Isaiah 42:6-7

The Lord's Chosen Servant

⁶ "I am the Lord; _o I have called you in righteousness;
I will take you by the hand and keep you;
I will give you _p as a covenant for the people,
_q a light for the nations,
⁷ _r to open the eyes that are blind,
to bring out the prisoners from the dungeon,
_s from the prison those who sit in darkness.

1. Cross References
   Isaiah 41:9
   You whom I took from the ends of the earth, and called from its farthest corners, saying to you, "You are my servant, I have chosen you and not cast you off".
   
2. Cross References
   Isaiah 49:6
   He says: "It is too light a thing that you should be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob and to bring back the preserved of Israel; I will make you as a light for the nations, that my salvation may reach to the end of the earth.
   Isaiah 49:8
   Thus says the Lord : "In a time of favor I have answered you; in a day of salvation I have helped you; I will keep you and give you as a covenant to the people, to establish the land, to apportion the desolate heritages.
   
3. Cross References
   Luke 2:32
   A light for revelation to the Gentiles, and for glory to your people Israel.
   
4. Cross References
   Isaiah 35:5
   Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of the deaf unstopped.
   Isaiah 49:9
   Saying to the prisoners, 'Come out,' to those who are in darkness, 'Appear.' They shall feed along the ways; on all bare heights shall be their pasture.
   Isaiah 61:1
   The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me, because the Lord has anointed me to bring good news to the poor; he has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to those who are bound.
   Hebrews 2:14 - 15
   Since therefore the children share in flesh and blood, he himself likewise partook of the same things, that through death he might destroy the one who has the power of death, that is, the devil.
   
5. Cross References
   Luke 1:79
   To give light to those who sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace.