19 Who is blind but My servant, or deaf like the messenger I am sending? Who is blind like My covenant partner, or blind like the servant of the LORD? 20 Though seeing many things, you do not keep watch. Though your ears are open, you do not hear.” 21 The LORD was pleased, for the sake of His righteousness, to magnify His law and make it glorious.
Isaiah 42:19–21
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