Psalm 107:14
He brought them out of darkness and the deep (deathly) darkness
And broke their bonds apart.
Psalm 116:16
O Lord, truly I am Your servant;
I am Your servant, the son of Your handmaid;
You have unfastened my chains.
Psalm 107:10
Some dwelt in darkness and in the deep (deathly) darkness,
Prisoners [bound] in misery and chains,
Job 3:5
“Let darkness and gloom claim it for their own;
Let a cloud settle upon it;
Let all that blackens the day terrify it (the day that I was born).
Job 10:21-22
Before I go—and I shall not return—
To the land of darkness and the deep shadow [of death],
Job 15:22
“He does not believe that he will return out of the darkness [for fear of being murdered],
And he is destined for the sword [of God’s vengeance].
Job 15:30
“He will not escape from darkness [fleeing disaster];
The flame [of God’s wrath] will wither his branch,
And by the blast of His mouth he will go away.
Job 19:8
“He has walled up my way so that I cannot pass,
And He has set darkness upon my paths.
Job 33:30
To bring his life back from the pit [of destruction],
That he may be enlightened with the light of the living.
Job 36:8
“And if they are bound in bonds [of adversity],
And held by cords of affliction,
Job 42:10-12
The Lord restored the fortunes of Job when he prayed for his friends, and the Lord gave Job twice as much as he had before.
Psalm 68:6
God makes a home for the lonely;
He leads the prisoners into prosperity,
Only the stubborn and rebellious dwell in a parched land.
Psalm 102:20
To hear the sighing of the prisoner,
To set free those who were doomed to death,
Psalm 105:19-20
Until the time that his word [of prophecy regarding his brothers] came true,
The word of the Lord tested and refined him.
Psalm 146:7
Who executes justice for the oppressed,
Who gives food to the hungry.
The Lord sets free the prisoners.
Isaiah 42:16
“I will lead the blind by a way they do not know;
I will guide them in paths that they do not know.
I will make darkness into light before them
And rugged places into plains.
These things I will do [for them],
And I will not leave them abandoned or undone.”
Isaiah 49:9
Saying to those who are bound and captured, ‘Go forth,’
And to those who are in [spiritual] darkness, ‘Show yourselves [come into the light of the Savior].’
They will feed along the roads [on which they travel],
And their pastures will be on all the bare heights.
Isaiah 60:1-3
And the glory and brilliance of the Lord has risen upon you.
Isaiah 61:1
Because the Lord has anointed and commissioned me
To bring good news to the humble and afflicted;
He has sent me to bind up [the wounds of] the brokenhearted,
To proclaim release [from confinement and condemnation] to the [physical and spiritual] captives
And freedom to prisoners,
Jeremiah 52:31-34
Now it came about in the thirty-seventh year of the exile of Jehoiachin [also called Coniah and Jeconiah] king of Judah, in the twelfth month, on the twenty-fifth of the month, Evil-merodach king of Babylon, in the first year of his reign,
Zechariah 9:11-12
As for you also, because of the blood of My covenant with you [My chosen people, the covenant that was sealed with blood]
I have freed your prisoners from the waterless pit.
Luke 13:16
Acts 5:19
But during the night an angel of the Lord opened the prison doors, and leading them out, he said,
Acts 5:25
But someone came and told them, “The men whom you put in prison are standing [right here] in the temple [area], teaching the people!”
Acts 12:7-10
Suddenly, an angel of the Lord appeared [beside him] and a light shone in the cell. The angel struck Peter’s side and awakened him, saying, “Get up quickly!” And the chains fell off his hands.
Acts 16:26-40
suddenly there was a great earthquake, so [powerful] that the very foundations of the prison were shaken and at once all the doors were opened and everyone’s chains were unfastened.
Ephesians 5:8
For once you were darkness, but now you are light in the Lord; walk as children of Light [live as those who are native-born to the Light]
1 Peter 2:9
But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a consecrated nation, a [special] people for God’s own possession, so that you may proclaim the excellencies [the wonderful deeds and virtues and perfections] of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.
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Brought
Some dwelt in darkness and in the deep (deathly) darkness,
Prisoners [bound] in misery and chains,
God makes a home for the lonely;
He leads the prisoners into prosperity,
Only the stubborn and rebellious dwell in a parched land.
“Let darkness and gloom claim it for their own;
Let a cloud settle upon it;
Let all that blackens the day terrify it (the day that I was born).
Before I go—and I shall not return—
To the land of darkness and the deep shadow [of death],
“He does not believe that he will return out of the darkness [for fear of being murdered],
And he is destined for the sword [of God’s vengeance].
“He has walled up my way so that I cannot pass,
And He has set darkness upon my paths.
To bring his life back from the pit [of destruction],
That he may be enlightened with the light of the living.
“I will lead the blind by a way they do not know;
I will guide them in paths that they do not know.
I will make darkness into light before them
And rugged places into plains.
These things I will do [for them],
And I will not leave them abandoned or undone.”
Saying to those who are bound and captured, ‘Go forth,’
And to those who are in [spiritual] darkness, ‘Show yourselves [come into the light of the Savior].’
They will feed along the roads [on which they travel],
And their pastures will be on all the bare heights.
And the glory and brilliance of the Lord has risen upon you.
Brake
To hear the sighing of the prisoner,
To set free those who were doomed to death,
Until the time that his word [of prophecy regarding his brothers] came true,
The word of the Lord tested and refined him.
O Lord, truly I am Your servant;
I am Your servant, the son of Your handmaid;
You have unfastened my chains.
Who executes justice for the oppressed,
Who gives food to the hungry.
The Lord sets free the prisoners.
“And if they are bound in bonds [of adversity],
And held by cords of affliction,
Because the Lord has anointed and commissioned me
To bring good news to the humble and afflicted;
He has sent me to bind up [the wounds of] the brokenhearted,
To proclaim release [from confinement and condemnation] to the [physical and spiritual] captives
And freedom to prisoners,
As for you also, because of the blood of My covenant with you [My chosen people, the covenant that was sealed with blood]
I have freed your prisoners from the waterless pit.