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Isaiah 61:1–2

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MESSIAH’S JUBILEE

61The Spirit of the Lord God is on me,ai

because the Lord has anointed me

to bring good news to the poor.aj

He has sent me to healB the brokenhearted,

to proclaim liberty to the captives

and freedom to the prisoners;a

2to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor,b

and the day of our God’s vengeance;c

to comfortd all who mourn,

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Isaiah 61:1: The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me, because the Lord has anointed me to bring good news to the poor; he has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to those who are bound…

Footnotes

  1. B bind up

Cross references

  1. aiIs 11:2; 42:1; 48:16; Lk 4:18–19
  2. ajLk 7:22
  3. aIs 42:7; 49:9
  4. bIs 49:8
  5. cIs 2:12; 13:6; 34:2,8
  6. dIs 40:1

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me,

because the Lord has anointed me

to bring good news to the poor;

he has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted,

to proclaim liberty to the captives,

and the opening of the prison to those who are bound;

to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor,

and the day of vengeance of our God;

to comfort all who mourn;

NIVNew International Version (2011)

The Spirit of the Sovereign Lord is on me,

because the Lord has anointed me

to proclaim good news to the poor.

He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted,

to proclaim freedom for the captives

and release from darkness for the prisoners,

to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor

and the day of vengeance of our God,

to comfort all who mourn,

NLTNew Living Translation

The Spirit of the Sovereign Lord is upon me,

for the Lord has anointed me

to bring good news to the poor.

He has sent me to comfort the brokenhearted

and to proclaim that captives will be released

and prisoners will be freed.

He has sent me to tell those who mourn

that the time of the Lord’s favor has come,

and with it, the day of God’s anger against their enemies.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

The Spirit of the Lord Yahweh is upon me,

because Yahweh has anointed me,

he has sent me to bring good news to the oppressed,

to bind up the brokenhearted,

to proclaim release to the captives

and liberation to those who are bound,

to proclaim the year of Yahweh’s favor,

and our God’s day of vengeance,

to comfort all those in mourning,

KJV 1900King James Version

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;

To proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord,

And the day of vengeance of our God;

To comfort all that mourn;