Isaiah, Chapter 61 - Revision history

RobSmith at 20:59, October 19, 2025

2025-10-19T20:59:07Z

2025-07-15T15:53:31Z

"righteousness" can also be translated as "goodness", which is a term more commonly used in everyday life today.

2025-07-11T00:01:35Z

61:1 - This is an oft-quoted verse, as God helps the underdogs and those who suffer. The Sermon on the Mount echoes this.

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 '''1''' 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;<ref>This is an oft-quoted verse, as God helps the underdogs and those who suffer. The [[Sermon on the Mount]] echoes this.</ref>
-'''2''' To proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all that mourn;
+'''2''' To proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord, and the day of [[vengeance]] of our God; to comfort all that mourn;
 '''3''' To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the Lord, that he might be glorified.

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 <center><small>''The office of the Messiah.<br/>Restoration and blessedness of the church.<br/>698 B.C. (?)''<ref>after Bishop [[James Ussher]]</ref></small></center>
+'''1''' 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;<ref>This is an oft-quoted verse, as God helps the underdogs and those who suffer. The [[Sermon on the Mount]] echoes this.</ref>
 '''2''' To proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all that mourn;

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 '''10''' I will greatly rejoice in the Lord, my soul shall be joyful in my God; for he hath clothed me with the garments of salvation, he hath covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decketh himself with ornaments, and as a bride adorneth herself with her jewels.
-'''11''' For as the earth bringeth forth her bud, and as the garden causeth the things that are sown in it to spring forth; so the Lord God will cause righteousness and praise to spring forth before all the nations.
+'''11''' For as the earth bringeth forth her bud, and as the garden causeth the things that are sown in it to spring forth; so the Lord God will cause righteousness<ref>"righteousness" can also be translated as "goodness", which is a term more commonly used in everyday life today.</ref> and praise to spring forth before all the nations.
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