Psa 107:10-14, Isa 42:6-7, 60:1-3, Mic 7:8, Luk 1:78-79, 2:32 | ESV | STEP | Some sat in darkness and in the shadow of death , prisoners in affliction and in irons ,

Psalms 107:10-14

10 ^aSome sat in darkness and in ^bthe shadow of death,
prisoners in ^caffliction and in irons,
11 for they ^dhad rebelled against the words of God,
and ^espurned the counsel of the Most High.
12 So he bowed their hearts down with hard labor;
they fell down, ^fwith none to help.
13 ^gThen they cried to the Lord in their trouble,
and he delivered them from their distress.
14 He brought them out of ^hdarkness and the shadow of death,
and ⁱburst their bonds apart.

Isaiah 42:6-7

6 “I am the Lord; ^jI have called you ^{▼▼The Hebrew for you is singular; four times in this verse} in righteousness;
I will take you by the hand and keep you;
I will give you ^las a covenant for the people,
^ma light for the nations,
7 ⁿto open the eyes that are blind,
to bring out the prisoners from the dungeon,
^ofrom the prison those who sit in darkness.

Isaiah 60:1-3

The Future Glory of Israel

1 ^pArise, shine, for your light has come,
and ^qthe glory of the Lord has risen upon you.
2 For behold, darkness shall cover the earth,
and thick darkness the peoples;
but the Lord will arise upon you,
and his glory will be seen upon you.
3 ^rAnd nations shall come to your light,
and kings to the brightness of your rising.

Micah 7:8

8 ^sRejoice not over me, O ^tmy enemy;
^uwhen I fall, I shall rise;
^vwhen I sit in darkness,
the Lord will be a light to me.

Luke 1:78-79

78 because of the ^wtender mercy of our God,
whereby ^xthe sunrise shall ^yvisit us ^{▼▼Or when the sunrise shall dawn upon us; some manuscripts since the sunrise has visited us} ^aafrom on high
79 to ^abgive light to ^acthose who sit in darkness and in the shadow of death,
to guide our feet into ^adthe way of ^aepeace.”

Luke 2:32

32 ^afa light for revelation to the Gentiles,
and ^agfor glory to ^ahyour people Israel.”