Matthew Poole and continuators on Isaiah 32:3
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Isaiah32:3
3. And the eyes of them that see, shall not be dim, and the ears of them that hear, shall hearken .
This is meant, Either 1. of the Princes or Magistrates, who are instead of Eyes and Ears, both to the King, and to the People, who, by their office, are to see and observe all things, and to hear all Causes. These, saith he, shall not shut their Eyes, nor suffer them to be blinded with Gifts, to favour a rich Man in an unjust Cause; they shall not shut their Ears against the Complaints of the poor oppressed Ones, as wicked Princes commonly do. Or 2. of the People, they shall not shut their Eyes and Ears against the good Counsels and Examples of their Religious King and Rulers, as they have done formerly: Both Princes and People shall be reformed. This was done in some poor measure in Hezekiah's time; but far more fully and eminently in the days of the Messiah, who, by his grace, changeth Men's Hearts, and cureth them of that wilful and obstinate Blindness, whereof they had been Guilty before. Which clearly sheweth, That this Prophecy looks through Hezekiah unto Christ. And the like may be said of the following Verse.
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