17 The sacrifice pleasing to God is[a] a broken spirit.
You will not despise a broken and humbled heart, God.(A)

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  1. 51:17 Lit The sacrifices of God are

17 The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.

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He heals the brokenhearted
and bandages their wounds.(A)

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He healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their wounds.

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Messiah’s Jubilee

61 The Spirit of the Lord God is on me,(A)
because the Lord has anointed me
to bring good news to the poor.(B)
He has sent me to heal[a] the brokenhearted,
to proclaim liberty to the captives
and freedom to the prisoners;(C)

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  1. 61:1 Lit bind up

61 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;

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