14 (A)He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death,
And broke their chains in pieces.

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14 He brought them out of darkness,(A) the utter darkness,(B)
    and broke away their chains.(C)

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16 I will bring the blind by a way they did not know;
I will lead them in paths they have not known.
I will make darkness light before them,
And crooked places straight.
These things I will do for them,
And not forsake them.

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16 I will lead(A) the blind(B) by ways they have not known,
    along unfamiliar paths I will guide them;
I will turn the darkness into light(C) before them
    and make the rough places smooth.(D)
These are the things I will do;
    I will not forsake(E) them.

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16 O Lord, truly (A)I am Your servant;
I am Your servant, (B)the son of Your maidservant;
You have loosed my bonds.

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16 Truly I am your servant, Lord;(A)
    I serve you just as my mother did;(B)
    you have freed me from my chains.(C)

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But you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, His own special people, that you may proclaim the praises of Him who called you out of (A)darkness into His marvelous light;

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But you are a chosen people,(A) a royal priesthood,(B) a holy nation,(C) God’s special possession,(D) that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light.(E)

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God Will Save His People

11 “As for you also,
Because of the blood of your covenant,
I will set your (A)prisoners free from the waterless pit.
12 Return to the stronghold,
(B)You prisoners of hope.
Even today I declare
That I will restore (C)double to you.

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11 As for you, because of the blood of my covenant(A) with you,
    I will free your prisoners(B) from the waterless pit.(C)
12 Return to your fortress,(D) you prisoners of hope;
    even now I announce that I will restore twice(E) as much to you.

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Walk in Light

For you were once darkness, but now you are (A)light in the Lord. Walk as children of light

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For you were once(A) darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Live as children of light(B)

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Jehoiachin Released from Prison(A)

31 (B)Now it came to pass in the thirty-seventh year of the captivity of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth month, on the twenty-fifth day of the month, that [a]Evil-Merodach king of Babylon, in the first year of his reign, (C)lifted[b] up the head of Jehoiachin king of Judah and brought him out of prison. 32 And he spoke kindly to him and gave him a more prominent seat than those of the kings who were with him in Babylon. 33 So [c]Jehoiachin changed from his prison garments, (D)and he ate bread regularly before the king all the days of his life. 34 And as for his provisions, there was a regular ration given him by the king of Babylon, a portion for each day until the day of his death, all the days of his life.

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  1. Jeremiah 52:31 Or Awil-Marduk; lit. The Man of Marduk
  2. Jeremiah 52:31 Showed favor to
  3. Jeremiah 52:33 Lit. he

Jehoiachin Released(A)

31 In the thirty-seventh year of the exile of Jehoiachin(B) king of Judah, in the year Awel-Marduk became king of Babylon, on the twenty-fifth day of the twelfth month, he released Jehoiachin king of Judah and freed him from prison. 32 He spoke kindly to him and gave him a seat of honor higher than those of the other kings who were with him in Babylon. 33 So Jehoiachin put aside his prison clothes and for the rest of his life ate regularly at the king’s table.(C) 34 Day by day the king of Babylon gave Jehoiachin a regular allowance(D) as long as he lived, till the day of his death.

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10 Those who (A)sat in darkness and in the shadow of death,
(B)Bound[a] in affliction and irons—

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  1. Psalm 107:10 Prisoners

10 Some sat in darkness,(A) in utter darkness,
    prisoners suffering(B) in iron chains,(C)

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25 So one came and told them, [a]saying, “Look, the men whom you put in prison are standing in the temple and teaching the people!”

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  1. Acts 5:25 NU, M omit saying

25 Then someone came and said, “Look! The men you put in jail are standing in the temple courts teaching the people.”

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19 But at night (A)an angel of the Lord opened the prison doors and brought them out, and said,

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19 But during the night an angel(A) of the Lord opened the doors of the jail(B) and brought them out.(C)

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16 So ought not this woman, (A)being a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan has bound—think of it—for eighteen years, be loosed from this bond on the Sabbath?”

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16 Then should not this woman, a daughter of Abraham,(A) whom Satan(B) has kept bound for eighteen long years, be set free on the Sabbath day from what bound her?”

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The Good News of Salvation

61 “The (A)Spirit of the Lord God is upon Me,
Because the Lord (B)has anointed Me
To preach good tidings to the poor;
He has sent Me (C)to [a]heal the brokenhearted,
To proclaim (D)liberty to the captives,
And the opening of the prison to those who are bound;

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  1. Isaiah 61:1 Lit. bind up

The Year of the Lord’s Favor

61 The Spirit(A) of the Sovereign Lord(B) is on me,
    because the Lord has anointed(C) me
    to proclaim good news(D) to the poor.(E)
He has sent me to bind up(F) the brokenhearted,
    to proclaim freedom(G) for the captives(H)
    and release from darkness for the prisoners,[a]

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  1. Isaiah 61:1 Hebrew; Septuagint the blind

19 Until the time that his word came to pass,
(A)The word of the Lord tested him.
20 (B)The king sent and released him,
The ruler of the people let him go free.

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19 till what he foretold(A) came to pass,
    till the word(B) of the Lord proved him true.
20 The king sent and released him,
    the ruler of peoples set him free.(C)

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