Isa 14:17, 35:5, 42:7 | JFB | e4.org | 17. opened not . . . house . . . prisoners —But MAURER , as Margin, "Did not let his captives loose homewards. "

‏ Isaiah 14:17

17. opened not . . . house . . . prisoners—But MAURER, as Margin, "Did not let his captives loose homewards."

‏ Isaiah 35:5

5, 6. Language figuratively, descriptive of the joy felt at the deliverance from Assyria and Babylon; literally, true of the antitypical times of Messiah and His miracles (see Margin references, Mt 11:5; Lu 7:2; 2Jo 5, 8; Ac 3:2).

‏ Isaiah 42:7

7. blind—spiritually (Isa 42:16, 18, 19; Isa 35:5; Joh 9:39).

prison— (Isa 61:1, 2).

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