Isaiah 42:7
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7 To open the eyes of the blind,
to bring out prisoners from confinement,
and from the dungeon, those who live in darkness.
Isaiah 42:22
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22 This is a people[a] plundered and despoiled,
all of them trapped in holes,
hidden away in prisons.
They are taken as plunder, with no one to rescue them,
as spoil, with no one to say, “Give back!”
Footnotes
- 42:22 A people: Israel in exile.
Job 36:8-9
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8 If they are bound with fetters,
held fast by bonds of affliction,
9 He lets them know what they have done,
and how arrogant are their sins.
Proverbs 1:25
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25 Because you disdained all my counsel,
and my reproof you ignored—
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