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The Year of the Lord's Favour

61 (A)The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me,
    because the Lord has (B)anointed me
to bring good news to the poor;[a]
    he has sent me to bind up the broken-hearted,
to proclaim liberty to the captives,
    and (C)the opening of the prison to those who are bound;[b]

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 61:1 Or afflicted
  2. Isaiah 61:1 Or the opening [of the eyes] to those who are blind; Septuagint and recovery of sight to the blind

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

  1. Isaiah 61:1 Hebrew; Septuagint the blind

The word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord, after King Zedekiah (A)had made a covenant with all the people in Jerusalem (B)to make a proclamation of liberty to them,

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Freedom for Slaves

The 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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13 “Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel: I myself made a covenant with your fathers when (A)I brought them out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage, saying,

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13 “This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: I made a covenant with your ancestors(A) when I brought them out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery.(B) I said,

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15 You recently repented and did what was right in my eyes (A)by proclaiming liberty, each to his neighbour, and (B)you made a covenant before me in the (C)house that is called by my name,

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15 Recently 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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17 “Therefore, thus says the Lord: You have not obeyed me (A)by proclaiming liberty, every one to his brother and to his neighbour; (B)behold, I proclaim to you liberty (C)to the sword, to pestilence, and to famine, declares the Lord. (D)I will make you a horror to all the kingdoms of the earth.

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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)

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17 But if he makes a gift (A)out of his inheritance to one of his servants, it shall be his to (B)the year of liberty. Then it shall revert to the prince; surely it is his inheritance—it shall belong to his sons.

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17 If, however, he makes a gift from his inheritance to one of his servants, the servant may keep it until the year of freedom;(A) then it will revert to the prince. His inheritance belongs to his sons only; it is theirs.

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(A)to proclaim the year of the Lord's favour,
    (B)and the day of vengeance of our God;
    to comfort all who mourn;

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to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor(A)
    and the day of vengeance(B) of our God,
to comfort(C) all who mourn,(D)

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(A)For the day of vengeance was in my heart,
    and my year of redemption[a] had come.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 63:4 Or the year of my redeemed

It was for me the day of vengeance;(A)
    the year for me to redeem had come.

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19 (A)to proclaim the year of the Lord's favour.”

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19     to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor.”[a](A)

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 4:19 Isaiah 61:1,2 (see Septuagint); Isaiah 58:6