Isaiah 42:7
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Isaiah 42:7 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Isaiah 42:7 is a verse from the book of Isaiah in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "To open the blind eyes, to bring out the prisoners from the prison, and them that sit in darkness out of the prison hous..." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Isaiah 42:7 — KJV
“To open the blind eyes, to bring out the prisoners from the prison, and them that sit in darkness out of the prison house.”
— Isaiah 42:7 (KJV)
Isaiah 42:7 in Context — About the Book of Isaiah
Isaiah is the prince of prophets — soaring visions of God's holiness, searing warnings, and the Old Testament's clearest portraits of the coming Messiah: born of a virgin, wounded for our transgressions, a man of sorrows. Comfort and strength for the weary run through every chapter.
Cross-References for Isaiah 42:7
“Then he put out the eyes of Zedekiah; and the king of Babylon bound him in chains, and carried him to Babylon, and put him in prison till the day of his death. put out: Heb. blinded chains: or, fetters prison: Heb. house of the wards”
Shares key themes with Isaiah 42:7: blind, eyes, prison
“In that day, saith the LORD, I will smite every horse with astonishment, and his rider with madness: and I will open mine eyes upon the house of Judah, and will smite every horse of the people with blindness.”
Shares key themes with Isaiah 42:7: open, blind, eyes
“That made the world as a wilderness, and destroyed the cities thereof; that opened not the house of his prisoners? opened...: or, did not let his prisoners loose homeward?”
Shares key themes with Isaiah 42:7: open, prisoners, prison
“But the Philistines took him, and put out his eyes, and brought him down to Gaza, and bound him with fetters of brass; and he did grind in the prison house. put out: Heb. bored out”
Shares key themes with Isaiah 42:7: eyes, prison, house
“And David said on that day, Whosoever getteth up to the gutter, and smiteth the Jebusites, and the lame and the blind, that are hated of David's soul, he shall be chief and captain. Wherefore they said, The blind and the lame shall not come into the house. Wherefore...: or, Because they had said, even the blind and the lame, He shall not”
Shares key themes with Isaiah 42:7: blind, sit, house
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