The direct address—'Hear, you deaf; and you blind, look that you may see!'—startles Israel by identifying them with the deaf and blind previously mentioned as needing healing. The rhetorical irony suggests that despite God's clear proclamation and servant's work, Israel itself has become deaf and blind to divine word. The command to 'hear' and 'look' challenges Israel to awaken from spiritual numbness and participate actively in their own restoration. This verse turns judgment inward, implying that Israel's suffering includes spiritual sensory deprivation that must be reversed.

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