Isaiah 42:7
so that you may open the eyes of the blind, and lead out the prisoner from confinement and those sitting in darkness from the house of incarceration.
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In Context
8I am the Lord; this is my name. I will not give my glory to another, nor my praise to graven things.
Cross References
Psalms 107:10Moab is the cooking pot of my hope. I will extend my shoe in Idumea; the foreigners have become my friends.
Isaiah 9:2The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light. A light has risen for the inhabitants of the region of the shadow of death.
Isaiah 35:5Then the eyes of the blind will be opened, and the ears of the deaf will be cleared.
Isaiah 42:22But this same people has robbed and laid waste. All their youth are a snare, and they have been hidden in houses of confinement. They have become victims; there is no one who may rescue them. They have been plundered; there is no one who may say, “Restore.”
Isaiah 61:1The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, for the Lord has anointed me. He has sent me to bring good news to the meek, so as to heal the contrite of heart, to preach leniency to captives and release to the confined,
Matthew 11:5The blind see, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead rise again, the poor are evangelized.
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 →