Paraphrased thus, Isaiah says: “The eyes of the blind will be opened, the ears of the deaf will be unstopped, the limbs of human beings will no longer be lame, crippled, withered or limited and the voices of the mute will once again be heard” (Isa. 35:5–6). The presence of God, Isaiah was seeking to communicate, will be seen not in a being, but in the image of human beings achieving wholeness. It was a different insight, perhaps a new breakthrough in human consciousness. The realm of the human and the realm of the divine driven to their depths were not separate, he was suggesting. Isaiah the
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