7 to open the eyes of the blind, to bring prisoners out of the dungeon and those sitting in darkness out from the prison house. 8 I am the LORD; that is My name! I will not yield My glory to another or My praise to idols. 9 Behold, the former things have happened, and now I declare new things. Before they spring forth I proclaim them to you.”
Isaiah 42:7–9
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