18. “Hear, you deaf! And look, you blind, and see.
19. “Who is blind but My servant, or deaf as My messenger whom I send? Who is blind as he who is at peace, and blind as servant of יהוה?
20. “You see much, but do not observe; ears are open, but do not hear.”
21. It has delighted יהוה, for the sake of His righteousness, to make the Torah great and esteemed.
22. But this is a people robbed and plundered, all of them are snared in holes, and they are hidden in prison houses. They have become a prey, with no one to deliver – for plunder, and no one to say, “Restore!”
23. Who among you gives ear to this, pays attention and hears for the time to come?