Isaiah 42:7

Bishops' Bible (1568)

That thou mayest open the eyes of the blinde, let out the prisoners from their bondes, and them that sit in darknesse out of the dungeon house.

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  • Isa 61:1 : 1 The spirite of the Lord is vpon me: for the Lord hath annoynted me, and sent me to preache good tidinges vnto the poore, that I might binde vp the wounded heartes, that I might preache deliueraunce to the captiue, and open the prison to the that are bounde:
  • Isa 35:5 : 5 Then shall the eyes of the blynde be lyghtened, and the eares of the deaffe opened.
  • Isa 49:9 : 9 That thou mayest say vnto the prisoners, go foorth, and to them that are in darknesse, come into the lyght: they shall feede thee in the hye wayes, and get their pasture in all hye places.
  • Heb 2:14-15 : 14 Forasmuch then as the chyldren are partakers of flesshe and blood, he also hym selfe lykewyse toke part with the, that through death he myght expell hym that had lordship ouer death, that is the deuyll: 15 And that he myght delyuer them, which through feare of death, were all their lyfe tyme in daunger of bondage.
  • Ps 107:10-16 : 10 Suche as sit in darknesse and in the shadowe of death: beyng fast bounde in miserie and iron. 11 Because they went from the wordes of the Lorde: and lightly regarded the counsayle of the most highest. 12 Therfore he humbled their heart thorowe heauines: they fall downe, and there is none to helpe them. 13 And they cry vnto god in their trouble: who deliuereth the out of their distresse. 14 For he bringeth them out of darknesse and out of the shadowe of death: and breaketh their bondes in sunder. 15 O that men would confesse vnto God: his louing kindnes and his marueylous actes done to the chyldren of men. 16 For he breaketh the gates of brasse: & smyteth the barres of iron in sunder.
  • Isa 9:2 : 2 The people that walked in darknesse, haue seene a great light: As for them that dwell in the lande of the shadowe of death, vpon them hath the light shined.
  • Isa 29:18 : 18 And in that day shall deafe men heare the wordes of the booke, and the eyes of the blynde shall see, euen out of the cloude, and out of darknesse.
  • Luke 24:45 : 45 Then opened he their wittes, that they myght vnderstande the scriptures.
  • John 9:39 : 39 And Iesus sayde vnto hym: I am come vnto iudgement into this worlde, that they which see not, myght see: and that they which see, myght be made blynde.
  • Matt 11:5 : 5 The blinde receaue their sight, the halt do walke, the lepers are cleansed, and the deafe heare, the dead are raised vp, and the poore receaue the Gospell.
  • Eph 1:17-18 : 17 That the God of our Lorde Iesus Christe, the father of glorie, may geue vnto you the spirite of wisdome and reuelation, in the knowledge of hym: 18 The eyes of your myndes beyng lightened, that ye maye knowe what the hope is of his callyng, and what the richesse of the glorie of his inheritaunce is in the saintes:
  • 2 Tim 2:26 : 26 And that they may come to the selues agayne, out of the snare of the deuyll, which are holden captyue of hym at his wyll.
  • Luke 4:18-21 : 18 The spirite of the Lord vpon me, because he hath annoynted me, to preache the Gospel to the poore he hath sent me, to heale the broken hearted, to preache deliueraunce to the captiue, & recouering of syght to the blynde, freely to set at libertie them that are bruised: 19 And to preache the acceptable yere of the Lorde. 20 And he closed the booke, and gaue it agayne to the minister, and sate downe: And the eyes of all them that were in ye synagogue, were fastened on hym. 21 And he began to say vnto the: this day is this scripture fulfilled in your eares.
  • Acts 26:18 : 18 To open their eyes, that they may be turned from darknesse to lyght, & from the power of Satan vnto God, that they may receaue forgeuenes of sinnes, & inheritaunce among them which are sanctified by fayth that is towarde me.
  • 2 Cor 4:6 : 6 For it is God that commaundeth the lyght to shine out of darknesse, whiche hath shined in our heartes, for to geue the lyght of the knowledge of the glorie of God, in the face of Iesus Christe.
  • Ps 146:7-8 : 7 God looseth those that be bounde: God geueth syght to the blynde. 8 God rayseth them vp that are falling: God loueth the ryghteous.
  • Isa 42:16 : 16 I wyll bryng the blinde into a streete that they know not, and leade them into a foote path that they are ignoraunt in: I shall make darknesse light before them, and the thing that is crooked to be straight: These things haue I done vnto them, and not forsaken them.
  • Isa 42:22 : 22 But the people them selues is robbed and troden vnder the foote, chayned in dungeons, and they all I say, are shut into prison houses: they be caryed away captiue, and no man doth loose them: they be troden vnder foote, and no man doth labour to bryng them agayne.
  • Zech 9:11-12 : 11 Thou also shalt be saued through the blood of thy couenaunt: I haue loosed thy prisoners out of the pit wherin is no water. 12 Turne you now to the strong holde ye that be in prison & long sore to be deliuered: euen this day I bring thee word that I wyl reward thee double againe.
  • 1 Pet 2:9 : 9 But ye are a chosen generation, a royall priesthood, an holy nation, a peculier people: that ye should shewe foorth the vertues of hym that called you out of darknesse into his marueylous lyght.
  • Rev 3:18 : 18 I counsel thee to bye of me gold tryed in the fyre, that thou mayest be riche, and whyte rayment, that thou mayest be clothed, that thy fylthie nakednesse do not appeare, and annoynt thyne eyes with eye salue, that thou mayest see.

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  • 6 I the Lorde haue called thee in righteousnesse, and wyll holde thee by the hande, and wyll also defende thee, and geue thee for a couenaunt of the people, to be the light of the gentiles.

  • Isa 49:8-9
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    8 And thus saith the Lorde: In the tyme accepted haue I hearde thee, and in the day of saluation haue I helped thee: I wyll preserue thee, and make thee to be the attonement of the people, that thou mayest helpe vp the earth againe, and possesse againe the desolate heritages.

    9 That thou mayest say vnto the prisoners, go foorth, and to them that are in darknesse, come into the lyght: they shall feede thee in the hye wayes, and get their pasture in all hye places.

  • 18 And in that day shall deafe men heare the wordes of the booke, and the eyes of the blynde shall see, euen out of the cloude, and out of darknesse.

  • Isa 61:1-2
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    1 The spirite of the Lord is vpon me: for the Lord hath annoynted me, and sent me to preache good tidinges vnto the poore, that I might binde vp the wounded heartes, that I might preache deliueraunce to the captiue, and open the prison to the that are bounde:

    2 That I might declare the acceptable yere of the Lorde, and the day of the vengeaunce of our God: that I might comfort all them that are in heauinesse:

  • Isa 42:18-20
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    18 Heare O ye deafe men, and sharpen your eyes to see O ye blinde.

    19 Who is blinde but my seruaunt? or so deafe as my messenger whom I sent vnto them? for who is so blinde as the perfect man, and so blinde as the Lords seruaunt?

    20 Thou hast seene much, and kepest nothing: the eares are open, and no man heareth.

  • 16 I wyll bryng the blinde into a streete that they know not, and leade them into a foote path that they are ignoraunt in: I shall make darknesse light before them, and the thing that is crooked to be straight: These things haue I done vnto them, and not forsaken them.

  • 8 Bring foorth that people whiche is blinde and yet hath eyes, whiche are deafe although they haue eares.

  • 5 Then shall the eyes of the blynde be lyghtened, and the eares of the deaffe opened.

  • Isa 42:22-23
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    22 But the people them selues is robbed and troden vnder the foote, chayned in dungeons, and they all I say, are shut into prison houses: they be caryed away captiue, and no man doth loose them: they be troden vnder foote, and no man doth labour to bryng them agayne.

    23 But who is he among you that pondereth this, that considereth it, and taketh it for a warning in tyme to come?

  • 20 That he might heare the mourninges of such as be in captiuitie: and delyuer the children of death.

  • 18 The spirite of the Lord vpon me, because he hath annoynted me, to preache the Gospel to the poore he hath sent me, to heale the broken hearted, to preache deliueraunce to the captiue, & recouering of syght to the blynde, freely to set at libertie them that are bruised:

  • Ps 146:7-8
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    7 God looseth those that be bounde: God geueth syght to the blynde.

    8 God rayseth them vp that are falling: God loueth the ryghteous.

  • 14 For he bringeth them out of darknesse and out of the shadowe of death: and breaketh their bondes in sunder.

  • Isa 49:5-6
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    5 And nowe saith the Lorde, euen he that fashioned me from my mothers wombe to be his seruaunt, that I may bryng Iacob agayne vnto hym, albeit Israel wyll not be gathered vnto hym agayne, yet in Gods sight shall I be glorious, my God shalbe my strength.

    6 And he sayde: It is but a small thyng that thou art my seruaunt to set vp the kinredes of Iacob, and to restore the destruction of Israel: For I haue made thee the lyght of the gentiles, that thou mayest be my health vnto the ende of the worlde.

  • Isa 45:1-3
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    1 Thus saith the Lorde vnto Cyrus his annointed, who I haue taken by the right hande, to subdue nations before hym: I wyl loose the loynes of kinges, and I wyl open the gates before his face, and the gates shall not be shut.

    2 I wyll go before thee, and make the crooked straigth: I shall breake the brasen doores, and burst the iron barres.

    3 I shall geue thee hid treasures and the thing whiche is secretly kept: that thou mayest know that I am the Lord God of Israel, whiche haue called thee by thy name.

  • 17 Is this he that made the worlde in a maner waste, and layde the cities to the grounde, which let not his prisoners go out?

  • 11 Thou also shalt be saued through the blood of thy couenaunt: I haue loosed thy prisoners out of the pit wherin is no water.

  • 79 To geue lyght to them that sitte in darknesse, and in the shadowe of death, to guide our feete into the way of peace.

  • 2 The people that walked in darknesse, haue seene a great light: As for them that dwell in the lande of the shadowe of death, vpon them hath the light shined.

  • 13 I shall wake hym vp with righteousnesse, and order all his wayes: He shall buylde my citie, and let out my prisoners, and that neither for gyftes nor rewardes saith the Lorde of hoastes.

  • 1 Behold this is my seruaunt vpon whom I leane, my elect in who my soule is pacified: I haue geuen my spirite vpon him, that he may shewe foorth iudgement among the gentiles.

  • 8 Euen I am the Lord, and this is my name: and my glory wyll I geue to none other, neither mine honour to grauen images.

  • Isa 60:1-3
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    1 Get thee vp betymes, and be bright O Hierusalem for thy light commeth, and the glorie of the Lord is risen vp vpon thee.

    2 For lo, whyle the darknesse & cloude couereth the earth and the people, the Lorde shall shewe thee light, and his glory shalbe seene in thee.

    3 The gentiles shall come to thy light, & kinges to the brightnesse that springeth foorth vpon thee.

  • 18 Open thou myne eyes: and I will beholde the wonderous thynges of thy lawe.

  • 22 And they shalbe gathered together as they that be in pryson, and they shalbe shut vp in warde, and after many dayes shall they be visited.

  • 10 Suche as sit in darknesse and in the shadowe of death: beyng fast bounde in miserie and iron.

  • 15 I was an eye to the blinde, and a foote to the lame.

  • 16 The people, which sate in darknesse, sawe great lyght: And to them whiche sate in the region and shadowe of death, lyght is sprong vp.

  • 11 Let the sorowfull sighing of the prisoners come before thee, accordyng vnto the greatnes of thy power: preserue thou those that are appoynted to dye.

  • 14 The exile maketh haste to be loosed, that he dye not in prison, and that his bread fayle hym not.

  • 20 At the same time will I bring you againe, & at the same time will I gather you: I will get you a name and a good report among all people of the earth, when I turne backe your captiuitie before your eyes, sayth the Lorde.

  • 32 A light to be reuealed to the gentiles, and the glory of thy people Israel.

  • 8 Then shall thy light breake foorth as the morning, and thy health florishe right shortly: righteousnesse shall go before thee, and the glory of the Lorde shall embrace thee.

  • 6 Doth not this fasting rather please me, That thou lose the wicked bands, that thou take of the ouer heauie burthens, that thou let the oppressed go free, and breake all maner of yoke?

  • 29 For thou art my lyght, O Lorde: and the Lorde shall light my darkenesse.

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    8 Thy watchmen shall lyft vp their voyce, with loude voyce they shall reioyce together: for they shall see plainly when the Lorde shall conuert Sion.

    9 Be glad O thou desolate Hierusalem, and reioyce together: for the Lord hath comforted his people, he hath deliuered Hierusalem.

  • 4 Deliuer the poore and outcast: saue them from the hande of the vngodly.

  • 52 And let thyne eyes be open vnto the prayer of thy seruaunt, and vnto the prayer of thy people Israel, to hearken vnto them in all that they call for vnto thee.