Isaiah 42:7
to open the blind eyes, to bring out the prisoners from the dungeon, and those who sit in darkness out of the prison-house.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
8I am LORD. That is my name, and I will not give my glory to another, nor my praise to graven images.
Cross References
Psalms 107:10[even] those who sat in darkness and in the shadow of death, being bound in affliction and iron,
Isaiah 9:2The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light. Those who dwelt in the land of the shadow of death, upon them the light has shone.
Isaiah 35:5Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of the deaf shall be unstopped.
Isaiah 42:22But this is a people robbed and plundered. They are all of them snared in holes, and they are hid in prison-houses. They are for a prey, and none delivers, for a spoil, and none says, Restore.
Isaiah 61:1The Spirit of lord LORD is upon me, because LORD has anointed me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent me to heal the broken-hearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind (LXX/NT), and
Matthew 11:5the blind receive their sight, and the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear, and the dead are raised up, and the poor are proclaimed good-news.
Matthew Henry on Isaiah 42:6-13
The Messiah's Approach. ( b. c. 708.) 5 Thus saith God the Lord , he that created the heavens, and stretched them out; he that spread forth the earth, and that which cometh out of it; he that giveth breath unto the people upon it, and spirit to them that walk therein: 6 I the Lord have called thee in righteousness, and will hold thine hand, and will keep thee, and give thee for a covenant of the people, for a light of the Gentiles; 7 To open the blind eyes, to bring out the prisoners from the prison, and them that… Read the whole commentary →