‘A Servant Who Is Deaf and Blind’

26, 27. How does Israel prove to be ‘a servant deaf and blind,’ and with what consequences?

²⁶ God’s Chosen Servant, Jesus Christ, remained faithful to death. Jehovah’s people Israel, though, prove to be an unfaithful servant, deaf and blind in a spiritual sense. Addressing them, Jehovah says: “Hear, you deaf ones; and look forth to see, you blind ones.

Isaiah 42:18

²⁷ What a lamentable failure Israel is! Her people repeatedly fall away to worshiping the demon gods of the nations. Again and again, Jehovah keeps sending his messengers, but his people pay no heed. (2 Chronicles 36:14-16)