Isaías 42:20

20 Ustedes ven y reconocen lo que es correcto,
pero se niegan a hacerlo.
Escuchan con sus oídos,
pero en realidad no prestan atención».

Isaías 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 ) .

Isaías 42:20 In-Context

18 Israel no ha querido escuchar ni ver
»¡Escuchen ustedes, sordos!
¡Miren y vean, ciegos!

19 ¿Quién es tan ciego como mi propio pueblo, mi siervo?
¿Quién es tan sordo como mi mensajero?
¿Quién es tan ciego como mi pueblo elegido,
el siervo del Señor
?

20 Ustedes ven y reconocen lo que es correcto,
pero se niegan a hacerlo.
Escuchan con sus oídos,
pero en realidad no prestan atención».

21 Debido a que el Señor
es justo,
él ha exaltado su ley gloriosa;

22 pero a su pueblo lo han robado y saqueado,
lo han esclavizado, metido en prisión y atrapado.
Es blanco fácil para cualquiera,
y no tiene a nadie que lo proteja,
a nadie que lo lleve de regreso a casa.