To preach the [a]acceptable year of the Lord, and the day of [b]vengeance of our God, to comfort all that mourn,

To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, and to give unto them beauty for [c]ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of gladness for the spirit of heaviness, that they might be called [d]trees of righteousness, the planting of the Lord, that he might be glorified.

And they shall build the old waste places, and raise up the former desolations, and they shall repair the cities that were desolate and waste through many [e]generations.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 61:2 The time when it pleased God to show his good favor to man, which S. Paul calleth the fullness of time, Gal. 4:4.
  2. Isaiah 61:2 For when God delivereth his Church, he punisheth his enemies.
  3. Isaiah 61:3 Which was the sign of mourning.
  4. Isaiah 61:3 Trees that bring forth good fruits, as Matt. 3:8.
  5. Isaiah 61:4 That is, for a long time.

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