17. “Those who trust in idols, who say to the moulded images, ‘You are our mighty ones,’ shall be turned back, utterly ashamed.
18. “Hear, you deaf! And look, you blind, and see.
19. “Who is blind but My servant, or deaf as My messenger whom I send? Who is blind as he who is at peace, and blind as servant of יהוה?
20. “You see much, but do not observe; ears are open, but do not hear.”
21. It has delighted יהוה, for the sake of His righteousness, to make the Torah great and esteemed.
22. But this is a people robbed and plundered, all of them are snared in holes, and they are hidden in prison houses. They have become a prey, with no one to deliver – for plunder, and no one to say, “Restore!”