The Lord helps blind people see again.\par The Lord helps people who are in trouble.\par The Lord loves good people.\par
Isaiah 35:5 - Easy To Read Version Then the blind people will be able to see again. Their eyes will be opened. Then the deaf people will be able to hear. Their ears will be opened. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of the deaf shall be unstopped. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of the deaf shall be unstopped. American Standard Version (1901) Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of the deaf shall be unstopped. Common English Bible Then the eyes of the blind will be opened, and the ears of the deaf will be cleared. Catholic Public Domain Version Then the eyes of the blind will be opened, and the ears of the deaf will be cleared. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Then shall the eyes of the blind be opened and the ears of the deaf shall be unstopped. |
The Lord helps blind people see again.\par The Lord helps people who are in trouble.\par The Lord loves good people.\par
Then the Lord said to him, “Who made a person’s mouth? And who can make a person deaf or not able to speak? Who can make a person blind? Who can make a person able to see? {I am the One who can do all these things—}I am YAHWEH. [33]
The Lord gave us eyes to see with and ears to hear with—\{use them\}!
The deaf will hear the words in the book. The blind will see through the darkness and fog.
Then I will lead the blind people\par in a way they never knew.\par I will lead the blind people\par to places they have never been before.\par I will change darkness into light for them.\par And I will make the rough ground smooth.\par I will do the things I promised!\par And I will not leave my people.\par
“You deaf people should hear me!\par You blind people should look and see me!\par
\{God says,\}“Bring out the people that have eyes but are blind. Bring out the people that have ears but are deaf. {\cf2\super [385]}
“But even then,\par you didnt listen to me!\par You didn‘t learn anything!\par You refused to listen to anything\par I told you.\par I have known since the beginning\par that you would be against me.\par You have rebelled against me\par from the time you were born.\par
The Lord my Master gave me the ability to teach. So now I teach these sad people. Every morning he wakes me and teaches me like a student.
The Lord my Master helps me learn, and I have not turned against him. I will not stop following him.
Who can I speak to?\par Who can I warn?\par Who will listen to me?\par The people of Israel have closed their ears,\par so they can’t hear my warnings.\par The people don’t like the Lord’s teachings.\par They don’t want to hear his message.\par
Then some people brought a man to Jesus. This man was blind and could not talk, because he had a demon {\cf2\super [167]} inside him. Jesus healed the man, and the man could talk and see.
Some blind people and some crippled people came to Jesus in the temple {\cf2\super [289]} area. Jesus healed these people.
“The Spirit of the Lord (God) has come to me.\par God chose me to tell good news to people\par that are poor.\par God sent me to tell people who are\par prisoners that they are free,\par and to tell the blind people\par that they can see again.\par God sent me to free the weak people\par from their suffering\par
But some of these Jews said, “Jesus healed the eyes of the blind man. Why didn’t Jesus help Lazarus and stop him from dying?”
Jesus said, “I came into this world so that the world could be judged. I came so that blind people {\cf2\super [161]} could see. And I came so that people who think they see will become blind.”
You will show the people the Truth. The people will turn away from darkness (sin) to the light (good). They will turn away from the power of Satan, and they will turn to God. Then their sins can be forgiven. They can have a share with those people who have been made holy {\cf2\super [494]} by believing in me.’”
And everything that is made easy to see can become light. This is why we say: