Isaiah 61:1

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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]

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Footnotes

Isaiah 61:1 Hebrew; Septuagint the blind

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Jeremiah 34:8

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Freedom for Slaves

⁸The word came to Jeremiah from the Lord after King Zedekiah had made a covenant with all the people^(A) in Jerusalem to proclaim freedom^(B) for the slaves.

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Jeremiah 34:15

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¹⁵Recently you repented and did what is right in my sight: Each of you proclaimed freedom to your own people.^(A) You even made a covenant before me in the house that bears my Name.^(B)

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Jeremiah 34:17

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¹⁷“Therefore this is what the Lord says: You have not obeyed me; you have not proclaimed freedom to your own people. So I now proclaim ‘freedom’ for you,^(A) declares the Lord—‘freedom’ to fall by the sword, plague^(B) and famine.^(C) I will make you abhorrent to all the kingdoms of the earth.^(D)