Isaiah 61:2

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“to 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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BSBPD

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

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“To proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all that mourn;”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“to proclaim the year of Jehovah’s favor, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all that mourn;”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“To proclaim the year of the good pleasure of Jehovah, And the day of vengeance of our God, To comfort all mourners.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Isaiah 61:2 — 24 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Leviticus 25:9Then you are to sound the horn far and wide on the tenth day of the seventh month, the Day of Atonement. You shall sound it throughout your land.
  2. Leviticus 25:10So you are to consecrate the fiftieth year and proclaim liberty in the land for all its inhabitants. It shall be your Jubilee, when each of you is to return to his property and to his clan.
  3. Leviticus 25:13In this Year of Jubilee, each of you shall return to his own property.
  4. Psalms 110:5The Lord is at Your right hand; He will crush kings in the day of His wrath.
  5. Isaiah 25:8He will swallow up death forever. The Lord GOD will wipe away the tears from every face and remove the disgrace of His people from the whole earth. For the LORD has spoken.
  6. Isaiah 34:8For the LORD has a day of vengeance, a year of recompense for the cause of Zion.
  7. Isaiah 35:4Say to those with anxious hearts: “Be strong, do not fear! Behold, your God will come with vengeance. With divine retribution He will come to save you.”
  8. Isaiah 49:8This is what the LORD says: “In the time of favor I will answer You, and in the day of salvation I will help You; I will keep You and appoint You to be a covenant for the people, to restore the land, to apportion its desolate inheritances,
  9. Isaiah 51:12“I, even I, am He who comforts you. Why should you be afraid of mortal man, of a son of man who withers like grass?
  10. Isaiah 57:18I have seen his ways, but I will heal him; I will guide him and restore comfort to him and his mourners,
  11. Isaiah 59:17He put on righteousness like a breastplate, and the helmet of salvation on His head; He put on garments of vengeance and wrapped Himself in a cloak of zeal.
  12. Isaiah 63:1Who is this coming from Edom, from Bozrah with crimson-stained garments? Who is this robed in splendor, marching in the greatness of His strength? “It is I, proclaiming vindication, mighty to save.”
  13. Isaiah 63:4For the day of vengeance was in My heart, and the year of My redemption had come.
  14. Isaiah 66:10Be glad for Jerusalem and rejoice over her, all who love her. Rejoice greatly with her, all who mourn over her,
  15. Isaiah 66:14When you see, you will rejoice, and you will flourish like grass; then the hand of the LORD will be revealed to His servants, but His wrath will be shown to His enemies.
  16. Jeremiah 31:13Then the maidens will rejoice with dancing, young men and old as well. I will turn their mourning into joy, and give them comfort and joy for their sorrow.
  17. Jeremiah 46:10For that day belongs to the Lord GOD of Hosts, a day of vengeance against His foes. The sword will devour until it is satisfied, until it is quenched with their blood. For the Lord GOD of Hosts will hold a sacrifice in the land of the north by the River Euphrates.
  18. Malachi 4:1“For behold, the day is coming, burning like a furnace, when all the arrogant and every evildoer will be stubble; the day is coming when I will set them ablaze,” says the LORD of Hosts. “Not a root or branch will be left to them.”
  19. Matthew 5:4Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted.
  20. Luke 4:19to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor.”
  21. Luke 6:21Blessed are you who hunger now, for you will be filled. Blessed are you who weep now, for you will laugh.
  22. Luke 7:44And turning toward the woman, He said to Simon, “Do you see this woman? When I entered your house, you did not give Me water for My feet, but she wet My feet with her tears and wiped them with her hair.
  23. Luke 21:22For these are the days of vengeance, to fulfill all that is written.
  24. John 16:20Truly, truly, I tell you, you will weep and wail while the world rejoices. You will grieve, but your grief will turn to joy.

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