Isaiah 42:7

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to open blind eyes, to release prisoners from dungeons, those who live in darkness from prisons.

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  • Isa 61:1 : 1 The Lord Will Rejuvenate His People The Spirit of the Sovereign LORD is upon me, because the LORD has chosen me. He has commissioned me to encourage the poor, to help the brokenhearted, to decree the release of captives, and the freeing of prisoners,
  • Isa 35:5 : 5 Then blind eyes will open, deaf ears will hear.
  • Isa 49:9 : 9 You will say to the prisoners,‘Come out,’ and to those who are in dark dungeons,‘Emerge.’ They will graze beside the roads; on all the slopes they will find pasture.
  • Heb 2:14-15 : 14 Therefore, since the children share in flesh and blood, he likewise shared in their humanity, so that through death he could destroy the one who holds the power of death(that is, the devil), 15 and set free those who were held in slavery all their lives by their fear of death.
  • Ps 107:10-16 : 10 They sat in utter darkness, bound in painful iron chains, 11 because they had rebelled against God’s commands, and rejected the instructions of the Most High. 12 So he used suffering to humble them; they stumbled and no one helped them up. 13 They cried out to the LORD in their distress; he delivered them from their troubles. 14 He brought them out of the utter darkness, and tore off their shackles. 15 Let them give thanks to the LORD for his loyal love, and for the amazing things he has done for people! 16 For he shattered the bronze gates, and hacked through the iron bars.
  • Isa 9:2 : 2 (9:1) The people walking in darkness see a bright light; light shines on those who live in a land of deep darkness.
  • Isa 29:18 : 18 At that time the deaf will be able to hear words read from a scroll, and the eyes of the blind will be able to see through deep darkness.
  • Luke 24:45 : 45 Then he opened their minds so they could understand the scriptures,
  • John 9:39 : 39 Jesus said,]“For judgment I have come into this world, so that those who do not see may gain their sight, and the ones who see may become blind.”
  • Matt 11:5 : 5 The blind see, the lame walk, lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and the poor have good news proclaimed to them
  • Eph 1:17-18 : 17 I pray that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, will give you spiritual wisdom and revelation in your growing knowledge of him, 18 – since the eyes of your heart have been enlightened– so that you can know what is the hope of his calling, what is the wealth of his glorious inheritance in the saints,
  • 2 Tim 2:26 : 26 and they will come to their senses and escape the devil’s trap where they are held 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 proclaim release to the captives and the regaining of sight to the blind, to set free those who are oppressed, 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. The eyes of everyone in the synagogue were fixed on him. 21 Then he began to tell them,“Today this scripture has been fulfilled even as you heard it being read.”
  • Acts 26:18 : 18 to open their eyes so that they turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, so 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,” is the one who shined in our hearts to give us the light of the glorious knowledge of God in the face of Christ.
  • Ps 146:7-8 : 7 vindicates the oppressed, and gives food to the hungry. The LORD releases the imprisoned. 8 The LORD gives sight to the blind. The LORD lifts up all who are bent over. The LORD loves the godly.
  • Isa 42:16 : 16 I will lead the blind along an unfamiliar way; I will guide them down paths they have never traveled. I will turn the darkness in front of them into light, and level out the rough ground. This is what I will do for them. I will not abandon them.
  • Isa 42:22 : 22 But these people are looted and plundered; all of them are trapped in pits and held captive in prisons. They were carried away as loot with no one to rescue them; they were carried away as plunder, and no one says,“Bring that back!”
  • Zech 9:11-12 : 11 Moreover, as for you, because of our covenant relationship secured with blood, I will release your prisoners from the waterless pit. 12 Return to the stronghold, you prisoners, with hope; today I declare that I will return double what was taken from you.
  • 1 Pet 2:9 : 9 But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people of his own, so that you may proclaim the virtues of the one who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.
  • Rev 3:18 : 18 take my advice and buy gold from me refined by fire so you can become rich! Buy from me white clothing so you can be clothed and your shameful nakedness will not be exposed, and buy eye salve to put on your eyes so you can see!

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