to open[the] blind eyes The subject of this and the following verb might be either Jehovah or His Servant, and the point is not quite settled by ch. Isaiah 49:8. The latter, however, seems more probable from Isaiah 49:6. The reference is no doubt to the Servant's work on Israel. The "blindness" spoken of is spiritual (see Isaiah 42:18); imprisonment is a metaphor for the Captivity (Isaiah 42:22); although a spiritual application may be included here also.

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