Isaiah 61:1

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Isaiah 61:1 · BSB

¹The Spirit of the Lord GOD is on Me, because the LORD has anointed Me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent Me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives and freedom to the prisoners,

²to proclaim the year of the LORD’s favor and the day of our God’s vengeance, to comfort all who mourn,

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The Berean Standard Bible rendered in the vocabulary of the ancient world — firmament, Sheol, ascension offering — with the translators' notes shown inline. About this translation

¹The Spirit of the Lord GOD is on Me, because the LORD has anointed Me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent Me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives and freedom to the prisoners,

Hebrew; LXX to proclaim liberty to the captives and recovery of sight to the blind; cited in Luke 4:18

²to proclaim the year of the LORD’s favor and the day of our God’s vengeance, to comfort all who mourn,

Or to proclaim the acceptable year of the LORD; cited in Luke 4:19

King James Version +

The 1611 translation, in its familiar form.

¹The 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;

²To proclaim the acceptable year of the LORD, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all that mourn;

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