“To give light to them that sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace.”
To shine on those living in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the path of peace — the dawn-image is applied to the situation of those living in darkness and the shadow of death — Isaiah 9:2 (the people walking in darkness have seen a great light). The guide our feet into the path of peace (hodos eirēnēs) is the Benedictus's final vision: the messianic peace, the shalom that is the comprehensive well-being of God's restored community.
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