פירוש על ישעיהו 42:19

Who is blind among you? There is no one but My servant; he is the most blind of all of you. And the most deaf among you is like My messenger whom I send to prophesy prophecies.

Who is blind, etc. This verse proves the correctness of my explanation.³⁰As to the prophet’s being mocked by his audience, and the redemption of the Jews from Babylon being at the same time his deliverance from his own personal sufferings and troubles, see Introduction, and I. E. on c. xl. Note 1.

He who was blind is as the one who received his payment He who was blind among you has already received his chastisements, and he is as one who was paid all payments due him and has emerged cleansed.