Isa 42:18 | JFB | STEP | 18. deaf —namely, to the voice of God. blind —to your duty and interest; wilfully so ( ). In this they differ from "the blind" ( ). The Jews are referred to. He had said, God would destroy the heathen idolatry; here he remembers that even Israel, His "servant" ( ), from whom better things might have been expected, is tainted with this sin.

Isaiah 42:18

18. deaf—namely, to the voice of God.

blind—to your duty and interest; wilfully so (Isa 42:20). In this they differ from "the blind" (Isa 42:16). The Jews are referred to. He had said, God would destroy the heathen idolatry; here he remembers that even Israel, His "servant" (Isa 42:19), from whom better things might have been expected, is tainted with this sin.