Who among you will give ear? Surely there are some among you, less hardened than the rest, who will take advantage of my warning, and repent at this, the eleventh hour. God's arm was straitened; the people could not be delivered out of captivity unless they ceased in large numbers to be "blind" and "deaf"—unless they listened to the prophet's words, and profited by them.
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Isaiah 42:23
Isaiah 42:23
The Pulpit Commentary · Joseph S. Exell and contributors · Public Domain
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