Matthew Poole and continuators on Isaiah 42:7

7 To open the blind eyes , to bring out the prisoners from the prison, and them that sit in darkness out of the prison-house.

The eyes of their minds blinded with long ignorance, and deep prejudice and inveterate error, and by the Power and Policy of the God of this World, 2 Cor. 4. 4. which nothing but the almighty Power of God could cure.

Sinners who are taken Captive by the Devil at his will, as we read, 2 Tim. 2. 26. and as daily experience sheweth, and who are enslaved and chained by their own lusts, and made Free-men onely by Christ, Ioh. 8. 32, 36. Compare this portion of Scripture with Isa. 61. 1. and both with Luke 4. 17, 18, 19, 20, 21. Where it is said to be fulfilled in and by Christ.

Marginal references: Chap. 35. 5. & 61. 1. Luk. 4. 18. Heb. 2. 14. 15.