Jesaja 42:20

20 Du hast vieles gesehen, aber du beachtest es nicht; bei offenen Ohren hört er nicht.

Jesaja 42:20 Meaning and Commentary

Isaiah 42:20

Seeing many things, but thou observest not
The Scribes and Pharisees, saw Christ in the flesh; they saw the miracles he did; they saw the blind receive their sight, the lame walk, the lepers cleansed, the deaf hear, and the dead raised; yet they did not give note to these things, and keep them in their minds, and regard them as clear proofs of his being the Messiah: opening the ears, but he heareth not;
they heard John Baptist preach, the forerunner of Christ, and the testimony he bore of him; they heard Christ himself and his apostles; they sometimes opened their ears, and seemed to listen and hear with attention, and wonder at what they heard; and some would own, that never man spake like Jesus; and yet understood not his speech, and hardened their hearts against him; they saw many things with their bodily eyes, but perceived them not with the eyes of their understandings; they heard with their ears, but understood not in their hearts; for their eyes were shut and their ears heavy, ( Isaiah 6:9 ) ( Matthew 13:14 Matthew 13:15 ) .

Jesaja 42:20 In-Context

18 Höret, ihr Tauben! Und ihr Blinden, schauet her, um zu sehen!

19 Wer ist blind, als nur mein Knecht? Und taub wie mein Bote, den ich sende? Wer ist blind wie der Vertraute, und blind wie der Knecht Jehovas?

20 Du hast vieles gesehen, aber du beachtest es nicht; bei offenen Ohren hört er nicht.

21 Jehova gefiel es um seiner Gerechtigkeit willen, das Gesetz groß und herrlich zu machen.

22 Und doch ist es ein beraubtes und ausgeplündertes Volk; sie sind in Löchern gefesselt und allesamt in Kerkern versteckt; sie sind zur Beute geworden, und kein Erretter ist da, zur Plünderung, und niemand spricht: Gib wieder heraus!