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Isaiah 32:3

And the eyes of them that see shall not be dim, and the ears of them that hear shall hearken.

The eyes of them that see - the seers or prophets.

And the ears of them that hear - the people under instruction (Isaiah 35:5).

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See also Isaiah 32:3 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Isaiah 32:3. _AND THE EYES OF THEM THAT SEE SHALL NOT BE DIM _- "And him the eyes of those that see shall regard"] For ולא _velo, and not, Le Clerc_ reads ולו _velo, and to him_, of which mistak...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    AND THE EYES OF THEM THAT SEE ... - The sense of this verse is, that there shall be, under the reign of this wise and pious prince, on the part of the prophets and teachers, a clear view of divine tru...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    CHAPTER 32 THE COMING KING AND HIS KINGDOM 1. _The King and His rule (Isaiah 32:1)_ 2. _The careless women addressed (Isaiah 32:9)_ 3. _The judgment of the land and the city (Isaiah 32:13)_ 4. The hop...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    ISAIAH 32. This chapter is regarded by some scholars as non-Isaianic on the ground of phraseology and ideas, but while it may have been interpolated, it is probably in the main Isaiah's work. It falls...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    The quickening of the moral perceptions of the people. Comp. ch. Isaiah 29:18; Isaiah 29:24; Isaiah 30:20 f....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    Isaiah 32:1-8. The ideal commonwealth of the Messianic Age This passage, although treated by many expositors as the continuation of ch. 31, bears all the marks of an independent prophecy. Its inserti...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _shall not be dim_ SHALL NOT BE CLOSED (R.V. marg.). The verb, although disguised in the pointing, is no doubt the same as that used in ch. Isaiah 6:10; Isaiah 29:10 (lit. "smear"). The curse there pr...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    AND THE EYES, &C.— The prophet here goes on to set forth the prerogatives of this time and kingdom; which, however primarily they may refer to the reign of Hezekiah, must, in their full and complete s...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    C. FUTURE THAT IS FRUITFUL, Chapter S 32-33 1. SOVEREIGN TEXT: Isaiah 32:1-8 1 Behold, a king shall reign in righteousness, and princes shall rule in justice. 2 And a man shall be as a hiding-pla...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    1-8. Characteristics of the future age. 9-14. A warning of coming desolation to the over-confident people. 15-20. Afterwards shall be a peaceful and prosperous future....

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    Cp. Isaiah 29:18. 5F. Moral confusion shall cease; men shall be taken at their true value, their character being clearly seen in their actions....

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    ISAIAH: GOD CONTROLS THE NATIONS GOD DEFENDS *JERUSALEM ISAIAH CHAPTER S 31 TO 39 _NORMAN HILLYER_ CHAPTER 32 A NEW KING V1 Some day there will be a new king. He will govern rightly. And his o...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    THE EYES OF THEM THAT SEE... — Another reversal, like that of Isaiah 29:18, of the sentence of judicial blindness with which Isaiah’s work as a prophet had begun (Isaiah 6:10)....

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וְ לֹ֥א תִשְׁעֶ֖ינָה עֵינֵ֣י רֹאִ֑ים וְ אָזְנ

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    CHAPTER XV A MAN: CHARACTER AND THE CAPACITY TO DISCRIMINATE CHARACTER ABOUT 720 B.C. Isaiah 32:1 THE Assyrians being thus disposed of, Isaiah turns to a prospect, on which we have scarcely heard h...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    BOOK 3 ORATIONS ON THE EGYPTIAN INTRIGUES AND ORACLES ON FOREIGN NATIONS 705-702 B.C. Isaiah: 29 About 703 30 A little later 31 A little later 32:1-8 Later 32:9-20 Date uncertain -----------...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    A NOBLER FUTURE FOR THE NATION Isaiah 31:1-9; Isaiah 32:1-8 Isaiah continues to denounce the contemplated alliance with Egypt. His compatriots put their trust in horses and chariots, and refused the...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    In this message the prophet describes the reign of the coming King, and then suddenly appeals to the women. He describes the reign of the King as establishment of order and creation of refuge and refr...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    And the eyes of (d) them that see shall not be dim, and the ears of them that hear shall hearken. (d) He promises to give the true light which is the pure doctrine of God's word, and understanding, a...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _Dim. True prophets shall speak, while false ones shall be silent. (Calmet)_...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    It would enlarge this Commentary to an extent indeed, were I to analyze the several verses here brought together, and say the half of what might be said in the paraphrase upon them. But all the blesse...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    3.and 4._Then the eyes of them that see. _Hence we see more clearly that, while the Prophet describes the reign of Hezekiah, he intends to lead us farther; for here he discourses concerning the restor...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    Then, in chapter 32, the Messiah should reign in righteousness and set everything morally in order. Zion would in fact be a wilderness until the Spirit was poured out from on high, and then it should...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    AND THE EYES OF THEM THAT SEE SHALL NOT BE DIM,.... Not of the seers and prophets, or ministers of the word only, but of the righteous in general, as the Targum; even all such as are illuminated by th...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    And the eyes of them that see shall not be dim, and the ears of them that hear shall hearken. Ver. 3. _And the eyes of them that see shall not be dim._] Or, Shall not be closed; they shall not wink o...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _And a man_ Either the man or king spoken of, or each of his princes, _shall be a hiding-place_ A protection to the people under their government, especially to such as are oppressed or injured by tho...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    A GOVERNMENT OF RIGHTEOUSNESS...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    And the eyes of them that see shall not be dim, and the ears of them that hear shall hearken, that is, the spiritual understanding of the Lord's people will he in proper order for realizing and apprec...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    1-8 Christ our righteous King, and his true disciples, are evidently here intended. The consolations and graces of his Spirit are as rivers of water in this dry land; and as the overhanging rock affo...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    This is meant either, 1. Of the princes or magistrates, who are instead of eyes and ears, both to the king and to the people, who, by their office, are to see and observe all things, and to hear all...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Isaiah 32:3 eyes H5869 see H7200 (H8802) dim H8159 (H8799) ears H241 hear H8085 (H8802) listen...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    THE COMING KING (ISAIAH 32:1). The final result of Yahweh's activity will be the rise of the righteous king and the establishment of the perfect kingdom. This can be compared with Isaiah 11:1. Analy...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Promise of coming Kingdom. Warning of great tribulation. The King Deliverer. CHARACTERS: God. CONCLUSION: Wasting and desolating judgment upon the land and people of Israel was pronounced b...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Isaiah 32:3. _The eyes of them that see shall not be dim._ The whole land shall be full of smiling affluence and joy; they shall have health of countenance, and look up with joy to a paternal throne....

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _The eyes of them that see shall not be dim_ FOUR TESTS OF CHARACTER The whole of this chapter refers to the state of the world during the time of the millennium. The happiness which shall be the l...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _Behold, a King shall reign in righteousness_ ASAYRIA AND JUDAH Such (Isaiah 31:8) will be the ignominious end of the proud battalions of Assyria. For Judah a happier future immediately begins. Ther...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 32:3 Not only will a perfect king reign in righteousness, but his subjects will be perfected in their ability to respond to him (see Isaiah 29:24)....

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    SECTION VIII. A PROPHECY OF MESSIAH'S KINGDOM (Isaiah 32:1). EXPOSITION ISAIAH 32:1 A PROPHECY OF MESSIAH'S KING

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    Now as we get into chapter 32 Isaiah jumps over a couple of millennia at least, as he looks forward. As God is going to come down and as a crouching lion roaring and so forth, over her prey, in verse...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 John 2:20; 1 John 2:21; 2 Corinthians 4:6; Acts 26:18; Isaiah 29:18

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    The eyes — The people, they shall not shut their eyes and ears against the good counsels and examples of their religious king and rulers, as they have done formerly: both princes and people shall be r...

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