Bring forth the blind people that have eyes, and the deaf
that
have ears
The Targum applies this to the bringing of the people of Israel
out of Egypt; and others understand it of their deliverance from
the Babylonish captivity; and some of the exclusion of them from
the kingdom of heaven, and casting them into outward darkness,
according to ( Matthew 8:12
) , but it is rather to be understood of the conviction of them;
though better of the Gentiles, and of the enlightening of them,
who before were blind; and causing them to hear, who before were
deaf to spiritual things, agreeably to what goes before. It seems
best to consider the words as a summons to the Heathens uncalled,
to the Roman Pagan empire, to come forth and appear, who were as
blind and deaf as the idols they worshipped, and plead their
cause, agreeably to what follows.
Isaiah 43:8
