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Isaiah 42:7

to open the eyes of the blind, to release the prisoners from the dungeon, 1 and from the house of confinement those who sit in darkness. 1

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In The King James Version

To open the blind eyes, to bring out the prisoners from the prison, and them that sit in darkness out of the prison house.

In Context

6“I, Yahweh, have called you in righteousness and will hold your hand. 1 I will keep you and set you as a covenant for the people, as a light for the Gentiles, 1

8I am Yahweh, that is my name; 1 and my glory I will not share with another nor my praise with carved idols. 1

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Cross References

Psalms 107:10Some sat in darkness and in gloom, 1 prisoners in affliction and chains. 1

Isaiah 9:2The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light; 1 those who have lived in the land of the shadow of death, the light has shone on them. + 9:2 Instead of the shadow of death , some versions have darkness . 1

Isaiah 35:5Then the eyes of the blind will see, and the ears of the deaf will hear. 1

Isaiah 42:22But this is a people robbed and plundered; 1 they are all trapped in pits, held captive in prisons; 1 they have become a plunder with no one to rescue them, and no one says, “Bring them back!” 1

Isaiah 61:1The Spirit of the Lord Yahweh is on me, because Yahweh has anointed me 1 to proclaim good news to the afflicted. He has sent me to heal the brokenhearted, 1 to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison for those who are bound. 1

Matthew 11:5Blind people are receiving sight, lame people are walking, lepers are being cleansed, deaf people are hearing again, people who have died are being raised back to life, and needy people are being told the 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 →

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