The Meaning of Isaiah 42:23 Explained

Isaiah 42:23

KJV: Who among you will give ear to this? who will hearken and hear for the time to come?

YLT: Who among you giveth ear to this? Attendeth, and heareth afterwards.

Darby: Who among you will give ear to this, who will hearken and hear what is to come?

ASV: Who is there among you that will give ear to this? that will hearken and hear for the time to come?

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CONTEXT: What is the Context of Isaiah 42:23?

MEANING: What does Isaiah 42:23 Mean?

WORDS: What do the individual words in Isaiah 42:23 mean?

RELATIONS: What do the major concepts mean in Isaiah 42:23?

What is the context of Isaiah 42:23?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Who among you will give ear to this? [who] will hearken and hear for the time to come?

What does Isaiah 42:23 Mean?

Verse Meaning

The prophet despaired that no one among the Israelites was learning from God.

Context Summary

Isaiah 42:14-25 - A Deaf And Blind Messenger

There are times in our lives when God seems to hold His peace. Evil is rife, bad men prosper, society lies under the spell of vice. It is only temporary, however. Then God comes forth out of the silence, and shows Himself "strong in the behalf of them whose heart is perfect toward Him." He brings the blind "by a way that they knew not," and makes "the crooked places straight."

These wonderful things are wrought not for the wise and holy alone, but for the blind and the deaf, who nevertheless desire to serve Him. See Isaiah 42:19. God's help is not conditioned by our merit, but by our faith. In the eyes of men we may be the least fit to claim divine succor. But our deficiencies and failures constitute our most eloquent claim-God knew what we were, before He ever stooped to identify Himself with us. He is pleased to help us "for His righteousness' sake." His name and character must be maintained. Therefore He has magnified the law and made it honorable by the matchless obedience and death of His only begotten Son. See Galatians 4:4-5. [source]

Chapter Summary: Isaiah 42

¹ The office of Christ, graced with meekness and constancy
⁵ God's promise unto him
¹⁰ An exhortation to praise God for his Gospel
¹³ God will manifest himself, and check idolatry
¹⁸ He reproves the people of incredulity

What do the individual words in Isaiah 42:23 mean?

Who among you will give ear to this [Who] will listen and hear for the time to come

מִ֥י בָכֶ֖ם יַאֲזִ֣ין ؟ זֹ֑את יַקְשִׁ֥ב וְיִשְׁמַ֖ע ؟ לְאָחֽוֹר

בָכֶ֖ם	among you
Parse: Preposition, second person masculine plural
יַאֲזִ֣ין	will give ear
Parse: Verb, Hifil, Imperfect, third person masculine singular Root: אָזַן Sense: to hear, listen.
؟ זֹ֑את	to this
Parse: Pronoun, feminine singular Root: זׄאת Sense: this, this one, here, which, this … that, the one … the other, such.
יַקְשִׁ֥ב	[Who] will listen
Parse: Verb, Hifil, Imperfect, third person masculine singular Root: קָשַׁב Sense: to hear, be attentive, heed, incline (of ears), attend (of ears), hearken, pay attention, listen.
וְיִשְׁמַ֖ע	and hear
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Conjunctive imperfect, third person masculine singular Root: שָׁמַע Sense: to hear, listen to, obey.
؟ לְאָחֽוֹר	for the time to come
Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, masculine singular Root: אָחֹור Sense: the back side, the rear.

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