Isaiah 42:20
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Thou that seest many things, wilt thou not observe them? thou that hast ears open, wilt thou not hear?

seeing

Isaiah 1:3 The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master's crib: but Israel hath not known me, and my people hath not understood.

Isaiah 48:6-8 See now all the things which thou hast heard: but have you declared them? I have shewn thee new things from that time, and things are kept which thou knowest not: . . .

Numbers 14:22 But yet all the men that have seen my majesty, and the signs that I have done in Egypt, and in the wilderness, and have tempted me now ten times, and have not obeyed my voice,

Deuteronomy 4:9 Keep thyself therefore, and thy soul carefully. Forget not the words that thy eyes have seen, and let them not go out of thy heart all the days of thy life. Thou shalt teach them to thy sons and to thy grandsons,

Deuteronomy 29:2-4 And Moses called all Israel, and said to them: You have seen all the things that the Lord did before you in the land of Egypt to Pharao, and to all his servants, and to his whole land. . . .

Nehemiah 9:10-17 And thou shewedst signs and wonders upon Pharao, and upon all his servants, and upon the people of his land: for thou knewest that they dealt proudly against them: and thou madest thyself a name, as it is at this day. . . .

Psalm 106:7-13 Our fathers understood not thy wonders in Egypt: they remembered not the multitude of thy mercies: And they provoked to wrath going up to the sea, even the Red Sea. . . .

Psalm 107:43 Who is wise, and will keep these things; and will understand the mercies of the Lord?

John 9:37-40 And Jesus said to him: Thou hast both seen him; and it is he that talketh with thee. . . .

John 11:37-50 But some of them said: Could not he that opened the eyes of the man born blind have caused that this man should not die? . . .

opening

Isaiah 58:2 For they seek me from day to day, and desire to know my ways, as a nation that hath done justice, and hath not forsaken the judgment of their God: they ask of me the judgments of justice: they are willing to approach to God.

Jeremiah 42:2-5 And they said to Jeremiah the prophet: Let our supplication fall before thee: and pray thou for us to the Lord thy God for all this remnant, for we are left but a few of many, as thy eyes do behold us. . . .

Ezekiel 33:31 And they come to thee, as if people were coming in, and my people sit before thee: and hear thy words, and do them not: for they turn them into a song of their mouth, and their heart goeth after their covetousness.

Mark 6:19,20 Now Herodias laid snares for him: and was desirous to put him to death and could not. . . .

Acts 28:22-27 But we desire to hear of thee what thou thinkest: for as concerning this sect, we know that it is every where contradicted. . . .

Context
Israel is Deaf and Blind
19Who 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? 20Thou that seest many things, wilt thou not observe them? thou that hast ears open, wilt thou not hear?21And the Lord was willing to sanctify him, and to magnify the law, and exalt it.…
Cross References
Matthew 13:13
Therefore do I speak to them in parables: because seeing they see not, and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand.

Romans 2:21
Thou therefore, that teachest another, teachest not thyself: thou, that preachest that men should not steal, stealest.

Lexicon
Though seeing
רָא֥וֹת (rā·’ō·wṯ)
Verb - Qal - Infinitive absolute
Strong's Hebrew 7200: To see

many things,
רַבּ֖וֹת (rab·bō·wṯ)
Adjective - feminine plural
Strong's Hebrew 7227: Much, many, great

you do not
וְלֹ֣א (wə·lō)
Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's Hebrew 3808: Not, no

observe.
תִשְׁמֹ֑ר (ṯiš·mōr)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 8104: To hedge about, guard, to protect, attend to

Though your ears
אָזְנַ֖יִם (’ā·zə·na·yim)
Noun - fd
Strong's Hebrew 241: Broadness, the ear

are open,
פָּק֥וֹחַ (pā·qō·w·aḥ)
Verb - Qal - Infinitive absolute
Strong's Hebrew 6491: To open, to be observant

you hear
יִשְׁמָֽע׃ (yiš·mā‘)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 8085: To hear intelligently

nothing.”
וְלֹ֥א (wə·lō)
Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's Hebrew 3808: Not, no


Additional Translations
Though seeing many things, you do not observe. Though your ears are open, you hear nothing.”Seeing many things, but you observe not; opening the ears, but he hears not.

Thou seest many things, but thou observest not; his ears are open, but he heareth not.

Ye have often seen, and have not taken heed; your ears have been opened, and ye have not heard.

seeing many things, And thou observest not? with opened ears, he heareth not.

Thou seest many things, but thou observest not; his ears are open, but he heareth not.

Seeing many things, but thou observest not; opening the ears, but he heareth not.

You see many things, but don't observe. His ears are open, but he doesn't listen.

Seeing many things, and thou observest not, Opening ears, and he heareth not.
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