Isaiah 42:7
To open the blind eyes, To bring out the prisoners from the prison, And them that sit in darkness out of the prison-house.
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Psalms 107:10They dwelt in darkness and the shadow of death, Being bound in affliction and iron;
Isaiah 9:2The people that walk in darkness behold a great light; They who dwell in the land of death-like shade, Upon them a light shineth.
Isaiah 35:5Then shall the eyes of the blind be opened, And the ears of the deaf be unstopped.
Isaiah 42:22And yet it is a robbed and plundered people; They are all of them bound in prisons, And hid in dungeons; They have become a spoil, and none delivereth; A prey, and none saith, “Restore!”
Isaiah 61:1The spirit of the Lord Jehovah is upon me, For Jehovah hath anointed me; He hath sent me to publish good tidings to the distressed, To bind up the broken-hearted, To proclaim liberty to the captives, And the opening of the prison to them that are bound;
Matthew 11:5The blind receive sight and the lame walk, lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear, and the dead are raised, and to the poor good tidings are brought;
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 →