TSK · Isaiah 49:9

If, however, he is not redeemed in these ways, he must go free in the jubilee year, he and his children with him,

Let the oppressed eat and be filled! Let those who seek his help praise the LORD! May you live forever!

For the LORD listens to the needy; he does not despise his captive people.

They sat in utter darkness, bound in painful iron chains,

Lambs will graze as if in their pastures, amid the ruins the rich sojourners will graze.

I will make streams flow down the slopes and produce springs in the middle of the valleys. I will turn the wilderness into a pool of water and the arid land into springs.

I will lead the blind along an unfamiliar way; I will guide them down paths they have never traveled. I will turn the darkness in front of them into light, and level out the rough ground. This is what I will do for them. I will not abandon them.

Zion’s Future Splendor“Arise! Shine! For your light arrives! The splendor of the LORD shines on you!

So this is what the Sovereign LORD says:“Look, my servants will eat, but you will be hungry! Look, my servants will drink, but you will be thirsty! Look, my servants will rejoice, but you will be humiliated!

I will set one shepherd over them, and he will feed them– namely, my servant David. He will feed them and will be their shepherd.

On that day the mountains will drip with sweet wine, and the hills will flow with milk. All the dry stream beds of Judah will flow with water. A spring will flow out from the temple of the LORD, watering the Valley of Acacia Trees.

Return to the stronghold, you prisoners, with hope; today I declare that I will return double what was taken from you.

“The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim release to the captives and the regaining of sight to the blind, to set free those who are oppressed,

Jesus as the Light of the World Then Jesus spoke out again,“I am the light of the world! The one who follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.”

to open their eyes so that they turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, so that they may receive forgiveness of sins and a share among those who are sanctified by faith in me.’

for you were at one time darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Live like children of light–

He delivered us from the power of darkness and transferred us to the kingdom of the Son he loves,

But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people of his own, so that you may proclaim the virtues of the one who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.