Isaiah 42:20
Douay-Rheims
Thou that seest many things, wilt thou not observe them? thou that hast ears open, wilt thou not hear?
Ibn Ezra
ראות Seeing. It is an irregular form; it is a combination of the two infinitives, the construct (רְאׁת) and the absolute (רׇאׁה). The meaning of the verse is: they will perceive many words of God, but their soul or eye will not retain them ; their ears will be open, they will not be closed, and still, strange to say, they will not hear.
Hebrew and Aramaic words are the commentator’s citations of the sacred text; the English translation that follows each is the translator’s.
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