Isaiah 42:7

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To open blind eyes, to bring prisoners out from the dungeon, and to release those who dwell in darkness from their confinement.

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  • Isa 61:1 : 1 The Spirit of the Sovereign Lord is upon me, because the Lord has anointed me to bring good news to the poor. He has sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and release to the prisoners.
  • Isa 35:5 : 5 Then the eyes of the blind will be opened, and the ears of the deaf will be unstopped.
  • Isa 49:9 : 9 To say to the captives, 'Come out,' and to those in darkness, 'Show yourselves.' They will feed along the roads and find pasture on every barren hill.
  • Heb 2:14-15 : 14 Since the children share in flesh and blood, He too likewise partook of the same, so that through death He might destroy the one who has the power of death—that is, the devil. 15 and might free those who all their lives were held in slavery by their fear of death.
  • Ps 107:10-16 : 10 Some sat in darkness and in the shadow of death, prisoners in misery and chains. 11 For they had rebelled against the words of God and despised the counsel of the Most High. 12 So He humbled their hearts with labor; they stumbled, and there was no one to help. 13 Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble, and He saved them from their distress. 14 He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death and broke their chains apart. 15 Let them give thanks to the LORD for His steadfast love and His wonderful deeds for mankind. 16 For He has broken down the gates of bronze and cut through the bars of iron.
  • Isa 9:2 : 2 You have multiplied the nation and increased their joy; they rejoice before you as people rejoice at the harvest, as warriors rejoice when dividing the plunder.
  • Isa 29:18 : 18 On that day the deaf will hear the words of the scroll, and out of gloom and darkness the eyes of the blind will see.
  • Luke 24:45 : 45 Then he opened their minds so they could understand the Scriptures.
  • John 9:39 : 39 Jesus said, 'For judgment I came into this world, so that those who are blind may see and those who see may become blind.'
  • Matt 11:5 : 5 The blind receive their sight, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and the poor have the good news proclaimed to them.
  • Eph 1:17-18 : 17 that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, may give you the Spirit of wisdom and revelation, so that you may know Him better. 18 I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened so that you may know the hope of His calling, the riches of His glorious inheritance in the saints,
  • 2 Tim 2:26 : 26 Then they may come to their senses and escape from the trap of the devil, who has taken them captive to do his will.
  • Luke 4:18-21 : 18 The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because He has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to proclaim freedom for the captives and recovery of sight for the blind, to set the oppressed free, 19 to proclaim the year of the Lord's favor. 20 Then He rolled up the scroll, gave it back to the attendant, and sat down. All the eyes in the synagogue were fixed on Him. 21 He began by saying to them, 'Today this Scripture is fulfilled in your hearing.'
  • Acts 26:18 : 18 to open their eyes so that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and a share among those who are sanctified by faith in me.
  • 2 Cor 4:6 : 6 For God, who said, 'Let light shine out of darkness,' has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of God's glory displayed in the face of Jesus Christ.
  • Ps 146:7-8 : 7 He upholds the cause of the oppressed and gives food to the hungry. The LORD sets the prisoners free, 8 The LORD gives sight to the blind, the LORD lifts up those who are bowed down, the LORD loves the righteous.
  • Isa 42:16 : 16 I will lead the blind by a way they did not know; along unfamiliar paths, I will guide them. I will turn darkness before them into light and make the rough places level. These are the things I will do, and I will not abandon them.
  • Isa 42:22 : 22 But this is a people plundered and looted, all of them trapped in holes or hidden away in prisons. They have become plunder, with no one to rescue them; they are loot, with no one to say, 'Restore them.'
  • Zech 9:11-12 : 11 As for you, because of the blood of your covenant, I will release your prisoners from the waterless pit. 12 Return to your stronghold, prisoners of hope. Even today I declare that I will restore to you double.
  • 1 Pet 2:9 : 9 But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God's own possession, so that you may proclaim the praises of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.
  • Rev 3:18 : 18 I counsel you to buy from me gold refined in the fire so that you may become rich; white garments so that you may be clothed and your shameful nakedness not be exposed; and ointment to anoint your eyes so that you may see.

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