, and salve to anoint your eyes so that you may see.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/61-1.htm">Isaiah 61:1</a></span><br />The Spirit of the Lord GOD is on Me, because the LORD has anointed Me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent Me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives and freedom to the prisoners,</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">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.</p><p class="hdg">the deaf</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/29-10.htm">Isaiah 29:10-12,24</a></b></br> For the LORD hath poured out upon you the spirit of deep sleep, and hath closed your eyes: the prophets and your rulers, the seers hath he covered… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/35-5.htm">Isaiah 35:5</a></b></br> Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of the deaf shall be unstopped.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/42-16.htm">Isaiah 42:16-18</a></b></br> And I will bring the blind by a way <i>that</i> they knew not; I will lead them in paths <i>that</i> they have not known: I will make darkness light before them, and crooked things straight. These things will I do unto them, and not forsake them… </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/isaiah/29-9.htm">Blind</a> <a href="/isaiah/29-12.htm">Book</a> <a href="/isaiah/29-15.htm">Dark</a> <a href="/isaiah/29-15.htm">Darkness</a> <a href="/proverbs/28-9.htm">Deaf</a> <a href="/isaiah/28-23.htm">Ears</a> <a href="/isaiah/29-10.htm">Eyes</a> <a href="/isaiah/24-11.htm">Gloom</a> <a href="/isaiah/28-23.htm">Hear</a> <a href="/isaiah/28-22.htm">Heard</a> <a href="/isaiah/22-14.htm">Hearing</a> <a href="/isaiah/18-4.htm">Mist</a> <a href="/ecclesiastes/6-4.htm">Obscurity</a> <a href="/isaiah/29-12.htm">Scroll</a> <a href="/isaiah/25-5.htm">Stopped</a> <a href="/isaiah/25-5.htm">Thick</a> <a href="/isaiah/29-11.htm">Words</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/isaiah/35-5.htm">Blind</a> <a href="/isaiah/30-8.htm">Book</a> <a href="/isaiah/45-3.htm">Dark</a> <a href="/isaiah/42-7.htm">Darkness</a> <a href="/isaiah/35-5.htm">Deaf</a> <a href="/isaiah/30-21.htm">Ears</a> <a href="/isaiah/30-20.htm">Eyes</a> <a href="/isaiah/58-10.htm">Gloom</a> <a href="/isaiah/30-9.htm">Hear</a> <a href="/isaiah/30-30.htm">Heard</a> <a href="/isaiah/32-3.htm">Hearing</a> <a href="/isaiah/44-22.htm">Mist</a> <a href="/isaiah/58-10.htm">Obscurity</a> <a href="/isaiah/30-8.htm">Scroll</a> <a href="/isaiah/35-5.htm">Stopped</a> <a href="/isaiah/30-27.htm">Thick</a> <a href="/isaiah/29-21.htm">Words</a><div class="vheading2">Isaiah 29</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/isaiah/29-1.htm">God's heavy judgment upon Jerusalem</a></span><br><span class="reftext">7. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/isaiah/29-7.htm">The insatiableness of her enemies</a></span><br><span class="reftext">9. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/isaiah/29-9.htm">The senselessness</a></span><br><span class="reftext">13. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/isaiah/29-13.htm">And deep hypocrisy of the people</a></span><br><span class="reftext">17. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/isaiah/29-17.htm">A promise of sanctification to the godly</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/isaiah/29.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/isaiah/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/isaiah/29.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>On that day</b><br>This phrase often signifies a future time of divine intervention or fulfillment of prophecy. In the context of Isaiah, it points to a time when God will act decisively to bring about change. This is a common theme in prophetic literature, where "that day" can refer to both immediate historical events and eschatological fulfillment. It suggests a period of transformation and restoration, aligning with the messianic expectations found throughout the Old Testament.<p><b>the deaf will hear the words of the scroll</b><br>This imagery symbolizes spiritual awakening and understanding. In the ancient Near Eastern context, scrolls were the primary medium for recording and transmitting God's word. The deaf hearing the words signifies a miraculous opening of spiritual perception, where those previously unable to comprehend God's message will gain understanding. This can be seen as a type of the ministry of Jesus Christ, who often healed the deaf and blind, both physically and spiritually, as recorded in the Gospels (e.g., <a href="/mark/7-31.htm">Mark 7:31-37</a>).<p><b>and out of the deep darkness</b><br>Deep darkness represents ignorance, sin, and separation from God. In biblical literature, darkness is often used metaphorically to describe a lack of spiritual insight or the presence of evil. The promise of emerging from darkness suggests a transition from ignorance to knowledge, from sin to righteousness, and from despair to hope. This aligns with the broader biblical narrative of redemption and the coming of the light of Christ into the world (<a href="/john/1-5.htm">John 1:5</a>).<p><b>the eyes of the blind will see</b><br>This phrase indicates a miraculous restoration of sight, both physically and spiritually. In the historical context, blindness was a common ailment, often seen as a metaphor for spiritual blindness. The promise of sight to the blind is a powerful image of God's redemptive work. It foreshadows the ministry of Jesus, who healed the blind (e.g., <a href="/john/9.htm">John 9:1-7</a>) and declared Himself the light of the world, bringing spiritual sight to those in darkness. This transformation is a key aspect of the messianic hope, where the coming of the Messiah would bring healing and restoration to God's people.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/i/isaiah.htm">Isaiah</a></b><br>A major prophet in the Old Testament, Isaiah is the author of the book bearing his name. He prophesied during a time of great turmoil and change in Israel, calling the people back to faithfulness to God.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_deaf_and_the_blind.htm">The Deaf and the Blind</a></b><br>Symbolic representations of spiritual ignorance and lack of understanding. In this context, they represent those who are spiritually unaware or unable to perceive God's truth.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_scroll.htm">The Scroll</a></b><br>Represents God's Word or revelation. In the context of Isaiah, it signifies the divine message that is often ignored or misunderstood by the people.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/d/deep_darkness.htm">Deep Darkness</a></b><br>A metaphor for spiritual blindness or ignorance. It signifies the absence of spiritual insight and understanding.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/t/that_day.htm">That Day</a></b><br>Refers to a future time of restoration and enlightenment when God will intervene to bring understanding and clarity to His people.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/s/spiritual_awakening.htm">Spiritual Awakening</a></b><br>Just as the deaf hear and the blind see, God desires to open our spiritual senses to understand His Word and His will for our lives.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_power_of_god's_word.htm">The Power of God's Word</a></b><br>The "scroll" symbolizes the transformative power of Scripture. Engaging with God's Word can bring clarity and understanding to our lives.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/h/hope_for_restoration.htm">Hope for Restoration</a></b><br>This verse offers hope that no matter how deep our spiritual darkness, God can bring us into His light and truth.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_timing.htm">God's Timing</a></b><br>"On that day" reminds us that God's promises are fulfilled in His perfect timing. We are called to trust in His plan and timing for our lives.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/r/role_of_faith.htm">Role of Faith</a></b><br>Faith is essential in moving from spiritual blindness to sight. We must trust in God's ability to reveal His truth to us.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_isaiah_29.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Isaiah 29</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_does_the_bible_say_on_no_vision.htm">What does the Bible say about lacking vision?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_is_the_fourfold_witness.htm">What is the concept of the Fourfold Witness?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_did_the_blind_man_recognize_jesus.htm">In John 9:35–38, how could the blind man immediately acknowledge Jesus as the Son of God without prior teaching?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_is_the_pool_of_siloam.htm">What is the Pool of Siloam?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/isaiah/29.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(18) I<span class= "bld">n that day shall the deaf hear the words of the book.</span>--The open vision of the future is contrasted with the self-chosen ignorance of <a href="/isaiah/29-11.htm" title="And the vision of all is become to you as the words of a book that is sealed, which men deliver to one that is learned, saying, Read this, I pray you: and he said, I cannot; for it is sealed:">Isaiah 29:11</a>. The "book" (the Hebrew has, however, no definite article) is, perhaps, the prophet's own message, or the book of the law of the Lord, which will then be understood in all its spiritual fulness. The doom of the "closed eyes" of <a href="/isaiah/6-10.htm" title="Make the heart of this people fat, and make their ears heavy, and shut their eyes; lest they see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and convert, and be healed.">Isaiah 6:10</a> shall then be in force no more.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/isaiah/29.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 18.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">In that day</span> - <span class="accented">i.e.</span>, when that time comes - <span class="cmt_word">shall the deaf hear the words of the book</span>; the spiritually deaf shall have their ears opened, many of them, and shall not only hear, but understand, the words of Scripture addressed to them by God's messengers. No particular "book" is intended <span class="accented">- sepher</span> being without the article, but the words of any writing put forth with Divine authority. <span class="cmt_word">The eyes of the blind shall see also out of obscurity.</span> Men shall shake off the "deep sleep" (ver. 10) in which they have long lain, and have once mute "eyes to see" the truth. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/isaiah/29-18.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">On that</span><br /><span class="heb">הַה֛וּא</span> <span class="translit">(ha·hū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Pronoun - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1931.htm">Strong's 1931: </a> </span><span class="str2">He, self, the same, this, that, as, are</span><br /><br /><span class="word">day</span><br /><span class="heb">בַיּוֹם־</span> <span class="translit">(ḇay·yō·wm-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3117.htm">Strong's 3117: </a> </span><span class="str2">A day</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the deaf</span><br /><span class="heb">הַחֵרְשִׁ֖ים</span> <span class="translit">(ha·ḥê·rə·šîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Adjective - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2795.htm">Strong's 2795: </a> </span><span class="str2">Deaf</span><br /><br /><span class="word">will hear</span><br /><span class="heb">וְשָׁמְע֧וּ</span> <span class="translit">(wə·šā·mə·‘ū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8085.htm">Strong's 8085: </a> </span><span class="str2">To hear intelligently</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the words</span><br /><span class="heb">דִּבְרֵי־</span> <span class="translit">(diḇ·rê-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1697.htm">Strong's 1697: </a> </span><span class="str2">A word, a matter, thing, a cause</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of the scroll,</span><br /><span class="heb">סֵ֑פֶר</span> <span class="translit">(sê·p̄er)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5612.htm">Strong's 5612: </a> </span><span class="str2">A missive, document, writing, book</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and out of</span><br /><span class="heb">וּמֵאֹ֣פֶל</span> <span class="translit">(ū·mê·’ō·p̄el)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw, Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_652.htm">Strong's 652: </a> </span><span class="str2">Darkness, gloom</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the deep darkness</span><br /><span class="heb">וּמֵחֹ֔שֶׁךְ</span> <span class="translit">(ū·mê·ḥō·šeḵ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw, Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2822.htm">Strong's 2822: </a> </span><span class="str2">The dark, darkness, misery, destruction, death, ignorance, sorrow, wickedness</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the eyes</span><br /><span class="heb">עֵינֵ֥י</span> <span class="translit">(‘ê·nê)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - cdc<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5869.htm">Strong's 5869: </a> </span><span class="str2">An eye, a fountain</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of the blind</span><br /><span class="heb">עִוְרִ֖ים</span> <span class="translit">(‘iw·rîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adjective - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5787.htm">Strong's 5787: </a> </span><span class="str2">Blind</span><br /><br /><span class="word">will see.</span><br /><span class="heb">תִּרְאֶֽינָה׃</span> <span class="translit">(tir·’e·nāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7200.htm">Strong's 7200: </a> </span><span class="str2">To see</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/isaiah/29-18.htm">Isaiah 29:18 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/isaiah/29-18.htm">Isaiah 29:18 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/isaiah/29-18.htm">Isaiah 29:18 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/isaiah/29-18.htm">Isaiah 29:18 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/isaiah/29-18.htm">Isaiah 29:18 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/isaiah/29-18.htm">Isaiah 29:18 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/isaiah/29-18.htm">Isaiah 29:18 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/isaiah/29-18.htm">Isaiah 29:18 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/isaiah/29-18.htm">Isaiah 29:18 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/isaiah/29-18.htm">Isaiah 29:18 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/isaiah/29-18.htm">OT Prophets: Isaiah 29:18 In that day the deaf will hear (Isa Isi Is)</a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/isaiah/29-17.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Isaiah 29:17"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Isaiah 29:17" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/isaiah/29-19.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Isaiah 29:19"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Isaiah 29:19" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>