Teks -- Isaiah 42:7 (NET)

42:7 to open blind eyes, to release prisoners from dungeons, those who live in darkness from prisons.

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JFB: Isa 42:7 - blind

Spiritually (Isa 42:16, Isa 42:18-19; Isa 35:5; Joh 9:39).

JFB: Isa 42:7 - prison

(Isa 61:1-2).

JFB: Isa 42:7 - darkness

Opposed to "light" (Isa 42:6; Eph 5:8; 1Pe 2:9).

Clarke: Isa 42:7 - To open the blind eyes

To open the blind eyes - In this verse the prophet seems to set forth the spiritual redemption, under images borrowed from the temporal deliverance

Out of the prison house "And from the dungeon"- The Septuagint, Syriac, and four MSS., one ancient, add the conjunction ו vau , ומבית umibbeith , and from the house.

Calvin: Isa 42:7 - That thou mayest open the eyes of the blind

7.That thou mayest open the eyes of the blind Here he explains more fully for what end Christ shall be sent by the Father, that we may see more clearly what advantage he yields us, and how much we need his assistance. He reminds all men of their “blindness,” that they may acknowledge it, if they wish to be illuminated by Christ. In short, under these metaphors he declares what is the condition of men, till Christ shine upon them as their Redeemer; that is, that they are most wretched, empty, and destitute of all blessings, and surrounded and overwhelmed by innumerable distresses, till they are delivered by Christ.

Now, though the Prophet addresses Christ himself, yet he has in his eye believers, that they may know that in him they ought to trust, and may not doubt that a remedy will be provided for all their distresses, if they implore his aid. God does not here enjoin Christ what he shall do, as if he needed to be taught or to receive commandments; but he addresses him for our sake, that we may know why the Father sent him; as he says also, (Psa 2:7,) “I will make known the decree; ask of me, I will give thee the Gentiles;” for in that passage the rank and authority of Christ are declared, that we may know that the Father has bestowed on him the highest authority, in order that we may more securely place all our hope and confidence in him.

TSK: Isa 42:7 - open // to bring

open : Isa 42:16, Isa 29:18, Isa 35:5; Psa 146:8; Mat 11:5; Luk 24:45; Joh 9:39; Act 26:18; 2Co 4:6; Eph 1:17, Eph 1:18; Rev 3:18

to bring : Isa 42:22, Isa 9:2, Isa 49:9, Isa 61:1; Psa 107:10-16, Psa 146:7; Zec 9:11, Zec 9:12; Luk 4:18-21; 2Ti 2:26; Heb 2:14, Heb 2:15; 1Pe 2:9

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Poole: Isa 42:7 - The blind eyes // The prisoners

The blind eyes the eyes of their minds blinded with long ignorance, and deep prejudice, and inveterate error, and by the power and policy of the god of this world, 2Co 4:4 , which nothing but the almighty power of God could cure.

The prisoners sinners, unto are taken captive by the devil at his will, as we read, 2Ti 2:26 , and as daily experience showeth, and who are enslaved and chained by their own lusts, and made free-men only by Christ, Joh 8:32,36 . Compare this portion of Scripture with Isa 61:1 , and both with Luk 4:17-21 , where it is said to be fulfilled in and by Christ.

Haydock: Isa 42:7 - House

House. The Jews out of captivity, prefigured the redemption of mankind. These miracles proved that Jesus was the Messias, Luke vii. 22.

Gill: Isa 42:7 - To open the blind eyes // to bring out the prisoners from the prison // and them that sit in darkness out of the prison house

To open the blind eyes,.... Of the idolatrous Gentiles, who were spiritually blind, and knew not the wretchedness of their case; the exceeding sinfulness of sin; their need of a Saviour, and who he was; as they did, when their eyes were opened by means of the Gospel sent among them, through the energy of the divine Spirit; for this is a work of almighty power and efficacious grace:

to bring out the prisoners from the prison; who were concluded in sin, shut up in unbelief, and under the law, the captives of Satan, and held fast prisoners by him and their own lusts, under the dominion of which they were:

and them that sit in darkness out of the prison house: of sin, Satan, and the law; being under which, they were in a state of darkness and ignorance as to things divine and spiritual. The allusion is to prisons, which are commonly dark places. Vitringa, by the "prisoners", understands the Jews shut up under the law; and by those in "darkness" the Gentiles, destitute of all divine knowledge.