17They will be turned back and be greatly shamed who put their hope in pictured images, who say to metal images, You are our gods.
18Give ear, you whose ears are shut; and let your eyes be open, you blind, so that you may see.
19Who is blind, but my servant? who has his ears stopped, but he whom I send? who is blind as my true one, or who has his ears shut like the Lord's servant?
20Seeing much, but keeping nothing in mind; his ears are open, but there is no hearing.
21It was the Lord's pleasure, because of his righteousness, to make the teaching great and give it honour.
22But this is a people whose property has been taken away from them by force; they are all taken in holes, and shut up in prisons: they are made prisoners, and no one makes them free; they are taken by force and no one says, Give them back.
23Who is there among you who will give ear to this? who will give attention to it for the time to come?
