To open the blind eyes. Renewing the prophecy of Isaiah 35:5.
prisoners. See Isaiah 49:9; Isaiah 61:1.
sit. Put by Figure of speech Synecdoche (of Species), for being in. permanent condition.
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Isaiah 42:7
7 To open the blind eyes, to bring out the prisoners from the prison, and them that sit in darkness out of the prison house.