7To 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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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me; because the LORD hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound;
That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him: …
That thou mayest say to the prisoners, Go forth; to them that are in darkness, Shew yourselves. They shall feed in the ways, and their pastures shall be in all high places.
Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of the deaf shall be unstopped.
And that they may recover themselves out of the snare of the devil, who are taken captive by him at his will.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 5-12)Here is I. The covenant God made with and the commission he gave to the Messiah, Isa. 42:5-7, which are an exposition of Isa. 42:1; Behold my servant, whom I uphold . 1. The royal titles by which the great God here makes himself known, and distinguishes himself from all pretenders, speak very much his glory (Isa. 42:5): Thus saith God the Lord . And who are thou, Lord? Why, he is the fountain of a…
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