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Good News of Deliverance

61 “The Spirit of the Lord[a] is upon me,
    because the Lord has anointed me;
he has sent me to bring good news to the oppressed
    and[b] to bind up the brokenhearted,
to proclaim freedom for the captives,
    and release from darkness[c] for the prisoners;
to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor,
    the[d] day of vengeance of our God;
        to comfort all who mourn;

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  1. Isaiah 61:1 So 1QIsaa 1QIsab LXX; 4QIsam MT read the Lord God
  2. Isaiah 61:1 So 1QIsaa; MT LXX lacks and
  3. Isaiah 61:1 Or prison; or and opening of the eyes
  4. Isaiah 61:2 So 1QIsaa LXXms; 4QIsab MT LXX read and the

The Year of the Lord’s Favor

61 The Spirit(A) of the Sovereign Lord(B) is on me,
    because the Lord has anointed(C) me
    to proclaim good news(D) to the poor.(E)
He has sent me to bind up(F) the brokenhearted,
    to proclaim freedom(G) for the captives(H)
    and release from darkness for the prisoners,[a]
to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor(I)
    and the day of vengeance(J) of our God,
to comfort(K) all who mourn,(L)

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 61:1 Hebrew; Septuagint the blind