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Isaiah 61

Isa. 61:2 KJV (With Strong’s)

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To proclaim
qara' (Hebrew #7121)
to call out to (i.e. properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)
KJV usage: bewray (self), that are bidden, call (for, forth, self, upon), cry (unto), (be) famous, guest, invite, mention, (give) name, preach, (make) proclaim(- ation), pronounce, publish, read, renowned, say.
Pronounce: kaw-raw'
Origin: a primitive root (rather identical with 7122 through the idea of accosting a person met)
the acceptable
ratsown (Hebrew #7522)
from 7521; delight (especially as shown)
KJV usage: (be) acceptable(-ance, -ed), delight, desire, favour, (good) pleasure, (own, self, voluntary) will, as...(what) would.
Pronounce: raw-tsone'
Origin: or ratson {raw-tsone'}
year
shaneh (Hebrew #8141)
from 8138; a year (as a revolution of time)
KJV usage: + whole age, X long, + old, year(X -ly).
Pronounce: shaw-neh'
Origin: (in plura or (feminine) shanah {shaw-naw'}
q of the Lord
Yhovah (Hebrew #3068)
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
KJV usage: Jehovah, the Lord. Compare 3050, 3069.
Pronounce: yeh-ho-vaw'
Origin: from 1961
, and the day
yowm (Hebrew #3117)
a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb)
KJV usage: age, + always, + chronicals, continually(-ance), daily, ((birth-), each, to) day, (now a, two) days (agone), + elder, X end, + evening, + (for) ever(-lasting, -more), X full, life, as (so) long as (... live), (even) now, + old, + outlived, + perpetually, presently, + remaineth, X required, season, X since, space, then, (process of) time, + as at other times, + in trouble, weather, (as) when, (a, the, within a) while (that), X whole (+ age), (full) year(-ly), + younger.
Pronounce: yome
Origin: from an unused root meaning to be hot
of vengeance
naqam (Hebrew #5359)
revenge
KJV usage: + avenged, quarrel, vengeance.
Pronounce: naw-kawm'
Origin: from 5358
r of our God
'elohiym (Hebrew #430)
gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative
KJV usage: angels, X exceeding, God (gods)(-dess, -ly), X (very) great, judges, X mighty.
Pronounce: el-o-heem'
Origin: plural of 433
; to comfort
nacham (Hebrew #5162)
properly, to sigh, i.e. breathe strongly; by implication, to be sorry, i.e. (in a favorable sense) to pity, console or (reflexively) rue; or (unfavorably) to avenge (oneself)
KJV usage: comfort (self), ease (one's self), repent(-er,-ing, self).
Pronounce: naw-kham'
Origin: a primitive root
all thats mourn
'abel (Hebrew #57)
lamenting
KJV usage: mourn(-er, -ing).
Pronounce: aw-bale'
Origin: from 56
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Lev. 25:9• 9And thou shalt cause a sound of the trumpet to go forth in the seventh month on the tenth [day] of the month; on the day of atonement shall ye sound the trumpet throughout all your land. (Lev. 25:9)
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2 Cor. 6:2• 2(for he saith, In an acceptable season I listened to thee, and in a day of salvation I helped thee: behold, now a right acceptable season, behold, now a day of salvation), (2 Cor. 6:2)
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2 Thess. 1:9• 9Who shall pay as penalty everlasting destruction from [the] presence of the Lord and from the glory of his might, (2 Thess. 1:9)
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Matt. 5:4• 4Blessed they that mourn; for they shall be comforted. (Matt. 5:4)

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the acceptable.
Lev. 25:9‑13• 9And thou shalt cause a sound of the trumpet to go forth in the seventh month on the tenth [day] of the month; on the day of atonement shall ye sound the trumpet throughout all your land.
 10And ye shall hallow the year of the fiftieth year, and proclaim liberty in the land to all the inhabitants thereof: a jubilee shall it be to you, and ye shall return [every] man to his possession, and ye shall return [every] man to his family.
 11A jubilee this fiftieth year [shall] be to you: ye shall not sow, nor reap its after-growth, nor gather one of its separations.
 12For it [is] the jubilee; it shall be holy to you; out of the field ye shall eat its produce.
 13In this year of jubilee shall ye return [every] man to his possession. (Lev. 25:9‑13)
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Luke 4:19• 19to preach [the] acceptable year of [the] Lord. (Luke 4:19)
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2 Cor. 6:2• 2(for he saith, In an acceptable season I listened to thee, and in a day of salvation I helped thee: behold, now a right acceptable season, behold, now a day of salvation), (2 Cor. 6:2)
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Isa. 34:8• 8For [it is] the day of Jehovah's vengeance, the year of recompenses for the controversy of Zion. (Isa. 34:8)
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Isa. 35:4• 4Say to them [that are] of a fearful (hasty) heart, Be strong, fear not: behold, your God! vengeance will come, of God the recompense! He will come himself and save you. (Isa. 35:4)
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Isa. 59:17‑18• 17And he put on righteousness as a breastplate, and a helmet of salvation upon his head; and he put on garments of vengeance [for] clothing, and was clad with zeal as a cloak.
 18According to deeds, accordingly he will repay: fury to his adversaries, recompense to his enemies; to the islands he will repay recompense. (Isa. 59:17‑18)
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Isa. 63:1‑6• 1Who [is] this that cometh from Edom, with deep-red garments from Bozrah, this [that is] glorious in his apparel, traveling in the greatness of his strength? I that speak in righteousness, mighty to save.
 2Wherefore [art thou] red in thine apparel, and thy garments like him that treadeth in the wine-vat?
 3I have trodden the wine-press alone: and of the peoples not a man was with me; and I have trodden them in mine anger, and trampled them in my fury; and their blood is sprinkled upon my garments, and I have stained all my raiment.
 4For the day of vengeance [is] in my heart, and the year of my redeemed is come.
 5And I looked, and there was none to help; and I wondered that there was none to uphold: and mine own arm brought salvation unto me; and my fury, it upheld me.
 6And I have trodden down the peoples in mine anger, and made them drunk in my fury, and I have brought down their strength to the earth. (Isa. 63:1‑6)
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Isa. 66:14• 14And ye shall see [this], and your heart shall rejoice, and your bones shall flourish like the grass: and the hand of Jehovah shall be known toward his servants, and indignation toward his enemies. (Isa. 66:14)
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Psa. 110:5‑6• 5The Lord at thy right hand hath smitten kings in the day of his anger.
 6He shall judge among the nations;{HR}He hath filled with corpses,{HR}He hath smitten the head over a great country. (Psa. 110:5‑6)
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Jer. 46:10• 10For this is the day of Jehovah God of hosts, a day of vengeance, that he may avenge him of his adversaries; and the sword shall devour, and it shall be satiate and made drunk with their blood: for the Jehovah of hosts hath a sacrifice in the north country by the river Euphrates. (Jer. 46:10)
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Mal. 4:1‑3• 1For, behold, the day cometh that shall burn as an oven; and all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble; and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith Jehovah of hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor branch.
 2But unto you that fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness arise with healing in his wings; and ye shall go forth and grow up as calves of the stall.
 3And ye shall tread down the wicked; for they shall be ashes under the soles of your feet in the day that I shall do this, saith Jehovah of hosts. (Mal. 4:1‑3)
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Luke 21:22‑24• 22For these are days of vengeance, that all the things written may be accomplished.
 23Woe to them that are with child and to them that give suck in those days; for there shall be great distress upon the land and wrath upon this people.
 24And they shall fall by the edge of the sword and be led captive into all the nations; and Jerusalem shall be trodden down by [the] nations until [the] times of [the] nations be fulfilled. (Luke 21:22‑24)
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1 Thess. 2:16• 16forbidding us to speak to the Gentiles that they may be saved, to fill up their sins alway; but the wrath is come upon them to the uttermost. (1 Thess. 2:16)
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2 Thess. 1:7‑9• 7and to you that are troubled rest with us, at the revelation of the Lord Jesus from heaven with angels of his power
 8in flaming fire, rendering vengeance to those that know not God and to those that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus;
 9Who shall pay as penalty everlasting destruction from [the] presence of the Lord and from the glory of his might, (2 Thess. 1:7‑9)
to comfort.
Isa. 25:8• 8He will swallow up death in victory. And the Lord Jehovah will wipe away tears from off all faces; and the reproach of his people will he take away from off all the earth: for Jehovah hath spoken. (Isa. 25:8)
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Isa. 57:18• 18I have seen his ways and will heal him; and I will lead him, and will restore comforts to him and to those of his that mourn. (Isa. 57:18)
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Isa. 66:10‑12• 10Rejoice with Jerusalem, and be glad with her, all ye that love her; rejoice for joy with her, all ye that mourn over her;
 11because ye shall suck, and be satisfied with the breasts of her consolations; because ye shall drink out, and be delighted with the abundance of her glory.
 12For thus saith Jehovah, Behold, I will extend peace to her like a river, and the glory of the nations like a flowing stream; and ye shall suck, ye shall be borne upon the side, and be dandled upon the knees. (Isa. 66:10‑12)
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Jer. 31:13• 13Then shall the virgin rejoice in the dance, both young men and old together: for I will turn their mourning into joy, and will comfort them, and make them rejoice from their sorrow. (Jer. 31:13)
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Matt. 5:4• 4Blessed they that mourn; for they shall be comforted. (Matt. 5:4)
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Luke 6:21• 21{i}Blessed ye that hunger now, for ye shall be filled. Blessed ye that weep now, for ye shall laugh.{/i} (Luke 6:21)
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Luke 7:44‑50• 44And turning to the woman he said unto Simon, Seest thou this woman? I entered into thy house; thou gavest me no water for my feet, but she hath washed my feet with tears, and wiped them with her hair.
 45Thou gavest me no kiss, but she, from the time I came in, hath not ceased kissing my feet;
 46my head with oil thou didst not anoint, but she hath anointed my feet with myrrh.
 47For which cause I say unto thee, Her many sins are forgiven, for she loved much; but he to whom little is forgiven loveth little.
 48{i}And he said to her,{/i} Thy sins are forgiven.
 49{i}And they that were with [them] at table{/i} began to say within themselves, Who is this that forgives sins also?
 50{i}And{/i} he said to the woman, Thy faith hath saved thee; go in peace. (Luke 7:44‑50)
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John 16:20‑22• 20Verily, verily, I say to you, Ye shall weep and lament, but the world shall rejoice; ye shall be grieved, but your grief shall be turned into joy.
 21The woman, when she bringeth forth, hath grief because her hour is come; but when she shall give birth to the child, she no longer remembereth the affliction for the joy that a man was born into the world.
 22And ye therefore now have grief, but I will see you again, and your heart shall rejoice, and your joy no one taketh from you. (John 16:20‑22)
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2 Cor. 1:4‑5• 4that comforteth us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort those that are in any tribulation through the comfort with which we are comforted ourselves by God,
 5because as the sufferings of the b Christ abound toward us, even so through the Christ aboundeth also our comfort. (2 Cor. 1:4‑5)
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2 Thess. 2:16‑17• 16But our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God our Father, that loved us and gave everlasting encouragement and good hope through grace,
 17encourage your hearts and stablish in every good work and word. (2 Thess. 2:16‑17)
• The tragedy was that when a voice of exceeding grace was heard in the synagogue at Nazareth the people neither trembled nor rejoiced, but rose up with anger to kill the One who proclaimed “the acceptable year of the Lord.” (“Isaiah 61” by F.B. Hole)
• The second advent of Christ in power and glory, and in judgment, is foreseen to be a necessity by the prophet here. The glorious state of things predicted will never be established till Christ comes again. He laid the foundations for it in the redemption accomplished at His first advent. He will bring it to pass in power, and with vengeance, at His second advent. (“Isaiah 61” by F.B. Hole)
• Vengeance is truly a terrible word when it comes from the mouth of God, and if we turn to verse 4 of chapter 63 we shall find it referred to again. It means retribution exacted for wrongs committed, and all the wrongs that men have committed are primarily against God. (“Isaiah 61” by F.B. Hole)
• “Comfort all that mourn”, because their mourning will be not for their own personal troubles, but rather for the evil and chaos that will fill the earth, the sinfulness of men having then reached its climax. (“Isaiah 61” by F.B. Hole)

J. N. Darby Translation

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

W. Kelly Translation

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