'Prisoners' in the Bible

So Joseph’s master took him and put him in the prison, a place where the king’s prisoners were confined; so he was there in the prison.

The warden committed to Joseph’s care (management) all the prisoners who were in the prison; so that whatever was done there, he was in charge of it.

Now therefore, hear me and return the captives whom you have captured from your brothers (fellow descendants of Israel, i.e. Jacob), for the burning anger of the Lord is against you.”

“There the prisoners rest together;They do not hear the taskmaster’s voice.

God makes a home for the lonely;He leads the prisoners into prosperity,Only the stubborn and rebellious dwell in a parched land.

For the Lord hears the needyAnd does not despise His who are prisoners.

Who executes justice for the oppressed,Who gives food to the hungry.The Lord sets free the prisoners.

Nothing remains but to crouch among the captivesOr fall [dead] among the slain [on the battlefield].In spite of all this, God’s anger does not turn away,But His hand is still stretched out [in judgment].

Who made the world like a wildernessAnd overthrew its cities,Who did not permit his prisoners to return home?’

They will be gathered togetherAs prisoners [are gathered] in a dungeon;They will be shut up in prison,And after many days they will be visited and punished.

To open the eyes of the blind,To bring out prisoners from the dungeonAnd those who sit in darkness from the prison.

Then the captain of the guard took [as prisoners] Seraiah the chief priest and Zephaniah the second priest and the three doorkeepers.

To trample and crush under His feetAll the prisoners of the land,

“They all come for violence;Their horde of faces moves [eagerly] forward,They gather prisoners like sand.

Return to the stronghold [of security and prosperity], O prisoners who have the hope;Even today I am declaring that I will restore double [your former prosperity] to you [as firstborn among nations].