Psa 107:10-16, 146:7, Isa 9:2, 42:22, 49:9, 61:1, Zec 9:11-12, Luk 4:18-21 | ESV | STEP | Some sat in darkness and in the shadow of death , prisoners in affliction and in irons ,

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.
15 ^jLet them thank the Lord for his steadfast love,
for his wondrous works to the children of man!
16 For he ^kshatters the doors of bronze
and cuts in two the bars of iron.

Psalms 146:7

7 ^lwho executes justice for the oppressed,
^mwho gives food to the hungry.
ⁿThe Lord sets the prisoners free;

Isaiah 9:2

2 ^{▼▼Ch 9:1 in Hebrew} ^pThe people ^qwho walked in darkness
have seen a great light;
those who dwelt in a land of ^rdeep darkness,
on them has light shone.

Isaiah 42:22

22 But this is a people plundered and looted;
they are all of them trapped in holes
^sand hidden in prisons;
they have become plunder with none to rescue,
spoil with none to say, “Restore!”

Isaiah 49:9

9 ^tsaying to the prisoners, ‘Come out,’
to those who are in darkness, ‘Appear.’
^uThey shall feed along the ways;
on all bare heights shall be their pasture;

Isaiah 61:1

The Year of the Lord’s Favor

1 ^vThe Spirit of the Lord God is upon me,
because the Lord has ^wanointed me
to bring good news to the poor; ^{▼▼Or afflicted}
he has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted,
to proclaim liberty to the captives,
and ^ythe opening of the prison to those who are bound; ^{▼▼Or the opening [of the eyes] to those who are blind; Septuagint and recovery of sight to the blind}

Zechariah 9:11-12

11 As for you also, because of ^aathe blood of my covenant with you,
^abI will set your prisoners free from ^acthe waterless pit.
12 Return to your stronghold, O ^adprisoners of hope;
today I declare that ^aeI will restore to you double.

Luke 4:18-21

18 ^af“The Spirit of the Lord ^agis upon me,
because he has anointed me
to ^ahproclaim good news to the poor.
^aiHe has sent me to proclaim liberty to the captives
and ^ajrecovering of sight to the blind,
^akto set at liberty those who are oppressed,
19 ^alto proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor.”
20 And he rolled up the scroll and gave it back to the attendant and ^amsat down. And the eyes of all in the synagogue were ^anfixed on him. 21 And he began to say to them, “Today ^aothis Scripture ^aphas been fulfilled in your hearing.”