Who is blind, but my servant? or deaf, but he to whom I have sent my messengers? Who is blind, but he that is sold? or who is blind, but the servant of the Lord?
Ibn Ezra
Who is blind, etc. This verse proves the correctness of my explanation. You are blind who say that none is so blind as the prophet. כמלאכי As my messenger. Comp. חגי מלאך יי Haggai, the messenger of the Lord (Hag. 1:13). כמשלם As he that is righteous. Comp. ישולם is recompensed (Prov. 11:31) ; שַׁלֵּם to pay (Exod. 22:5); פשלם lit., he who is recompensed, that is, the righteous. As the servant of the Lord, who, though not a prophet, serves God.
Hebrew and Aramaic words are the commentator’s citations of the sacred text; the English translation that follows each is the translator’s.
Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.