Isaiah 61:2

He has sent me to proclaim the year of Yahweh's favor, 1 the day of vengeance of our God, 1 and to comfort all who mourn. 1

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In The King James Version

To proclaim the acceptable year of the LORD, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all that mourn;

In Context

1The Spirit of the Lord Yahweh is on me, because Yahweh has anointed me 1 to proclaim good news to the afflicted. He has sent me to heal the brokenhearted, 1 to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison for those who are bound. 1

3He has sent me—to give to those who mourn in Zion—to give them a turban instead of ashes, 1 oil of joy instead of mourning, a mantle of praise in place of a spirit of dullness, 1 to call them oaks of righteousness, the planting of Yahweh, that he may be glorified. 1

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Cross References

Leviticus 25:9Then you must blow a loud trumpet everywhere on the tenth day of the seventh month. On the Day of Atonement you must blow a trumpet throughout all your land.

Leviticus 25:13You must return everyone to his own property in this year of Jubilee.

Isaiah 25:8He will swallow up death forever, 1 and the Lord Yahweh will wipe away tears from off all faces; 1 the disgrace of his people he will take away from all the earth, for Yahweh has spoken it. 1

Isaiah 35:4Say to those with a fearful heart, “Be strong, do not fear! 1 Look, your God will come with vengeance, 1 with the recompense of God. He will come and save you.” 1

Isaiah 51:12“I, I, am he who comforts you. 1 Why are you afraid of men, who will die, the sons of mankind, who are made like grass? 1

Isaiah 59:17He put on righteousness as a breastplate and a helmet of salvation upon his head. 1 He clothed himself with garments of vengeance and wore zeal as a mantle. 1

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 61:2-4

The Office of the Messiah. ( b. c. 706.) 1 The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me; because the Lord hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound; 2 To proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord , and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all that mourn; 3 To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the… Read the whole commentary →

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