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To hear the groaning of the prisoner - Meaning here, probably, the captives in Babylon; those who were held as prisoners there, and who were…

Compare Isaiah 61:1-2, and generally the whole magnificent cycle of prophetic songs at the close of Isaiah.
Appointed to death

For he hath looked down from the height of his sanctuary; from heaven did the LORD behold the earth; to hear the groaning of the prisoner; to l…

To hear the groaning of the prisoner. Here the prophet repeats once more what he had previously touched upon concerning prayer. He does th…

To hear the groanings of the prisoner
Not of a single person only, but of many, who lie in prisons in Popish countri…

We are dying creatures, but God is an everlasting God, the protector of his church; we may be confident that it will not be neglected.
When …
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Albert Barnes
AlbertBarnes